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Iranian Defense Ministry targeted by Israel

Iran's Ministry of Defense headquarters in Tehran has reportedly been attacked by Israel, according to reports from the semi-official news agency Tasnim, cited by Reuters.

3 killed in Iranian missile barrage

The death toll of the Iranian ballistic missile impact in Tamra, a town east of Haifa, in northern Israel, rises to three, according to first responders cited by Israeli media.

Magen David Adom said earlier that it had evacuated seven people in stable condition to a hospital after a missile struck a two-story home in the town.

Shin Bet chief's term ends

Ronen Bar, the director of Israel's national security agency, Shin Bet, has officially come to the end of is term, following his sacking by Netanyahu, Times of Israel reports.

The deputy Shin Bet chief, known as the Hebrew initials Shin, is now taking over as acting head of the domestic intelligence service.

Recently retired Israeli army Major General David Zini is expected to ultimately replace Bar, although the formal appointment process could take several more weeks.

Residential buildings were damaged after Iranian missile strikes, according to Israeli emergency services.

The Israeli military has lowered the national alert level, telling people they can leave shelters after a new missile attack from Iran.

However, the army advised everyone to “stay close” to shelters, according to a statement issued around 11:45 p.m. (8:45 p.m. GMT) from the Home Front Command. Fire and rescue services reported buildings damaged in the coastal and northern districts during the attack.

Israeli police report the fall of an explosive device in the north of the country; initial reports indicate multiple casualties and damage at the scene, Reuters reports.

Iran claims that the Shahran oil depot was targeted in an Israeli attack and that the situation is under control.

Jordan has once again closed its airspace until further notice due to tensions between Israel and Iran, according to the official agency.

The Israeli strike carried out Saturday night in Yemen targeted Mohammad Abdelkarim al-Ghamari, chief of staff of the Houthi militia forces, Haaretz reports.

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said on Saturday that he had spoken with his Israeli counterpart, Gideon Saar, expressing concern for civilians in Israel.

“I reiterated the UK’s call for de-escalation of tensions in the Middle East,” he wrote on social media platform X.

“This is a time for restraint, calm, and a return to diplomacy,” he added.

Israeli media report that the Israeli military recently carried out a strike in Yemen aimed at assassinating a senior Houthi official.

The Israeli military says it is carrying out strikes in Tehran while attempting to intercept Iranian missiles.

Iran’s state TV says the country’s offensive against Israel involves both missile and drone strikes.

Iran announces it has "begun firing missiles" at Israel, according to Iranian state television, AFP reports.

Missiles launched from Iran toward Israel light up the sky over the sea in Jbeil, on the Lebanon coast, on June 14, 2025. (Credit: OT staff)

Several missiles were seen in the skies over Jerusalem, Reuters reports.

Israeli air defense systems intercept Iranian ballistic missiles as explosions light up the sky over Jerusalem. Israeli authorities warn of a new wave of missile attacks and urge the public to seek shelter nearby.

Air raid sirens sound in Haifa, northern Israel, Reuters reports, citing witnesses.

Iran has launched a fresh wave of missile strikes against Israel late Saturday, Reuters reported, citing the Israeli military, which said it had identified the missiles and instructed the public to take shelter in protected spaces until further notice.

Russian President Vladimir Putin “thinks, like me, that this Israel-Iran war must stop,” wrote Donald Trump on his platform Truth Social, after a phone call with his counterpart.

“I told him his war must stop too,” he added, referring to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. “We spoke at length,” and “the call lasted about an hour,” the U.S. president added.

Iraq on Saturday called on the United States to prevent Israeli aircraft from breaching Iraqi airspace to carry out attacks against Iran, Reuters reported. The Iraqi government cited bilateral agreements and international law in its appeal.

"The Iraqi government urges the United States to uphold its responsibilities under the agreements signed between the two countries and prevent aircraft belonging to the Zionist entity from once again violating Iraqi airspace," military spokesman Sabah al-Numan said in a statement.

The Israeli army said Saturday it had struck an underground missile launch site in Khorramabad, western Iran, where surface-to-surface and cruise missiles were being stored.

“This is a significant site that has even appeared in a propaganda video released by the Iranian regime in the past,” Israeli army spokesperson Brigadier General Effie Defrin told reporters, apparently referring to footage shared earlier this year by the Revolutionary Guard showcasing what it claimed to be a new underground missile facility.

No radiation detected at Isfahan nuclear site

The International Atomic Energy Agency has said it was informed by Iran's Nuclear Regulatory Authority that there was no change in off-site radiation levels in Isfahan, the site of a uranium enrichment facility struck yesterday by Israeli forces, Reuters reports.

