More missiles on Israel, IDF strikes against nuclear sites. Trump calls for Iran's "unconditional surrender"
US President: "We know where Khamenei is, we will not kill him for now". Chief of Staff Shadmani killed(Handle)
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Israeli air strikes continue on Tehran and other areas of Iran, while the Islamic Republic continues to counterattack with waves of missile launches towards the Jewish state.
News for Tuesday, June 17, 2025:
Trump: "Iran must accept surrender" – Donald Trump calls for "Iran's unconditional surrender". The US president also spoke about Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: "We know exactly where the so-called "Supreme Leader" is hiding. He is an easy target, but we will not eliminate (kill!) him, at least not yet".
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Trump: "We Control the Skies" – In a post on Truth, Donald Trump declares that "we now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran. Iran - Trump writes - had good air tracking systems and other defensive equipment, and plenty of it, but they can't compete with the "stuff" that was designed, engineered and built in America. Nobody does it better than the good old USA".
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"New wave of missiles on Israel" - After the latest launch, in the late afternoon Iran announces a new wave of attacks against Israel. Iranian state TV reports.
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More missiles on Tel Aviv – On Tuesday afternoon, Iran launched a new attack on Israel. Alarm sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and in many areas of the country due to the launch of missiles, with the population urged to reach shelters.
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Idf bombs nuclear sites. Natanz hit – Iranian nuclear sites still in the crosshairs of the Idf. And, based on ongoing analysis of high-resolution satellite images collected after Friday's attacks on Iran, "the International Atomic Energy Agency has identified additional evidence indicating direct impacts on the underground enrichment rooms at Natanz." The IAEA itself reports this on X, adding that there are "no changes to report in Isfahan and Fordow."
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CNN: «For US 007, Iran is 3 years away from the atomic bomb»
Israel launched the attacks against Iran claiming that the country was one step away from nuclear weapons. The assessments of American intelligence, however, are different: Iran in fact was not only not pursuing the goal of a nuclear weapon, but was at least three years away from being able to produce and deliver one. CNN reports this, citing some sources, according to which after days of attacks Israel has so far possibly succeeded in delaying the Iranian nuclear program only by a few months.
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Iran: "A new missile was used today against Israel"
The Iranian Armed Forces today used a new missile against Israel that failed to intercept it, Iranian Defense Ministry spokesman General Alireza Talaee Nik said in an interview with Iranian state broadcaster. "Today we used one of our missiles for the first time, and the Zionist regime did not even notice that it was deployed. They will have more surprises like this," the general said, stressing that Iran "is facing an imposed war."
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IDF, Iran's main headquarters neutralized
“We have neutralized the Iranian regime’s main military emergency headquarters,” IDF Operations Directorate chief Oded Basiuk told reporters. The attack forced the remaining members of Iran’s military leadership to flee. Basiuk said the IDF was “ready to continue eliminating the leaders of terrorism in Iran one by one.”
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Iran Rejects G7 Conclusions: "Israel Is the Aggressor"
Iran condemned, through its Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei, the G7's conclusions on the war with Israel, accusing it of "ignoring the Jewish state's brazen and illegal aggression" as well as "the civilian casualties and damage to public infrastructure" caused by its attacks. Baghaei then urged all permanent members of the Security Council to respect "their moral and legal duties". "Israel has unleashed an unprovoked war of aggression against Iran in violation of the UN Charter and the rules on the protection of nuclear facilities", he concluded on his X profile.
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Trump: "I want a real end to the conflict, not a ceasefire"
U.S. President Donald Trump said he wants a "real end" to the conflict between Iran and Israel, not just a ceasefire. "We need an end, a real end, not a ceasefire," Trump told reporters on a plane back from the G7 summit in Canada to Washington, ahead of a meeting on the issue at the White House.
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Mossad Headquarters Hit
Iran has struck with a missile attack the headquarters of the Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, near Tel Aviv, Tass reports, citing the Iranian news agency Tasnim.
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Israel: "Operations will expand"
Israeli military intelligence directorate chief Shlomi Binder told officials today that they will soon “begin operations” in other areas of Iran after the IDF “cleared the way to Tehran.” “You provided the intelligence that cleared the way to Iran’s capital and enabled the attack on their general staff. You will soon open new paths in other areas. You have shown that you can push the limits and achieve any objective,” Binder said.
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Khamenei's newspaper: "The only way out is the destruction of Israel"
The Israeli attack on Iran has decreed the end of negotiations, the only way out of the war is defeat and now "the destruction of Israel". This is written by Kayhan, a newspaper that according to the website of the opposition abroad Iran International is published under the supervision of the staff of Ayatollah Khamenei, Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic. "The condition for ending the war - it is written in an editorial - is not a ceasefire agreement, nor are political pressures or a tactical retreat. The end of the war requires the complete destruction of Israel".
Iranian Chief of Staff Eliminated
The Israeli army (IDF) last night eliminated the commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya military headquarters, Ali Shadmani, who replaced Lieutenant General Gholamali Rashid last week after the latter was killed by the IDF. "For the second time, the IDF has eliminated Iran's wartime Chief of Staff, the regime's top military commander. Following precise information received from the IDF's Intelligence Directorate and a sudden opportunity on the night of Tuesday to Friday, the IAF (the Israeli Air Force) attacked a command center in the heart of Tehran and eliminated Ali Shadmani, the wartime Chief of Staff, the highest-ranking military commander and the figure closest to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei," the IDF said in a press release published on Telegram.
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Israel, large-scale attacks in western Iran
The Israeli Air Force (IAF) has carried out "several large-scale strikes against Iranian regime military targets in western Iran," the army (IDF) said on Telegram. "During the strikes, dozens of surface-to-surface missile launch and storage facilities were hit," the press release read. "In addition, surface-to-air missile launchers and drone storage sites were hit."
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Heavy explosions in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
Loud explosions are underway in central Tel Aviv and have also been heard in Jerusalem.
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Iranian missile strikes near Tel Aviv
A missile launched from Iran has hit Herzliya, a city a few kilometers north of nearby Tel Aviv. Rescuers from Magen David Adom say they are heading to the site of the impact.
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Tehran: Strategic targets in Israel destroyed with drones
Iran said it destroyed "strategic targets" in Israel using drones overnight, on the fifth day of a military clash between the two enemy countries. "Various types of destructive drones, equipped with precise targeting and destruction capabilities, destroyed strategic positions of the Zionist regime in Tel Aviv and Haifa," in northern Israel, Gen. Kioumars Heidari, commander of the army's ground forces, was quoted as saying by state television.
(Online Union)