A residential building in Tehran, Iran damaged by an Israeli airstrike, June 13, 2025 (AP)

IAEA Finds Iran in Breach of Nuclear Obligations

UPDATE 2104 GMT:

International Atomic Energy Agency head Rafael Grossi says the “above ground plant where Iran was producing uranium enriched up to 60% has been destroyed” by Israel’s strikes.

Grossi told the UN Security Council that radiological contamination at the Natanz complex is manageable with appropriate measures.

He said there is no indication of attack on underground enrichment halls at Natanz but attacks on power supply may have damaged centrifuges.

UPDATE 1932 GMT:

Iran has fired a retaliatory volley of missiles at Israel.

The Revolutionary Guards claimed that they carried out attacks against dozens of targets in Israel.

An “Iranian senior official” said: “Our revenge has just started, they will pay a high price for killing our commanders, scientists and people…..Nowhere in Israel will be safe…..Our revenge will be painful.”

Israeli officials say seven people in the center of the country were lightly injured.

Benjamin Netanyahu later said that residents could leave shelters.

US officials say the American military helped shoot down the Iranian missiles, using ground-based systems.

Iran also asserted that at least one Israeli fighter jet was downed by air defense and that its pilot has been detained.

Israel denied the claim.

UPDATE 1335 GMT:

Iran semi-official media says 78 people have been killed and 329 injured by Israel’s attacks on residential areas in Tehran.

UPDATE 1300 GMT:

Italy’s Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has called Iranian and Israeli counterparts to urge a return to negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.

During the conversation with Iran’s Abbas Araqchi, Tajano asked Terhan to avoid a military escalation, “a dynamic that would be extremely dangerous for the entire region”.

“We need to return to negotiation and diplomacy as soon as possible,” Tajani told Araqchi, saying it was the same message he gave Israel’s Gideon Sa’ar.

UPDATE 1215 GMT:

Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian has told the nation:

Our response will be strong and calculated. Israel will face consequences that will make it regret its aggression.

The Iranian nation and its officials will not remain silent in the face of this crime, and the legitimate and powerful response of the Islamic Republic of Iran will make the enemy regret its foolish act.

I call on the noble and courageous people of Iran to maintain their unity, solidarity, and empathy.

UPDATE 1207 GMT:

Iran’s Supreme Leader has appointed Maj. Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi as the new Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces.

Mousavi replaces Maj. Gen. Mohammad Hossein Bagheri, who was killed by Israel’s strikes.

Thr Supreme Leader named Mohammad Pakpour as commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps, succeeding the slain Major General Hossein Salami.

UPDATE 1159 GMT:

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has condemned Israel’s “clear provocation”: “The attacks of Netanyahu and his massacre network, which are setting our entire region and the world on fire, must be prevented.“

UPDATE 1142 GMT:

Two “regional sources” claim around 20 Iranian commanders have been killed in the Israeli strikes.

Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said the air force commanders had gathered for a meeting when they were hit.

Iranian officials initially denied the claims. However, they have now confirmed the killing of Gen. Amir Ali Hajizadeh, the head of the Revolutionary Guard’s missile program.

UPDATE 1123 GMT:

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has posted:

The reports emerging from the Middle East are deeply alarming.

Europe urges all parties to exercise maximum restraint, de-escalate immediately and refrain from retaliation.

A diplomatic resolution is now more urgent than ever, for the sake of the region’s stability and global security.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz echoed that both sides should “refrain from steps that could lead to a further escalation and destabilize the whole region”.

UPDATE 1110 GMT:

Effectively endorsing Israel’s strikes, Donald Trump has demanded that Iran accept his terms over its nuclear program:

I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal. I told them, in the strongest of words, to “just do it”, but no matter how hard they tried, no matter how close they got, they just couldn’t get it done.

I told them it would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told….

Certain Iranian hardliners spoke bravely, but they didn’t know what was about to happen. They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse!

There has already been great death and destruction, but there is still time to make this slaughter, with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal, come to an end.

Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire.

Trump said in an interview with ABC News, “News” of the Israeli attack, I think it’s been excellent. We gave [Iran] a chance and they didn’t take it. They got hit hard, very hard. They got hit about as hard as you’re going to get hit. And there’s more to come. A lot more.”

UPDATE 1101 GMT:

Israel has reportedly targeted the Tabriz military airport in the East Azerbaijan Province in northwestern Iran.

Iran’s semi-official Tasnim said 10 sites were struck in the province, killing at least three people.

UPDATE 1049 GMT:

Ali Shamkhani, a senior advisor to Iran’s Supreme Leader, was wounded in Israel’s strikes.

Shamkhani, an admiral in the Iranian Navy, is a former Secretary of the State National Security Council.

UPDATE 1021 GMT:

More countries have expressed concern over Israel’s strike and called for restraint and de-escalation.

Turkey’s Foreign Ministry said, “Israel must put an immediate end to its aggressive actions that could lead to further conflicts.”

France’s Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot posted in social media, “We call on all sides to exercise restraint and avoid any escalation that could undermine regional stability.”

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, called on all parties to exercise maximum restraint as nuclear facilities “must never be attacked”.

This development is deeply concerning….I reiterate that any military action that jeopardizes the safety and security of nuclear facilities risks grave consequences for the people of Iran, the region, and beyond.

Grossi expressed his readiness “to assess the situation and ensure safety, security and non-proliferation in Iran”.

UPDATE 0901 GMT:

Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization says Israeli strikes damaged parts of the Natanz uranium enrichment facility.

The Organization said, “The damage at the Shahid Ahmadi Roshan enrichment complex is still being assessed. So far, there have been no reports of casualties among staff or any radiation or chemical contamination spreading outside the facility.”

UPDATE 0857 GMT:

Lebanon’s government has warned Hezbollah not to join any Iranian retaliation against Israel’s strikes.

“The time when the organization bypassed the state in deciding to go to war is over,” officials told Hezbollah. They said the Iran-allied group would bear responsibility for dragging the country into a regional conflict.

UPDATE 0854 GMT:

Global oil prices have surged after Israel’s strikes on Iran.

Brent and Nymex crude prices jumped by more than 10%, reaching their highest levels since January. They later stabilized but remain about 7.5% higher, with Brent at $74.50 a barrel and Nymex at $73.20.

UPDATE 0809 GMT:

The Israeli military says it has destroyed the air defense infrastructure western Iran.

The Israel Defense Forces said “dozens of radars and surface-to-air missile launchers” were demolished.

“These strikes improve the Air Force’s freedom of aerial action,” the IDF added.

Mossad and the Israeli military carried out a series of covert operations against Iran’s strategic missile infrastructure ahead of the airstrikes, say Israeli “security sources”.

The officials said Mossad operatives secretly smuggled large volumes of precision-guided weaponry into Iran and deployed them across a number of locations. The weapons were used to target Iranian surface-to-air missile systems and long-range missile launchers during the strikes.

UPDATE 0807 GMT:

Israeli authorities have lifted a directive requiring citizens to stay near protected areas, indicating that the threat from Iranian drones and missiles is over.

Officials say all drones were intercepted.

UPDATE 0658 GMT:

Jordan has intercepted drones, likely from Iran, which have entered its airspace.

Air raid sirens are sounding in the capital Amman.

A senior military official said interceptions were carried out based on assessments that missiles and drones were likely to fall within Jordanian territory, including populated areas. The Jordanian military is operating “around the clock to defend the country’s borders by land, sea, and air and will not allow any violation of Jordanian airspace under any circumstances”.

Two Iraqi security officials said more than 100 drones launched from Iran were tracked crossing Iraq’s airspace.

Israel’s military says it has begun intercepting Iranian drones outside the country. Ben Gurion Airport is closed, and airlines El Al and Arkia are moving their aircraft abroad.