Earlier, the IAEA said four critical buildings at the Isfahan nuclear site had been damaged, including a uranium conversion facility and a fuel plate fabrication plant. "As in Natanz, no increase in off-site radiation expected," the agency said in a post on X.

Khamenei's top advisor, conditions initially unknown, dies in hospital after Israeli attack

Ali Shamkhani, Iran’s top adviser to its supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei, has died in the hospital a day after Israel launched airstrikes across the country, the Guardian reports, citing Iranian media.

Shamkhani had previously served as Iran’s top national security official for a decade and had represented Iran in the China-facilitated rapprochement talks with Saudi Arabia. After Israel's first wave of attack before dawn on Friday, there were mixed reports as to Shamkhani's condition, with some saying he had been killed and other saying he was injured.

Oman announces US-Iran nuclear talks for tomorrow have been cancelled

The latest round of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks scheduled for tomorrow in Muscat will not take place, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi announced on X. Oman has been mediating the talks, which were set to have their sixth round and ahead of which Iran said it would be submitting a proposal toward an agreement.

Albusaidi's statement came a day after Israel launched a sweeping air offensive against Iran, killing commanders and scientists and bombing nuclear sites in a stated bid to stop it building an atomic weapon. More than 75 civilians were also killed in the strikes, which targeted several residential neighborhoods in Tehran.

A senior official of U.S. President Donald Trump's administration, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed to Reuters that tomorrows talks had been cancelled. Washington, however, remained committed to the negotiations and hoped "the Iranians will come to the table soon," the official said.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi by phone that Moscow is ready to help defuse the situation, according to Reuters.

Three more members of the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic of Iran, were killed today in an Israeli strike about 300 kilometers west of Tehran, on the second day of Israel’s attack on Iranian territory.

“Three proud and brave members of the Guards Corps from Zanjan Province, Hamid Toumari, Akbar Azizi, and Amir Khani, were martyred in a brutal attack by the Zionist regime,” reported the Tasnim news agency.

The Israeli army claimed to have killed more than 20 senior commanders in Iran’s security forces in strikes on Iran since the beginning of the massive attack launched on Friday, AFP reports.

“Since the beginning of the operation, more than 20 commanders of the Iranian regime’s security apparatus have been eliminated,” including commanders from the Revolutionary Guards, the ideological army of the Islamic Republic, the Israeli army said in a statement.

An Israeli drone killed the police chief of a locality in western Iran as well as an officer on Saturday, according to a local media outlet, AFP reports.

“This morning, police chief Commander Habibollah Akbarian and officer Amir-Hossein Seifi were martyred in a drone strike in Assadabad,” a city located 310 kilometers west of Tehran, reported the ISNA news agency.

The Israeli army said it killed two senior Iranian commanders during its initial strike on Iran: the head of intelligence for the armed forces, Gholam-Reza Marhabi, and the commander of the Revolutionary Guards’ ballistic missile unit, Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, according to the newspaper Haaretz.

According to the Israeli army, Gholam-Reza Marhabi was “responsible for intelligence assessments for the Iranian armed forces” and was considered “the highest-ranking intelligence official in Iran.”

Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, who was killed alongside the Revolutionary Guards’ air force commander, Amir Ali Hajizadeh, “managed Iran’s firepower systems and played an active role in the decision-making processes behind Iran’s attacks on Israel in April and October 2024,” also according to the Israeli army.

The Israeli army estimates around 10 missiles exploded in population centers in Israel and that the barrages from Iran will resume in the evening, according to Haaretz.

⚡Israel says it has air superiority “across western Iran, up to Tehran”

The Israeli army has claimed air superiority “across all of western Iran, up to Tehran,” stating it deployed 70 fighter jets in overnight strikes, according to AFP.

“We have created for ourselves aerial freedom of action across all of western Iran, up to Tehran,” said Brigadier General Effie Defrin, spokesperson for the Israeli army, during a press briefing. “Tehran is no longer safe,” he added.

Iranian lawmaker Esmaeil Kowsari stated that Iran is seriously considering closing the Strait of Hormuz in the Persian Gulf, through which about a quarter of the world’s oil supply transits, according to Reuters.

Iraq has asked Tehran not to target American interests on its soil, a senior security official told AFP, amid heightened regional tensions following Israel's attack on Iran, which has prompted retaliatory strikes.

A steadfast ally of Iran—with whom it shares a long border and close political, economic, and cultural ties—Iraq also maintains a strategic partnership with Washington. For years, Baghdad has walked a tightrope to preserve both alliances.

