Good morning and welcome to this live blog. Here we will keep you informed of the latest developments around the Israeli air strikes on military and nuclear goals in Iran.
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UN Security Council will meet later today The United Nations Security Council will discuss the Israeli attacks on Iran today today. The council meets at the request of Iran. Iran has also announced the attacks “proportional” and “decisive” to reimburse the attacks.
The time at which the Security Council meets is not yet known.
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At least dozens of dead and hundreds of injured there are not yet official figures about victims in Iran, but Iranian media speak of at least seventy dead and more than three hundred injured people. Media previously reported that three army leaders and six atomic scientists died.
Israel states that the attacks were aimed at military and nuclear facilities and not on citizens. Nevertheless, citizens also died in the capital Tehran, witnesses report to DPA news agency. Possibly residential areas have been shot at because there were high -ranking soldiers.
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Netanyahu speaks with Trump and Putin the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu calls later today with US President Trump and Russian President Putin. He has already spoken with the German Chancellor Merz, the Indian Premier Modi and French President Macron today.
“The leaders have shown understanding for Israel’s defense needs against the threat of Iranian destruction,” says Netanyahu about the conversations.
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Uncertainty about Iranian drone attacks The Iranian news agency Fars reports on the basis of a safety source that Iran has not launched drones towards Israel. According to the source, Iran will “take revenge in the near future”.
In the meantime, the Israeli army is reporting drones above the Red Sea, which would have been launched from Iran.
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Macron calls for reluctance The French President Macron calls on X in a message to “maximum restraint” so as not to endanger the stability in the Middle East. He also emphasizes that Israel has the right to “defend himself and to guarantee his safety”.
According to him, France takes all the necessary steps to guarantee the safety of his citizens and military and diplomatic representations in the region.
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Almost eighty deaths reported in Tehran in Tehran would have died and 329 people were injured, reports Iranian Nournews .
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Multiple Israeli embassies and consulates closed several Israeli embassies and consulates report their doors for an indefinite period of time. Among other things, the embassies in Berlin and Stockholm are closed. They call on their websites to be careful to be careful abroad and not to show Israeli symbols.
Prime Minister Netanyahu said after consultation with the German Chancellor Merz that Germany is tightening security at Israeli and Jewish locations. In the Swedish capital Stockholm, security at the most important synagogue in the city has been tightened, reports Reuters news agency.
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President Trump tells ABC News that the Israeli attack on Iran was “excellent”. He warns that more will follow. “We gave them a chance and they didn’t get it. They are struck hard, very hard. And there is more. Much more.”
When asked whether the US was involved in the attack in a way, Trump replies that he wants to “not comment” on it.
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Israeli president: “Iran was direct threat” The Israeli attacks were intended to remove a “direct and existential threat”, writes Israeli president Isaac Herzog on X. “The Iranian leaders have made no secret of their openly repeated intent to make the state of Israel.”
According to Herzog, Israel has a duty to defend himself. “We sincerely hope that for our region this will clear the way to a more peaceful and prosperous future.”
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Erdogan condemns Israeli attacks The Turkish president Erdogan condemns the attacks on Iran and calls them a “clear provocation”. “The government of Netanyahu tries to put our region and the whole world into a disaster,” he writes on X. He believes that further attacks should be prevented.
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According to Israel, Natanz has suffered considerable damage The most important nuclear enrichment facility of Iran, Natanz, has suffered considerable damage. That is what the Israeli military spokesperson Brigadiereral Effie Defrin says.
Defrin also tells journalists that the Israeli army works according to an attack plan and that the operation can take a long time. That seems to indicate that more attacks will follow.
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Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called Israeli air strikes a “stupidity” that will regret that country. Pezeshkian says that Iran will respond “powerfully”. The president calls on the population to keep trust in the leadership of the country and to be side by side. Pezeshkian was elected president in July 2024.
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Israel claims Death Iranian Air Force Officers Israel says it has eliminated the management of the Air Force of the IRG. The top soldiers would have been killed when they were together in an underground bunker. This includes Air Force Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh. In addition, the commanders of the drone department and the air defense were killed in a statement.
Sources tell Reuters news agency that in total at least twenty Iranian Air Force Officers were killed. The Israeli defense minister Israel Katz also hinted earlier today that Israel had eliminated several Iranian leaders.
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In Tehran, people are going to protest against Israeli air strikes. Some demonstrators carry images of the top soldiers killed by Israel.
