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Iraq's pro-Iran outlet Sabrin said Israel attacked the vicinity of the Iraqi embassy in Tehran. The report came soon after Iran's Tasnim agency said two massive explosions were heard in the capital city and plums of smoke was seen rising.
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Israeli strikes in Tehran
The IDF began a new round of strikes on targets in Iran on Sunday after explosions were heard in the area of the Imam Khomeini International Airport at Vahnabad. The Iranian news agency ISNA reported at the same time that Ali Baaqawi, a nuclear scientist from the northern Iranian city of Mazandaran, was killed in a targeted strike.
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Strikes in Iran
The Israeli public diplomacy directorate said Israel had no choice but to attack Iran's oil storage facilities because they were used for military purposes, including attacks on Israeli civilians. The oil infrastructure that was attacked was used for Iran's missiles, drones, aircraft and other armaments, the directorate said. adding that Israel was carrying out precise strikes on targets in an effort to minimize civilian casualties and collateral damage.
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said his country would end cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog IAEA.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a visit to the site of the Iranian missile strike in Bat Yam that Israel launched its attacks on Iran because it was under an existential threat from the Iranian nuclear and missile programs. "Iran will pay a very heavy price for murdering civilians. We will also achieve our goals," Netanyahu said.
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Prime Minister Netanyahu visits the site of an Iranian missile strike in Bat Yam on Sunday
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot said on Sunday that Iran's nuclear program is a threat to Israel and Europe. "The Iranian nuclear program is an existential threat for the security of Israel and beyond the security of Europe. We always said the best way to prevent that threat, to contain it, remains diplomacy," Barrot told RTL radio.
British finance minister Rachel Reeves said the UK could potentially support Israel in its conflict with Iran, but had decided to send additional military jets to the Middle East to protect British bases and personnel. "We're sending in assets to both protect ourselves and also potentially to support our allies," Reeves told Sky News.
Earlier, Germany, France and Britain said they were ready to hold immediate talks with Iran over Tehran's nuclear program in a bid to de-escalate the situation in the Middle East, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said. "This is also a key prerequisite for reaching a pacification of this conflict, that Iran presents no danger to the region, for the state of Israel, or to Europe."
Britain and France were among the nations that helped block Iranian missile fire last year when Iran attacked Israel after the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and after a senior member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) was targeted in an Israeli attack in Damascus.
Iran has asked Cyprus to convey "some messages" to Israel, President Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday, adding that he expected to speak to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu later in the day, according to a report on Reuters.
A spokesperson for the government in Tehran said the municipality will open all underground train stations overnight for residents to seek shelter during Israeli strikes after Israel's Defense Minister, Israel Katz, again threatened to bring destruction to the Iranian capital.
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Defense Minister Isarel Katz and Prim Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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"Khamenei is turning Tehran into Beirut and is holding its residents hostage," Katz said. "Anyone who thinks of harming us by criminally firing at civilians will learn that we are strong," Katz said as he threatened to bring down the Iranian regime.
The Iranians have a state-of-the-art weapons production and have not yet deployed their most lethal armaments against Israel's security, experts said Sunday. The Iranians have ballistic missiles able to carry a payload of more than a ton, and advanced ballistic missiles that are quick, difficult to detect and to intercept, according to current and former military officials. The IDF has been studying the latest Iranian capabilities in recent months.
The officials believe Iran may be keeping some of its more lethal armaments for the final days of the war. They also agree that without U.S.-made bunker-busting bombs, it would take Israel a long time to completely disable Iran's nuclear program because the IDF can only peel off layers of defense one by one and there are thousands of nuclear sites spread around the vast Iranian territory.
Tehran claimed it launched the “Haj Qasem” missile, named after slain Iranian general Qasem Soleimani, in the latest round of attacks. CNN reported that Iran unveiled the missile earlier this year, describing it as solid-fueled with a range of 1,200 kilometers (about 745 miles). The missile is equipped with a maneuverable warhead intended to penetrate air defenses.
The IDF confirmed on Sunday that its air force struck some 80 Iranian targets overnight, including the gas refineries at Bandar Abbas and the oil depot near Tehran. Since Thursday, Israel has attacked 170 targets in Iran, unlike the Iranian attacks targeting Israeli civilians.
According to reports in Iranian media on Sunday, explosions were heard in Isfahan and Kermanshah in Iran. The pro-Iran Sabrin news agency in Iraq said the IDF attacked an electronics factory in Shiraz and also struck targets in Shahrud, where Iran's space program is based.
Israel's petrochemical company, Bazan, said on Sunday that its Haifa facility was damaged in the Iranian missile strike targeting the city on Saturday. Conduction lines were damaged, but the oil refinery was operating as usual.
Iran does not want its conflict with Israel to expand to neighboring countries, Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said on Sunday. He said the United States must condemn Israel's attacks on Iran's nuclear facilities. Araqchi said Israel hoped to sabotage the U.S.-Iranian negotiations to reach a nuclear deal and could not have attacked Iran without America's green light. Tehran's response to the Israeli attacks was self-defense, he said.