When asked by AFP, a senior Iraqi security official confirmed that Baghdad had requested Tehran refrain from attacking U.S. interests in Iraq.

"Yes, the request was made. They promised us positive things. Iran is understanding of the Iraqi request," said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter.

⚡ Iran says holding talks with the United States "makes no sense" at this time

The Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated that it "makes no sense" for Iran to hold the scheduled talks with the US on its nuclear program on Sunday, given the Israeli attack launched against the country, AFP reports.

“It is clear that under such circumstances, and as long as the Zionist regime’s aggression against the Iranian nation continues, there is no point in engaging in dialogue with a party that is the greatest supporter and accomplice of the aggressor,” said the ministry spokesperson, Esmaeil Baqaei, in a statement.

⚡ The Israeli army says it is "currently" launching attacks on several sites in Iran, according to AFP.

Reports from Iran indicate a column of smoke rising in the oil city of Abadan, though it is not yet known whether the refinery was hit, according to Reuters.

Iran appoints a new head of the Aerospace Force of the Revolutionary Guards.

Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, today appointed a new head of the Revolutionary Guards’ Aerospace Force to replace the commander killed in Israeli strikes the day before, reports AFP.

In a decree, Ayatollah Khamenei appointed Majid Mousavi to succeed Amirali Hajizadeh as commander of the Aerospace Force of the Revolutionary Guards.

London “alarmed” by military escalation between Israel and Iran.

British Foreign Minister David Lammy said he was “alarmed” by the ongoing military escalation between Israel and Iran, urgently calling for de-escalation, reports AFP.

“Alarmed by new strikes in the Middle East last night, with reports of dead and injured in Israel. We urgently need to de-escalate and prevent further civilian casualties,” he wrote on social media platform X.

Lammy also said he had spoken by phone with his Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi, urging him to show “restraint”.

MEA announced yesterday the resumption of its flights between Beirut and Istanbul for today, June 14, 2025, following the reopening of Lebanese airspace to civil traffic. The flights are as follows:

• Flight ME263, departing from Istanbul at 6:00 p.m. to Beirut

• Flight ME264, departing from Beirut at 8:55 p.m. to Istanbul

The Israeli army said it investigated an incident during which some Israelis did not receive alerts on their phones before Iranian strikes in their region, according to Haaretz.

“Early this morning, no preemptive alert was sent via the Home Front Command’s personal messaging platform during a bombing launched from Iran,” the statement said.

“The investigation of the incident revealed that it was a technical malfunction. It has been identified and fixed,” the Israeli army added.

Seven Israeli soldiers were lightly injured during Friday’s missile strike on central Israel, according to Haaretz.

The national airline Middle East Airlines (MEA) announced today the cancellation of all its flights to and from Iraq for June 14, 2025, due to the continued closure of Iraqi airspace.

The affected flights between Beirut and the airports of Baghdad and Erbil are:

• ME321 (Baghdad–Beirut)

• ME322 (Beirut–Baghdad)

• ME323 (Baghdad–Beirut)

• ME324 (Beirut–Erbil)

• ME325 (Erbil–Beirut)

Three members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards were killed in an Israeli attack in the Zanjan region, northwest Iran, Reuters reported, citing the Tasnim news agency.

An Israeli military official, quoted by Reuters, stated that Israel is still conducting operations in Iran and recently struck Tehran.

He added that all Israeli aircraft and crew members have safely returned to their base.

Independent MP for Tripoli, Ihab Matar, stated that “any response by Hezbollah to the Israeli attack on Iran would amount to suicide for the movement, that it is not in Lebanon’s interest to intervene in support of Iran, and that Hezbollah must return to its Lebanese identity and everyone must respect the decision of the Lebanese state,” according to remarks relayed by local media.

The Israeli army has released a statement identifying nine Iranian nuclear experts it claims to have killed in airstrikes since Thursday night, according to Haaretz.

“These individuals played a central role in Iran’s progress toward acquiring nuclear weapons,” the army stated. “Their elimination represents a significant blow to the regime’s ability to develop weapons of mass destruction,” it added.

The scientists named are:

• Fereydoun Abbasi, nuclear engineering expert

• Mohammad Mahdi Tehranshi, physics expert

• Akbar Motalebi Zadeh, chemical engineering expert

• Saeed Barji, materials engineering expert

• Amir Hassan Fakhahi, physics expert

• Abd al-Hamid Minoushehr, reactor physics expert

• Mansour Asgari, physics expert

• Ahmad Reza Zolfaghari Daryani, nuclear engineering expert

• Ali Bakhouei Katirimi, mechanical engineering expert,

This was according to the statement relayed by the Israeli daily.