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Trump: Iran has to close a deal before there is nothing left of the country Donald Trump claims that Iran has had plenty of time to conclude an agreement on his core program. In addition, the US president states that Iran was warned about the consequences of an attack. That is stated in a message on his social media platform Truth Social.
According to Trump, the heaviest attacks are yet to come. Iran would therefore do well to conclude an agreement on the core program as soon as possible. Otherwise there will soon be nothing left of the country, the president writes.
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Hezbollah keeps aloof Hezbollah informs Reuters in a statement that the Israel will not attack. The militant movement from Lebanon is an ally of Iran and usually attracts the regime in Tehran. Hezbollah condemns the Israeli attack but will not hit back on its own initiative, “the group writes.
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Israel says it has become Natanz centrifuges the Israeli army says that the underground spaces were damaged in the air strikes at the Natanz nuclear facility. There are the centrifuges for enriching uranium. The electricity supply and other supporting systems have also been hit in a statement.
Israel says that there have been a total of five attack waves. The first was aimed at high -ranking military figures. Subsequently, prominent nuclear scientists were killed. The attack on Natanz was part of the third wave of attack. In addition, the air defense of the capital Tehran has also been hit. The two subsequent attack operations also had the Iranian air defense as a target.
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Iranian city of Tabriz under fire Israeli and Iranian media reporting Israeli air strikes on Tabriz, a city in northeastern Iran. The target would be the international airport. Channel 12 and the Fars news agency, among others, report this. A factory for rockets would have been attacked at the southern city of Shiraz. The Israeli army has not yet confirmed the attacks.
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Iran: Israeli attacks are the declaration of war as far as Iran is concerned, the Israeli air strikes of the past hours are a declaration of war. That writes the Iranian mission at the United Nations. Iran asks the UN Security Council to invest an emergency session to discuss the “Zionist aggression”, reports Irna news agency.
The Iranian army announced earlier this morning that it will not restrain itself in response to the Israeli attacks. “All options are on the table,” says the General Staff according to Perbureau Tasnim .
Earlier Iranian reactions to Israeli attacks had been measured, including the rocket attack of April last year.
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Russia calls Israeli attack ‘harmful and unacceptable’ Moscow is not pleased with Israeli air strikes on Iran. The Kremlin speaks of an “unacceptable action” that is “harmful” for stability in the Middle East. Russia calls the timing of the attack so short for new conversations about an Iranian atomic deal “cynical”.
The US and Iran would talk again next Sunday about the Iranian core program. It is not clear whether those conversations will continue. It would be the sixth session since the discussions were resumed in April.
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KLM does not fly to Tel Aviv KLM until 1 July not flying at the Israeli city of Tel Aviv until 1 July. The airline previously also suspended flights due to tensions in the region.
“We continue to follow the situation closely and adjust our flight schedule when it is safe again,” says a spokesperson. KLM has only flew daily on Tel Aviv since the end of last month.
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NU.nl-Buitenland reporter Matthijs Le Loux about the attitude of the US “US President Trump asked Netanyahu on Monday to not attack Iran on Monday. He repeated that message publicly on Thursday, hours before the attacks,” says foreign reporter Matthijs Le Loux. “In the White House it was expected that Israel would wait, while the US is negotiating a new core agreement with Iran. Many experts think it is unlikely that Trump has sold a hard no to the Israeli Prime Minister.”
“Trump played on Thursday with the thought that an Israeli attack could force Iran to close a deal.” It could even help, but it could also ruin it, “he said. The democratic senator Chris Murphy stated on Friday that the Israeli attack was clearly meant to be the negotiations between the Trump and Iran government.”
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NATO boss Rutte looks at the US for de-escalation There is an important task for the United States and other allies to reduce tensions in the Middle East, says NATO CEO Mark Rutte. “That now goes for.”
“It is now crucial for many NATO countries, including the US, to work on de-escalation at the same time,” said Rutte when visiting Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in Stockholm. “And I know they do that.”
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Iranian air defense attacked The Israeli Air Force has attacked Iranian air defense, reports the Israeli army on X. The attacks are said to have been carried out in the past hours.
Earlier, the air defense would have already been hit by smuggled Israeli drones. That operation preceded the Israeli attacks on the Iranian nuclear installations. It is not exactly clear when Israeli combat aircraft carried out their attacks on the air defense installations.
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Natanz nuclear facility damaged the Israeli air strikes have damaged a number of parts of the Natanz nuclear facility. The Iranian atomic agency AEOI confirms this. The facility was one of the targets last night. The AEOI does not release anything about the extent of the damage. The Israeli channel 12 reports that the complex has been destroyed, but that has not (yet) been confirmed independently.
