Israel-Iran Conflict: Iran Calls On Trump For Ceasefire; Israeli Strike Interrupts Iran's State TV Live Broadcast

In a provocative message that echoes his appeal from last year, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called on the people of Iran to rise up against the theocratic regime of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, saying the time has come to "end the tyranny that has brought nothing but misery and isolation."

As Israel ramps up its strikes and Iran reels from internal and external blows, talk of regime change is once again in the air. Unlike the Americans in Iraq and Afghanistan, Israel will not get into a political mess  directly.  Netanyahu is not promising to bring about the change, he is creating the conditions by weakening the regime for people to push back against the powerful clergy that has ruled since the Islamic Revolution of  1979  overthrew the Shah.

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Amid the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict, two US officials reportedly informed that US President Donald Trump vetoed an Israeli plan to assassinate Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as per Reuters.

One senior administration official was quoted as saying, "Have the Iranians killed an American yet? No. Until they do, we’re not even talking about going after the political leadership."

However, declining the claim, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly said, "There are so many false reports of conversations that never happened, and I'm not going to get into that", while adding, "But I can tell you, I think that we do what we need to do, we'll do what we need to do. And I think the United States knows what is good for the United States."

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Iran has rejected the peace talks mediated by Qatar and Oman asserting that it is not open to negotiating a ceasefire while it is under Israeli attack, an official told Reuters. "The Iranians informed Qatari and Omani mediators that they will only pursue serious negotiations once Iran has completed its response to the Israeli pre-emptive strikes," the official said. 

United States President Donald Trump on Sunday claimed that he could secure a deal between Iran and Israel just as he had done between India and Pakistan last month by “using trade."

Trump posted a statement on Truth Social platform stating that "many calls and meetings are now taking place” on the issue.

Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) on Monday claimed to intercept over 100 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) launched by Iran. The IDF released a statement on X stating that, “Iran sent more than 100 UAVs at Israel. We intercepted them.”

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Iranian attacks have disrupted the electricity grid in central Israel, according to the Israel Electric Corporation.

“Teams are working on the ground to neutralize safety hazards, in particular the risk of electrocution due to torn electrical wires,” the Israel Electric Corporation said.

“At the same time, work is being carried out to repair the infrastructure and restore the electricity supply,” it added.

According to Aljazeera the intelligence Chief of Iran's Islamic revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and two other generals were killed in Israeli attacks on Sunday.

At least three people have been killed in central Israel following the latest Iranian strike, according to the Jerusalem Post, Channel 12 and YNet 카지노 사이트.

Three people were killed in the latest round of strikes launched by Iran, according to Israel’s national emergency service, Magen David Adom (MDA).

According to CNN, the strikes struck several sites in central and coastal Israel, including residential buildings.

MDA said it responded to four scenes and that dozens of people were taken to hospitals in the central region.

A total number of people killed in Israel to 17 since the two countries started trading barrages of missiles on Friday.

At least 224 were killed and 1,277 hospitalized in Iran since hostilities began, the country’s health ministry said on Sunday.

Iran's latest attack on Israel has led to scenes of panic and chaos on the streets of Tel Aviv, CNN reported.

Visuals have surfaced with the street being littered with debris as rescue personnel through rubble at a scene that appeared to have been struck by four ballistic missiles.

The Israeli police released a statement on X stating that, "Reports were received of projectile debris falling in multiple areas. Police and bomb disposal units are currently operating at the scenes."

Loud explosions were heard near the Fordow nuclear facility, along with ground tremors measuring 2.5 on the Richter scale.

Amid the ongoing conflict after Israel launched a fresh offensive targeting Tehran on June 13, the death toll in Iran has risen to 224, including 70 women and children, as per Al Jazeera. 

The intelligence chief of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and two other generals were killed in Israeli attacks on Sunday

The Israeli Defence Force (IDF), in a post on X, claimed to have struck the headquarters of the Quds Force in the Iranian capital, Tehran. There was no immediate comment from Iran.

The Quds Force is known as the IRGC’s overseas arm, which maintains a strong nexus with its allied militias across the Middle East, from Lebanon to Iraq, Yemen and Syria.

In a dramatic though not unexpected  escalation with far-reaching consequences, Israel has launched a direct attack on Iranian sites including its nuclear facilities, a move long sought by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The strike,  targeted key installations, including Iranian scientists,  and military leaders, including Brig. Gen Mohammad Bagheri, the commander of the army as well as  Hossein Salami, the head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards commander.

The attacks risks plunging an already volatile region into deeper instability and prospect of a wider war. As Iran prepares for retaliation the cost of fulfilling Netanyahu’s long-held ambition may prove steep—for Israel, Iran, and the entire region. Iran has already launched a massive drone attack on Israel. The IDF is engaged at the moment in shooting these down. Where will this stop is the question.

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Citing The Times of Israel and the YNet 카지노 사이트 outlet, Al Jazeera reported that the overall toll from Iran's latest strikes mounted to five on Monday.

The Magen David Adom emergency service said a total of 92 people have now been transferred to the hospital, most of them with minor injuries.

Three others remain missing in the northern city of Haifa.