UPDATE 0638 GMT:

Iran officials say Israel has killed six nuclear scientists: Abdolhamid Minouchehr, Ahmadreza Zolfaghari, Amirhossein Feqhi, Motalleblizadeh, Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi, and Fereydoun Abbasi.

UPDATE 0602 GMT:

Israeli officials say Iran has launched 100 drones towards Israel, and air defenses are carrying out interceptions.

Claimed footage of the drones is circulating on social media:

ORIGINAL ENTRY: Israel has carried out airstrikes on Iran, with targets including military commanders and nuclear facilities and scientists.

The Israel Defense Forces declared “a pre-emptive, precise, combined offensive to strike Iran’s nuclear program”, with attacks on more than 100 sites and the involvement of more than 200 fighter jets.

Among those reportedly killed are the commander-in-chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Gen. Hossein Salami; Army Chief of Staff, Maj. Gen. Mohammad Bagheri; senior commander Ghulam Ali Rashid; and nuclear scientists Fereydoun Abbasi and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi.

Abbasi was the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization from 2011 to 2013, surviving an assassination attempt by Israel in 2010. Tehranchi was a theoretical physicist. They were targeted in their homes.

Iranian State television said children were killed in at least one of the airstrikes, in a residential area of Tehran.

Netanyahu Claims Israel Halted An Iran Nuclear Bomb

Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the “many days” of strikes would succeed in “rolling back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival”. He claimed in a national address that he had pre-empted Iran’s development of nuclear weapons.

We struck at the heart of Iran’s nuclear enrichment program. We struck at the heart of Iran’s nuclear weaponization program. We targeted Iran’s main enrichment facility in Natanz. We targeted Iran’s leading nuclear scientists working on the Iranian bomb. We also struck at the heart of Iran’s ballistic missile program….

In recent months, Iran has taken steps that it has never taken before, steps to weaponize this enriched uranium, and if not stopped, Iran could produce a nuclear weapon in a very short time. It could be a year. It could be within a few months, less than a year.

That is why we have no choice but to act and act now.

Anticipating Iran’s response, he said, “Israeli citizens may have to remain in sheltered areas for lengthy periods of time.”

Donald Trump endorsed the strikes. He maintained that he had not been taken by surprise by the strike, even though he had told Netanyahu not to attack while the US was negotiating with Iran over Tehran’s nuclear program.

The sixth set of US-Iran talks had been scheduled for Sunday in Oman.

“Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb and we are hoping to get back to the negotiating table,” Trump said. “We will see. There are several people in leadership that will not be coming back.”

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said:

We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region. Israel advised us that they believe this action was necessary for its self-defense….

[We] remain in close contact with our regional partners. Let me be clear: Iran should not target US interests or personnel.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Pledges Retaliation

Iran’s Supreme Leader said Israel “committed a crime in our dear country today at dawn with its satanic, bloodstained hands”, revealing “its malicious nature even more than before by targeting residential areas”.

He acknowledged the killing of “several commanders and scientists”.

Revolutionary Guards Salami, reportedly killed this morning, had asserted on Thursday that the response to any Israeli attack be “more forceful and destructive” than in past conflicts.

The Iran Foreign Ministry said the assault “exposes global security to unprecedented threat” and called on the international community to express condemnation. It warned that the US is responsible for the consequences of “Israel’s adventurism”.

International Condemnation

Saudi Arabia denounced the strikes:

Qatar’s Foreign Ministry described the attack as a “flagrant violation of Iran’s sovereignty and security”. The UAE’s Foreign Ministry condemned the strikes “in the strongest terms” and expressed “deep concern over the repercussions on regional security and stability”.

Japan’s Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya told reporters, “We strongly condemn the latest action that escalates the situation. Peace and stability in the Middle East region are extremely important to Japan, and we urge all parties involved to exercise the utmost restraint and calm the situation.”

UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer urged “all parties to step back and reduce tensions urgently” after Israeli strikes on Iran, as “now is the time for restraint, calm and a return to diplomacy”.