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Cabinet regrets Stap Israel To attack Iran The outgoing cabinet regrets that Israel has attacked goals in Iran. “We regret that Israel has taken this step,” said Minister Ruben Brekelmans (Defense, VVD) just before the start of the Council of Ministers. “We think it is important that it is not escalating any further now.”
Prime Minister Dick Schoof shows a similar sound on X: “The Netherlands calls on all parties to keep it on peace and to refrain from further attacks and retaliations. In the interest of stability in the region, immediate de-escalation is necessary.”
Outgoing Foreign Minister Casper Veldkamp calls on Israel and Iran to reluctance, he told the press this morning. He did not want to say whether the Netherlands was informed of the Israeli attack in advance.
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This ticket shows where the Iranian nuclear installations are located. Those are the green dots. The locations that Israel has attacked are circled red.
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Gulf states and Turkey see Israeli attack consultation with Iran damage Gulf state after Golf State condemns the large -scale Israeli attacks. According to Qatar, among other things, they form a “reckless escalation”, violate international law and threaten to set the Middle East on fire. Turkey shows a similar sound. The United Arab Emirates insist on “extreme restraint and caution” so as not to let the conflict grab it.
Saudi Arabia asks for intervention from the UN Security Council, but in that Israel’s great ally the US has a veto. Also Qatar asks the international community to take its “moral responsibility”. Oman has already convicted Israeli attacks.
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Room delivered about escalation war in the Middle East Parties in the Lower House are that the situation in the Middle East will escalate. “The situation in the Middle East is extremely worrying. We are on the edge of a new regional war – and that will also affect Europe,” says Dilan Yesilgöz of the VVD. “Further escalation is a threat to safety worldwide,” says Frans Timmermans (GroenLinks-PvdA).
According to Rob Jetten (D66), “large-scale attacks by both Israel and Iran have nothing but losers. Let the international community now take action as quickly as possible to de-escalate.”
The PVV and SGP, parties that always support Israel, support the attack. According to Geert Wilders (PVV), Iran and his nuclear capacities “are an existential threat to Israel and the entire free world”. SGP’er Diederik van Dijk thinks it is “good” that Israel “dismisses the Iranian nuclear program in a Kiese way”.
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Israel killed these Iranian leaders last night. These are IRG leader Hossein Salami (left) and General Mohammad Bagheri, Chief of Staff of the Army (right).
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Mossad with sabotage involved in attack the Israeli Mossad, the external intelligence service, carried out sabotage activities and attacks in that country during the attacks of the Israeli Air Force on Iran. The Israeli army radio reports this.
An anonymous safety officer reports that the Mossad has carried out three operations. Among other things, the service would have smuggled weapons and drones Iran. They hit the Iranian air defense shortly before the Israeli attack. The drones would have been smuggled to Iran for quite some time before the attack. The Israeli Channel 12, among others, writes about the plans. It would have preceded years of preparation.
Earlier this month, Ukraine used a similar tactic in his attack on Russian airports. The drones that were used were already on Russian territory.
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Israel claims down Iranian drones Israel has intercepted the first Iranian drones, reports an army spokesperson on X. The aircraft would have been taken down outside the borders. According to Israeli media, drones would have been intercepted Syria, among others. The drones that cannot be intercepted are expected above Israel from 9 a.m.
Jordan also reports that the projectiles have intercepted. But it does not explicitly report that it concerns drones from Iran.
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At least fifty people were injured in the attacks on Iran, reports the Iranian state television. At least 35 of them would be women and children. All fifty injured people were taken care of in a hospital in Tehran.
Probably there were still injuries in other hospitals. For example, in the QASR-E Shirin district in the province of Kermanshah, at least one dead and 24 were injured, reports Irna news agency.
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No increased radiation at the nuclear facility at the Natanz nuclear facility, no increased radiation has been measured, reports IAEA atomic agency based on the Iranian authorities. The service also states on X that no damage has been reported to the nuclear complex at the city. The Bushehr nuclear power plant is also still in operation.
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Oil prices considerably higher after Israeli attack on Iran The oil prices rose by more than 9 percent on Friday after the Israeli attacks on Iran. It is about the biggest increase in more than five months. Analysts are very worried about oil production now that tensions in the Middle East are increasing. Read on here .
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Iranian army general Bagheri also killed the Iranian General Mohammed Bagheri, Chief of Staff of the army, was killed by the Israeli attacks, reports the Iranian state television. It was previously reported that Hussein Salami, the leader of the revolutionary guard, had died.