Issuing an official statement amid the ongoing conflict, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said, "The Indian Embassy in Tehran is continuously monitoring the security situation and engaging Indian students in Iran to ensure their safety."

"In some cases, students are being relocated with Embassy’s facilitation to safer places within Iran. Other feasible options are also under examination. Further updates will follow. Separately, the Embassy is in touch with community leaders regarding welfare and safety", they added.

Amid the escalating tensions, Defence Minister Israel Katz has warned that people in Iran’s capital will “pay the price” for Iranian strikes on Israeli civilians after overnight missile attacks killed at least five people and wounded dozens.

Referring to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Katz wrote on his Telegram channel, “The boastful dictator from Tehran has turned into a cowardly murderer, deliberately firing at Israel’s civilian home front in an attempt to deter the [Israeli military] from continuing the offensive that is crippling his capabilities.

“The residents of Tehran will pay the price – and soon”, he added.

In his address to parliament about the ongoing Israeli attacks, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian urged all citizens to put aside differences and unite against Israel as the conflict rages between the two arch-foes.

“Every difference, issue, and problem that has existed must be put aside today, and we must stand strong against this genocidal criminal aggression with unity and coherence,” Pezeshkian said, as per Al Jazeera.

Latest updates say that the latest Iranian strikes killed eight people in Israel included two women, three men in their 70s and 80s, and three others whose bodies were found in the rubble in the northern city of Haifa.

Israel’s Channel 14 quoted the country’s emergency service as saying that at least 87 wounded people were taken to hospital for treatment.

Source: Al Jazeera

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Board of Governors is slated to assemble for an urgent session today at the IAEA’s headquarters to discuss the repercussions of Israeli military attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

BBC reported that the session was requested by Iran and supported by Russia, China, and Venezuela. This emergency session comes amid ongoing military exchanges between Iran and Israel, including Israeli strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear sites at Natanz and Fordow.

Amid the escalating tensions in West Asia, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei reportedly said that after the cancellation of US-Iran nuclear talks scheduled for yesterday, the US needs to “condemn” Israeli attacks on Iran for the negotiations to continue, BBC reported.

Speaking at a meeting of Iran's parliament on Monday amid the ongoing escalation between Israel and Iran, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian urged all Iranians to "stand together, persevere, and confront the criminal aggression to which Iran is subjected",BBC reported.

"The enemy cannot destroy Iran and its people through murder and terrorism. There are hundreds of other heroes who will carry the banner and continue the path after every targeted attack," he said.

Pezeshkian also reiterated that his country "does not seek to possess nuclear weapons" but that it has "the right to benefit from nuclear energy and research that benefits its people".

“We must be united in the face of this belligerence. It’s our people’s right to seek justice. We will hold our ground,” said Pezeshkian, as per Al Jazeera.

Israel on Monday claimed that Iran has fired 370 ballistic missiles and hundreds of drones at Israel over four days of conflict, CNN reported citing Israeli Prime Minister’s Office.

In the past four days, 24 people had been killed in Israel and 592 others had been wounded, with 10 of those in serious condition, since hostilities began Friday, the statement said.

Israeli military spokesperson says, ‘We have achieved aerial superiority over Iran,’ as per Reuters report.

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei announced on Monday that the country’s parliament is drafting legislation to pull out of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), reported Iran International English.

The US embassy branch in Tel Aviv sustained "minor damages" from a nearby Iranian missile strike, Mike Huckabee, the US ambassador to Israel

Huckabee said the “shock waves” from the nearby blast had caused some damage to the building, but said there had been no injuries to US personnel.

He also said that the US embassy in Israel will remain closed on Monday because the “shelter in place” order is still in effect.

Defence Minister Israel Katz says Israel has no intention of deliberately harming people in Tehran. “I wish to clarify the obvious: there is no intention to physically harm the residents of Tehran as the murderous dictator does to the residents of Israel,” Katz said in a statement on X.

Earlier, Katz had warned people in Tehran, saying they would have to pay the price of `dictatorship ' and Iranian retaliatory strikes on Israel. “The residents of Tehran will have to pay the price of dictatorship and evacuate their homes from areas where it will be necessary to attack regime targets and security infrastructures in Tehran.”

Rafael Grossi said there was no sign of further damage at the Natanz or Fordow enrichment sites .

“The Agency is and will remain present in Iran. Safeguards inspections in Iran will continue as soon as safety conditions allow, as is required under Iran’s NPT [Non-Proliferation Treaty] safeguards obligations,” he said in the statement.

Grossi was providing an update to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s board of governors in Vienna on the situation at Iran’s nuclear facilities following Israel’s ongoing attacks.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it had destroyed more than 120 of Iran’s missile launchers, which it said were a third of its total, over four days of hostilities.

The Israeli Air Force destroyed more than 20 surface-to-surface missiles on Sunday evening before they were launched toward Israeli territory, IDF spokesperson Effie Defrin said Monday.

Defrin said the air force had used around 50 fighter jets and aircraft to strike around 100 military targets in Isfahan, central Iran.