The Ben Gurion International Airport is closed “until further notice,” according to a spokesperson quoted by AFP.

Jordanian authorities reported that three people were injured when debris from a projectile fell on a house in Irbid, stating that their health condition is stable. An investigation has been opened.

Yesterday, the Jordanian army announced that it had intercepted missiles and drones after they entered the country’s airspace, without specifying who had launched them.

According to Reuters, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that if Ali Khamenei continues to launch missiles at Israeli civilians, “Tehran will burn.”

“The Iranian dictator is turning Iranian citizens into hostages and creating a reality in which they — especially the residents of Tehran — will pay a heavy price for the criminal assault on Israeli civilians,” he said after a briefing with defense officials, according to Haaretz.

“If [Supreme Leader Ayatollah] Khamenei continues to fire missiles at Israel’s home front — Tehran will burn,” he concluded.

⚡ The Iranian news agency Mehr reports a new strike near the Tabriz refinery in the northwest of the country, with a visible column of smoke, Reuters adds.

Public Works Minister Fayez Rassamny told Al-Jadeed TV that authorities do not plan to close Beirut’s international airport again, “unless an unforeseen event occurs.”

⚡️According to Reuters, Iran’s Fars news agency reported explosions and missile strikes in three localities in western Iran.

The Israeli military said Gaza has become a secondary front in the ongoing conflict, and that its main focus is now Iran.

In the past 24 hours, Israeli Air Force jets reportedly struck around 150 targets inside Iran, according to military sources. For the first time, the Israeli army also acknowledged attacking Iran’s Fordow uranium enrichment facility, though it stated that the site was not significantly damaged.

The military added that air force operations had secured a safe corridor toward the Iranian capital, Tehran, and that Israeli aircraft could now operate freely over Iranian airspace.

Pope urges Iran and Israel to show “responsibility and reason,” AFP reports.

Israeli Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir and Air Force Chief Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar said this morning that “the path to Tehran has been paved,” The Times of Israel reports.

“As planned, air force fighter jets will begin carrying out strikes on targets in Tehran,” the military said.

This morning, tens of thousands of Israelis were called up for reserve duty in the Israeli Air Force, military intelligence, and home front units, according to Haaretz. Meanwhile, combat reservists have been deployed to reinforce communities near the Syrian and Lebanese borders.

Jordan announced the reopening of its airspace this morning, AFP reports.

Nuclear talks: Iran’s participation in Sunday meeting with U.S. “uncertain”

Iran’s participation in the sixth round of nuclear negotiations scheduled for tomorrow with the United States remains “uncertain,” Iranian state media reported, according to AFP.

“The decision we will take for Sunday is still uncertain,” said Iranian foreign ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei, referring to the talks planned in Oman, according to the official IRNA news agency.

Iran closes its airspace “until further notice,” says state media cited by AFP

Two senior Iranian military officials were killed in the unprecedented Israeli attack on Iran, state television reported.

General Gholamreza Mehrabi, deputy intelligence chief of the armed forces’ general staff, and General Mehdi Rabbani, deputy operations chief, “have fallen as martyrs,” the television announced.

(Photo: X/@LBpresidency)

Lebanese President Joseph Aoun chaired a meeting focused on monitoring ongoing developments, attended by the ministers of Defense, Interior, Public Works, the army chief of staff and the directors general of the Internal Security Forces (ISF), General Security and State Security.

The Israeli army announced today that it targeted “dozens” of surface-to-surface missile launchers in Iran, following overnight strikes against air defenses near Tehran.

In a statement, the army said its air force “continues to strike dozens of surface-to-surface missile launchers in Iran.”

Middle East Airlines (MEA), which earlier this morning had suspended all flights to Beirut until further notice, has now resumed operations.

“Following the reopening of Lebanese airspace, MEA announces that all flights departing from Beirut scheduled after 1 p.m., and those arriving in Beirut after 2 p.m., are operational,” the airline said in a statement.

It added that revised schedules for some flights would be communicated to passengers.

Two Iranian generals killed in Israeli strike, says Iranian state media cited by AFP

Iran’s Fordow uranium enrichment site sustained “only limited damage,” says atomic energy agency spokesperson, according to Reuters

Public Works Minister Fayez Rassamny announced the reopening of Lebanese airspace at 10 a.m. today, in coordination with the Directorate of Civil Aviation.

In a statement, Rassamny apologized to travelers whose flights were disrupted, stressing that the cancellations were due to “purely security-related necessities.”