The Iranian army and the revolutionary guard are both powerful military institutions within Iran that co -exist and have their own tasks.
Iranian state media also reported that six atomic scientists were killed.
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Iran: “attack Israel shows why we need an atomic program” The Iranian government calls the Israeli attack on military goals and nuclear installations “cowardly”. The attack is precisely the reason why the country strives for an atomic program and develops cruise missiles, Tehran says in a statement via Reuters .
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In Tehran, explosions were shown in the night from Thursday to Friday after the Israeli air strikes.
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Air traffic in Middle East was hit by attacks Iran, Iraq and Jordan closed the airspace after last night’s Israeli air strikes. Tel Aviv airport had been closed for some time after the attack on Iran. The Israeli El Al, Air India, Lufthansa, Emirates Airlines and Qatar Airways have canceled flights. It is expected that more airlines will report outages in the coming hours. Iraqi airspace in particular is widely used for flights between Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
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The Israeli attacks have caused damage in various places in and around the Iranian capital Tehran. Rescue workers are on site. According to the Iranian state television, there have been deaths and injuries, but nothing is known about numbers.
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Israel says it has touched more than a hundred goals in Iran at the Israeli air strikes on military and nuclear installations in Iran have been more than a hundred goals, says an army spokesperson. The Air Force has deployed two hundred combat aircraft in the attack on the night from Thursday to Friday, the armed forces report on X.
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Israel reports the launch of Iranian drones The Israeli army says that more than a hundred drones have already been launched from Iran in the past hours. According to a spokesperson, the anti -aircraft is ready to switch off the projectiles.
The Iraqi Ministry of Transport has announced a temporary closure of the airspace. It refers to the increasing regional security stresses after the Israeli attacks on Iran of tonight. The ministry did not comment on reports that Israel would have used Iraqi airspace to attack Iran.
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Advice to Dutch people in Iran: Let Family know how things are going to be the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the region to let their friends and family know how they are doing. In a message on X, the ministry also advises to keep a close eye on the news and to follow the instructions of local authorities.
Those who need help will be advised to contact the travel company or travel insurer. “Or contact Contact Center Netherlands worldwide of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.” People are also advised to register for the Foreign Information Service to stay informed of the latest developments.
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Mediator Oman Angrily about Israeli attack Oman has condemned Israeli attacks on Iran and speaks of a “dangerous” and “reckless” action. The country says that the “Israeli aggression” is unacceptable and wants the international community to send a signal to Israel.
Oman mediates between Iran and the US about the Iranian core program. On Sunday the sixth round of conversation between the two countries is on the program. They take place in Muscat, the capital of Oman. It is uncertain whether these will continue.
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US not involved in the attack, but in advance informed according to two sources from Reuters news agency, the United States are not involved in the attacks and they do not provide assistance. Minister of Foreign Affairs Marco Rubio confirms this in a short statement. He also states that Israel has announced the US that this attack was needed from self -defense.
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Israel states that Iran ‘too close’ to production was nuclear weapons, Israel claims that it had no choice but to attack Iran and adds that it had collected information that showed that Tehran had approached the ” Point of No Return ” in his attempts to build his own nuclear weapons.
“The Iranian regime has been working for decades to obtain a nuclear weapon. The world has taken all possible diplomatic roads to stop, but the regime has refused to stop,” the Israeli army reports in a statement. The army does not announce what evidence it would have recently collected.
Iran received criticism from the IAEA on Thursday because the country would not fulfill nuclear obligations. As a counter -move, the country announced the installation of a third atomic complex.
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One of the goals of the Israeli attacks on Iran was the Nuclear Facility Natanz. Uranium is enriched there, among other things. The centrifuges for this are said to have been installed deep underground, under a thick layer of concrete.
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Trump hopes that negotiations with Iran about atomic deal can continue to be President Donald Trump of the US that Iran will continue to negotiate an atomic deal despite the Israeli attacks, he says in conversation with Fox News .
Since his appointment, the US president has tried to reach a new nuclear agreement with Iran, after he had canceled the previous one correctly in his first term. That agreement was concluded by Trumps predecessor Barack Obama. Iran has always stated that the uranium enriches peaceful purposes and not to make weapons.
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Prime Minister Netanyahu warns citizens of Prime Minister Netanyahu measures that Israeli citizens will have to spend often and for a long time in shelters. Israel expects an Iranian counterattack. Netanyahu confirms in a video message that has killed his country some Iranian military leaders, as was previously known through the Iranian state television.
In an earlier video message, Netanyahu seemed to announce that it does not stay with an Israeli attack wave. “This operation will take as long as necessary to avert the threat of destruction of Israel.”
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IAEA confirms that nuclear location in Natanz target Israel was director-general Rafael Grossi of Atomendeer Energy Agency IAEA confirms that the Iranian nuclear location in Natanz has been hit by the Israeli attacks. The organization is in contact with the Iranian authorities about the radiation levels.
“The IAEA follows the very worrying situation in Iran closely. The body can confirm that the location in Natanz is one of the targets. We are in contact with the Iranian authorities about the radiation levels. We are also in contact with our inspectors in the country,” says Grossi on X.
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According to the Iranian state television, residential areas have also been hit by the Israeli attacks. In addition, children were also killed, it is reported.
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Army Israel mobilizes tens of thousands of soldiers. The Israeli staff chef Eyal Zamir has announced in a television speech that the army mobilizes tens of thousands of soldiers. “Everyone who tries to challenge us pays a high price.”
Zamir also pointed to the consequences of the attack for the Israeli population. “People of Israel, I can’t promise absolute success. The Iranian regime will try to attack us in response. The expected costs will be different from we are used to,” said the army leader.
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Iran: Israel and US will pay for Israeli attack The highest leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamei, says that Israel will get a “heavy punishment”.
According to Khamenei, Israel has unveiled his “despise nature”. “With this attack, the Zionist regime has created a bitter fate for itself, and it will not escape that,” says Khamenei in a statement.
“The armed forces will certainly respond to this Zionist attack,” added Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi. He is the spokesperson for the Iranian armed forces. Just like the IRGC, he states that the US is also held responsible for the attack.
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Commander Revolutionary Guard killed by attack Israel The commander of the Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) was killed in the large Israeli attack on Iran. This is reported by the Tasnim news agency, which is considered the mouthpiece of the Iranian elite forces. Major General Hussein Salami was killed in an attack on the headquarters of the IRG-Mopperbevel. The state television had already reported a fire there.
Two leading nuclear scientists, Fereydoun Abbasi and Mohammed Mehdi Tehranchi were also killed in the attacks, according to the State television.
In Tehran, residential buildings were also hit by Israeli attacks on Friday morning, reports the official news agency Irna , which called neighborhoods at various locations in the capital. In addition, “multiple deaths” would have fallen, including children. Irna does not mention exact numbers.
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Israel is carrying out air strikes on nuclear goals in Iran Israel performed air strikes on Iran last night. Those attacks were aimed at “military and nuclear goals” in Iran. The International Atomic Agency (IAEA) reports that the Natanz nuclear facility was a target. In the meantime, Israel is waiting for retaliation attacks from Iran. Read on here .
Good morning and welcome to this live blog. Here we will keep you informed of the latest development the Israeli Airstrikes on Military and Nuclear Targets in Iran.
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Un Security Council to Meet Today the United Nations Security Council Will Meet Today to discuss the Israeli Attacks on Iran. The Council is Meeting At The Request of Iran. Iran has also informed the security Council that it will retaliate against the attacks “proportionately” and “decisively”.
The time at which the Security Council Will Meet is not Yet Known.
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At Least Deans Dead and Hundreds Injured There Are No Official Figures On Casualties in Iran Yet, But Iranian Media Speak of At Least Seventy Dead and More Than Three Hundred. Media Previously reported that three army leaders and six nuclear scientists had killed.
Israel States That the Attacks Were Aimed at Military and Nuclear Facilities and Not At Civilians. However, civilians have also bone killed in the capital tehran, witnesses tell news agency dpa . Residential Areas May Have Been Shelled Because High-Ranking Military Personnel Were Located There.
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Netanyahu speaks with Trump and Putin Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu Will Speak with us President Trump and Russian President Putin later Today. He has already spoken with German Chancellor Merz, Indian Prime Minister Modi and French President Macron Today.
“The Leaders Have Shown Understanding for Israel’s Defense Needs Against the Threat of Iranian Destruction,” Netanyahu Says About the Talks.
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Uncertainty About Iranian Drone Attacks The Iranian Press Agency Fars Reports, Based on A Security Source, That Iran Has Not Launched Any Drones Towards Israel. Accordance to the Source, Iran Will “Take Revenge in the Near Future”.
Meanwhile, The Israeli Army is Reporting Drones Above the Red Sea