“In these strikes, more than 20 missiles were simultaneously struck, minutes before they were to be launched toward the territory of the State of Israel,” the spokesperson said.

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According to Aljazeera Iranian government’s spokeswoman, Fatemeh Mohajerani, has provided an update on Israeli attacks in the country. Aljazeera has quoted official IRNA news agency.

Summary of her translated comments by Aljazeera

• This war was imposed on us. We did not want it.

• Forty-five women and children were killed in recent attacks and another 75 women and children injured.

• The targeting of women and children proves that Israel’s claims of only striking military sites are false.

• The attack on Farabi Hospital in Kermanshah was in line with the regime’s brutal nature.

• Mosques will be available as shelters for the people. Crisis rooms have been formed in the provinces.

Iran says it has executed a man found guilty of spying for Israel's intelligence agency, known as Mossad.

Officials say Esmail Fekri, who was arrested in 2023, tried to transmit classified information in exchange for money. It's thought to be the third such recent execution.

Several other suspected Israeli spies have been arrested in Iran since Friday, according to Iranian state media.

The country's chief justice, Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei, says that given the current conflict, trials of suspected Israeli collaborators should happen quickly.

Meanwhile, two Israelis were arrested on Sunday on suspicion of spying for Iranian intelligence. The authorities also arrested a 13-year-old boy last week in Tel Aviv over similar allegations.

Israel said it had raided its prison cells after officials heard inmates making “expressions of joy” during a round of Iranian airstrikes against Israel.

“During the recent round of fighting, sounds of celebration were heard from criminal inmates who are residents of the Palestinian territories” in a prison in central Israel, the country’s prison service said Sunday.

It said the prison service’s elite “Metzada” unit had been called in to raid the cells and remove those involved.

In a video shared by the prison services, armed troops were seen storming a prison, pointing guns at inmates as they took cover on the floor of their cell. One of the men was seen lying face down as an officer bound his hands with a zip tie. Another man was blindfolded. Several men were then marched out of their cells, hunched over, with their arms tied behind their backs.

The prison service said the inmates were brought before a disciplinary tribunal and “subsequently disciplined,” without saying how.

It said the operation was carried out as part of National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir’s “zero tolerance” policy for expressing support for Israel’s adversaries.

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The head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog, Rafael Grossi, says there has been no further damage to Iran’s nuclear sites at Natanz and Fordow, following Israel’s attack on Friday.

He urged all parties to exercise maximum restraint.

Grossi told the IAEA's board of governors radiation levels outside Natanz and Fordow remained normal. He said while the above-ground pilot site at Natanz had been destroyed, there was no indication of an attack on the underground parts of the facility.

But he said the power supply had been destroyed there, which may have damaged the uranium enriching centrifuge machines.

Pakistan has shut all its border crossings with neighbouring Iran for an indefinite period.

카지노 사이트 agency AFP quoted border officials confirming the developments. The officials however said there was `no ban on trade'' activities at the border. Even Pakistani National who want to cross over were being allowed to do so.

“Border facilities in all five districts – Chaghi, Washuk, Panjgur, Kech and Gwadar – have been suspended,” Qadir Bakhsh Pirkani, a senior official in Balochistan province, which borders Iran, told AFP.

Crossing into Iran “has been suspended until further notice”, said Attaul Munim, an official at one of the crossings in Chaghi district.

Crude oil prices touched nearly $78 per barrel as tensions escalated between Israel and Iran, with both countries targeting each other's key energy infrastructure.

Israel launched airstrikes on several oil and gas fields in Iran, including South Pars, one of the world’s largest natural gas reserves. Iranian missile strikes on northern Israel reportedly caused localized damage to pipelines and transmission lines in the Bazan oil refinery complex near Haifa.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel’s Air Force “controls the skies over Tehran.”

“The Israeli Air Force controls the skies over Tehran. We are striking regime targets — unlike Iran’s criminal regime, which targets civilians,” Netanyahu said, speaking at the Tel Nof Airbase on Monday.

“We say to the citizens of Tehran: ‘Evacuate’ – and we act,” he added.

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Iran’s state-run news agency said Monday that its governmental television station abruptly stopped a live broadcast after an Israeli strike. During a live broadcast, the sound of an explosion could be heard as a the news presenter hurried off camera amid dust and debris wafting in the air.

Israel had issued a warning the evacuate the area of Iran’s capital where the TV studios are located an hour earlier, ahead of impending Israeli strikes.

The US president declined to answer what it would take for US to be directly involved in the growing conflict between Israel and Iran, saying he did not want to talk about the issue.

Instead, he continued to press Iran on negotiations on its nuclear program.

“They should talk, and they should talk immediately,” Trump said during a bilateral meeting with the Canadian prime minister during the G7 summit.

Trump added: “I’d say Iran is not winning this war.”

- Associated Press

Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi appeared to make a veiled outreach Monday for the U.S. to step in and negotiate an end to dayslong hostilities between Israel and Iran.

In a post on X, the website formerly known as Twitter, Araghchi wrote that if Trump is “genuine about diplomacy and interested in stopping this war, next steps are consequential.”

“It takes one phone call from Washington to muzzle someone like Netanyahu,” