Hello and welcome to this live blog. Here we will keep you informed of the latest developments surrounding the conflict between Israel and Iran.
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The Israeli army now reports itself that it is attacking barracks of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, including the headquarters in Tehran.
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Israeli media report that Israel did not hit the Fordow complex itself, but the access roads leading to it.
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Fordow before the American attack last weekend (photo above) and after (photo below).
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Fordow is considered the heart of Iran’s nuclear program. Here, uranium would be enriched in 2,200 machines. The complex is hidden under a mountain.
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Nuclear facility Fordow hit in new attackThe nuclear complex in Fordow has just been hit again in an attack. Iran states that these are Israeli rockets. According to a spokesperson, there is no danger to people living nearby.
Fordow is one of the three main locations in Iran’s nuclear program. The facility was already bombed by the Americans last weekend. Donald Trump claimed that the complex was completely destroyed, but Iran denied that.
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For those who hadn’t seen them yet: this is a B2 bomber. The aircraft were used last weekend by the Americans to drop heavy bombs on the three main nuclear facilities of Iran.
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Members of the Iranian Red Crescent lay flowers at a vehicle of the organization that was hit by an Israeli rocket last week. According to the Iranian news agency Mehr, three employees of the Red Crescent were killed. The Red Crescent is an aid organization that is considered the local counterpart of the Red Cross.
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Rockets land in Tehran and power goes out in part of the cityEyewitnesses report that a new wave of Israeli rockets has landed in Tehran, writes news agency AP. Iranian media also report explosions in the capital. The electricity is said to have gone out in the north of the city. Among other places, a rocket is said to have landed near the office of the Red Crescent. That area was also hit last week.
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Israelis must take shelter from Iranian attacksThroughout Israel, the air raid siren could be heard this morning as a result of Iranian attacks, the Israeli army reports. The threat is now over and citizens are allowed to leave the shelters again. According to The Times of Israel, Iran fired fifteen rockets over a period of forty minutes. No one was injured.
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Iranian Foreign Minister arrives in Moscow for meeting with PutinIranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi has arrived in Moscow. He will meet with President Vladimir Putin there. Iran maintains good relations with Russia and supplies, among other things, drones that are used in the war against Ukraine. Earlier, Putin put himself forward as a possible mediator between Iran and Israel, but he later weakened that offer.
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Iran executes man convicted of collaboration with IsraelIn Iran, a man has been executed today who was convicted of collaboration with the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad. The state news agency Tasnim reports this. The man was already arrested at the end of 2023. He is said to have led a cyber team that had ties to the Mossad. Iran also executed a man on Sunday after a similar accusation.
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US warns Americans abroadThe US State Department has issued a “worldwide warning” to Americans. The conflict in the Middle East poses an increased security risk for people traveling or living abroad.
The ministry warns, among other things, of “demonstrations against American citizens and interests abroad” and calls on Americans to be “extra cautious”.
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Iran and Israel exchange rocket attacks againIran and Israel have again exchanged rockets overnight. Around 2:00 AM (Dutch time), the Israeli army reported that rockets were on their way from Iran. In Tel Aviv, the air raid siren went off and citizens had to seek out their shelters. Half an hour later, according to the army, the threat was over again. The rockets would all have been intercepted by Israeli air defense.
Iranian state media report that in the center of Tehran “air defense was used to counter enemy targets.” Israeli rockets are said to have hit Parchin, a military complex southeast of the Iranian capital.
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American flag was displayed next to that of Israel on the city walls around the Old City in Jerusalem last night.
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Militias backed by Iran would prepare attack on American basesAmerican intelligence services have signals that militias backed by Iran in the Middle East are preparing to attack American military bases. The New York Times reports this on the basis of insiders.
It would be retaliation attacks on bases in Iraq and possibly Syria. An insider tells the American newspaper that Iraqi authorities are working hard to deter the militias.
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Iran: US is being sucked into war by Israel under false pretensesThe United States has been misled by supporting Israel with attacks. That is what the Iranian delegate said at the emergency meeting of the UN Security Council just now. Iran has every right to defend itself, he added.
Delegate Amir Saeid Iravani said that Iran is still considering a response to the American attack. The army decides on that.
Iravani accused Israel of spreading “the misleading and incorrect narrative” that Iran is about to build a nuclear weapon. He concluded his argument with the call to hold the US and Israel “fully” accountable.
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Trump praises attack on Iran again and hints at fall of Iranian regimeIn a post on his social media platform Truth Social, President Trump again praises the American attack on Iran. “The blows were hard and accurate,” he writes.
In another post, Trump hints at a so-called regime change in Iran. “It is not politically correct to use that term, but if the current Iranian regime is unable to make Iran great again, why couldn’t there be a regime change?”, the president asks rhetorically.
Earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth denied that the US is aiming for the fall of the Iranian regime.