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Aftermath of Iran's missile strike on central Israel on Sunday
(Photo: Ariel Schalit / AP)
For the first time, the IDF spokesperson on Sunday posted a warning to Iranians living near weapons production sites to leave. "This is an urgent warning for those who are now near or are planning to be near weapons production facilities in Iran or entities assisting them," the military warned on X. "For your safety, we ask you to immediately leave the area of the facilities and to stay away until otherwise informed."
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Rescue workers at the site of a ballistic missile impact in Bat Yam
(Miki Schmidt)
A security official said the warning was after the government approved an extensive response to the deadly missile strikes on civilians in Israel's cities.
Defense Minister Israel Katz said the Iranian regime was turning Tehran into Beirut, alluding to the destruction there during Israel's war with Hezbollah.
The government voted to extend an emergency authorization granting police and medical authorities access to the country's biometric database, so that they would be able to identify Israelis killed in the Iranian strikes.
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Rescue teams remove people from the rubble after a missile strike on central Israel on Sunday
(Photo: Amir Levy / Getty Images)
In Israel, emergency services have pulled six bodies out of the rubble in Bat Yam, thus far, after a ballistic missile made a direct hit on an apartment block in the city, after missiles landed there, in Rehovot and other Israeli cities in the pre-dawn attack. Some 200 people were injured and 3 were still missing nd presumed trapped under the destruction, after four others with whom contact was lost were identified among the injured.
The IDF said it intercepted an attack drone over the southern Arava Desert region after the Navy shot down seven attack drones targeting Israel's eastern valleys and lower Galilee earlier on Sunday, hours after the massive Iranian missiles and drones strike.
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Rescue workers search for survivors, bodies after a missile hits Bat Yam
(Photo: Amir Levy / Getty Images)
The announcement comes after the IDF warned of hostile aircraft in the Lower Galilee, including Nazareth and surrounding areas. Prior to that, the IDF warned of a hostile aircraft in the area of Ezuz in the Southern Negev and near the border with Gaza and Egypt. No injuries were reported in that incident.
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IDF Navy shoots down Iranian drones over northern Israel
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The massive Iranian strikes triggered air raid sirens across the wider Tel Aviv metro area central and Sharon plains and the West Bank, as both ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles were launched from Iran. Interceptors shot down several incoming threats. The Israeli Air Force scrambled jets to intercept the incoming UAVs, engaging in widespread aerial defense operations over multiple regions. Another missile fired from Yemen triggered additional sirens in central Israel.
The New York Times reported that a missile also hit the world-renowned Weizmann Institute of Science in Rehovot, causing damage to buildings on campus.
In Tel Aviv, emergency crews were working to find people trapped under rubble. MDA confirmed at least one missile landed in Jerusalem.
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Iranian ballistic missile strikes Rehovot, central Israel
(Video: Itamar Brosh)
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The moment the missile struck a house in Tamra
On Saturday, The Home Front Command had instructed residents in northern and central Israel to stay near protected shelters, minimize outdoor activity and avoid gatherings during the Iranian missile barrage. Those in affected areas were told to take cover immediately upon hearing sirens and remain sheltered until receiving an official all-clear.
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Earlier, four people were killed, among them two women in their 20s, and about 10 others were wounded in the town of Tamra on Saturday after a direct hit from a missile launched by Iran, part of a massive barrage targeting northern Israel. Multiple residents are feared to be trapped under the rubble at the impact site.
Elsewhere, multiple cases of shock were reported in the Haifa area, as air raid sirens sounded across the north in response to the large-scale missile strike.
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Iranian ballistic missile salvo over northern Israel
(Video: Shir Nadler, Ofir Shamir, Yuval Twito, Mordechai Yeffet, Aya Hayut, Orly Segal, Ziv Shahar, Tom Sitton, Ofir Perush Levi, Lech Yerushalaim )
According to Sabereen News, a media outlet affiliated with pro-Iranian militias in Iraq, approximately 100 missiles were launched toward Israel in the attack. The Israeli Air Force intercepted dozens of them, many outside Israeli airspace, the IDF said.
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Iranian ballistic missiles raining down over northern Israel
(Photo: Menahem Kahana / AFP)
The Home Front Command announced that residents across Israel are no longer required to remain near protected shelters, signaling a temporary easing of immediate threat levels. However, emergency services remain on high alert as the situation continues to evolve.
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Israeli air defenses intercept Iranian ballistic missiles over Israeli airspace
(Photo: Yaron Drukman)
Iran's state TV said Saturday that “heavy and destructive” attacks against Israel were expected within hours. Shortly before the assault, Iranian state media threatened to target Israeli energy facilities.
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Massive blaze seen at fuel depot near Tehran after reported Israeli attack
Soon after, Iran’s Ministry of Petroleum reported that the IDF had struck two fuel depots in the Tehran area, in what appeared to be a direct response to the threat. Footage circulating on social media showed massive fires blazing in the Iranian capital following the reported strikes.
First published: 21:51, 06.14.25