“The safety of passengers and airport facilities remains an absolute priority,” he said.

The minister added that Middle East Airlines (MEA) would reschedule its flights and notify affected passengers as soon as possible.

Four interceptor missiles exploded in front of Metula, in northern Israel. According to our correspondent in southern Lebanon, they were likely aimed at Iranian missiles launched toward the Galilee.

Middle East Airlines (MEA) has announced the suspension of all flights to Beirut until further notice, following the escalation between Iran and Israel.

“Due to the continued closure of Lebanese airspace, MEA announces the suspension of all flights to Beirut until further notice,” the national carrier said in a statement.

The airline also canceled all outbound flights from Beirut scheduled to depart before 1 p.m. today. “As for flights departing after 1 p.m., passengers will be informed based on how the situation develops,” it added.

Earlier, the Directorate of Civil Aviation at Beirut International Airport extended the closure of Lebanese airspace until 10 a.m. today.

The Israeli army said about an hour ago it intercepted several Iranian drones, after sirens were heard in the Dead Sea region and the West Bank.

Sirens went off less than an hour ago in Upper Galilee, northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon, according to Haaretz.

The Israeli army is preparing for a potential new escalation in northern Israel, according to Israeli army radio.

Israeli emergency services reported two deaths in a residential area in central Israel following an Iranian missile attack.

“A woman around 60 years old was found with no signs of life, and a man around 45, who was evacuated in critical condition, later died,” Magen David Adom, Israel’s equivalent of the Red Cross, said in a statement, adding that 19 people were injured.

Israeli emergency services reported two deaths in a residential area in central Israel following an Iranian missile attack.

“A woman around 60 years old was found with no signs of life, and a man around 45, who was evacuated in critical condition, later died,” Magen David Adom, Israel’s equivalent of the Red Cross, said in a statement, adding that 19 people were injured.

The Israeli army said this morning it targeted Iranian air defense systems in a wave of overnight strikes near Tehran.

“During the night, the air force struck dozens of targets, including surface-to-air missile infrastructure, as part of an operation to dismantle the regime’s air defense capabilities near Tehran,” the army said in a statement.

“For the first time since the beginning of the war, over 1,500 kilometers from Israeli territory, the air force struck defense installations in the Tehran area,” it added.

The Israeli airstrike on Tehran’s Mehrabad airport targeted a hangar housing fighter jets, according to state media.

In Lebanon, the Directorate of Civil Aviation at Beirut International Airport extended the closure of its airspace until 10 a.m.

Iran announced today that it shot down Israeli drones on a reconnaissance mission over the country’s northwest, according to state media.

Iranian forces “succeeded in downing Israeli drones that had violated the country’s airspace in the Salmas border region,” state TV reported, adding the drones “had entered Iranian airspace for espionage and reconnaissance missions.”

In Tehran, local media reported an explosion this morning near Mehrabad airport in the city’s west. An AFP journalist saw flames and plumes of smoke rising from the airport area, which handles domestic and regional flights.

Earlier, loud explosions were heard elsewhere in the capital as air defenses were activated in response to new Israeli strikes, according to the official IRNA news agency.

“Enough escalation, it is time to stop. Peace and diplomacy must prevail,” said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on X.

Yesterday morning, Israel launched a massive strike on Iranian territory, claiming it had intelligence showing Tehran was nearing the “point of no return” toward a nuclear bomb.

More than 200 military and nuclear sites were targeted, killing top Iranian commanders.

The attack, which also hit residential buildings, left 78 dead and over 320 wounded — “a large majority of them civilians,” according to Iran’s UN envoy Amir Saeid Iravani.

In Israel, the strikes injured “around 40 people and one woman died,” said Ambassador Yechiel Leiter.

Speaking to CNN, Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter said Iran had launched “about 150” ballistic missiles in three waves since yesterday.

He warned that the attacks were unlikely to stop, saying the Islamic Republic had a missile arsenal of nearly 2,000.

Last night, firefighters reported “several major incidents” around Tel Aviv. AFP images from central Tel Aviv showed flames and smoke rising from a residential building where an explosion had blown a large hole at the base.

Iran launched another wave of missile strikes on Israel today, in retaliation for Thursday's unprecedented Israeli airstrikes on Iranian military and nuclear facilities — raising fears of a wider regional conflict.

While explosions echoed through Tehran overnight, Israeli civilians — especially around Tel Aviv — faced a night of air raid sirens and urgent calls to seek shelter.

Iran said its attacks were targeting “military bases and infrastructure” in Israel.

Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the major escalation between Iran and Israel and its ripple effects across the region.