Israeli information forces and archetypal responders stitchery astatine the tract of an Iranian onslaught that deed a residential neighbourhood successful the Ramat Aviv country successful Tel Aviv connected June 22, 2025.
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Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi connected Sunday said Tehran reserves each options to support its sovereignty and radical aft the "outrageous" U.S. attacks connected 3 large atomic enrichment facilities successful the Middle Eastern country.
Iran besides launched its 20th question of rocket and drone strikes against Israeli subject targets, according to Iran state-owned media Fars. The Israel Defense Forces connected Sunday reported sirens blaring owed to further Iranian offensives and added it had begun its ain rocket offensives successful occidental Iran.
The 2 determination foes person been exchanging attacks since Israel's surprise attack connected Iran past week.
Tehran's effect comes aft the U.S. conducted a nonstop subject onslaught connected Iran for the archetypal time, a determination that has dramatically ratcheted up geopolitical tensions successful the already volatile region.
Araghchi said connected societal media that the U.S. attacks targeting the Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan atomic sites would person "everlasting consequences," adding that "every subordinate of the United Nations indispensable beryllium alarmed implicit this highly dangerous, lawless and transgression behavior."
In a abstracted post, Araghchi accused the U.S. and Israel of destroying caller efforts to execute a diplomatic breakthrough.
"Last week, we were successful negotiations with the US erstwhile Israel decided to stroke up that diplomacy. This week, we held talks with the E3/EU erstwhile the US decided to stroke up that diplomacy," Araghchi said connected X. The E3 refers to the informal diplomatic grouping of Germany, France and Britain.
Addressing the federation connected Saturday evening, U.S. President Donald Trump said strikes connected 3 of Iran's atomic sites were a "spectacular subject success" that "completely obliterated" the country's cardinal enrichment facilities.
The U.S. president's assertion astir the effect of the cognition could not beryllium independently confirmed. The International Atomic Energy Agency and Iran's atomic information halfway had reported nary radiation oregon contamination astatine the atomic centers pursuing the attacks, arsenic of Sunday greeting London time.
Protesters successful enactment of Iran and Palestinians successful Gaza clasp flags and placards during a objection against the actions of Israel and the United States successful Sydney connected June 22, 2025.
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"There volition beryllium either peace, oregon determination volition beryllium calamity for Iran acold greater than we person witnessed implicit the past 8 days. Remember, determination are galore targets left," Trump said.
Israel welcomed Trump's involution successful the conflict. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Trump's "bold determination volition alteration history."
Elsewhere successful the Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Oman and Qatar's respective governments each expressed heavy interest successful absorption to the U.S. incursion connected Iran's atomic facilities.
Lebanon, meanwhile, called "for restraint and the motorboat of constructive and superior negotiations to reconstruct stableness to the countries of the region," according to a Google-translated post from the presidency.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said helium was "gravely concerned" by the U.S. usage of unit against Iran, informing that "there is simply a increasing hazard that this struggle could rapidly get retired of control."
At slightest 430 radical person been killed successful Iran since Israel began its attacks, according to Iranian authorities media, citing Tehran's wellness ministry. Twenty-four civilians were past reported killed successful Israel owed to Iran's retaliatory strikes, according to U.N. experts.
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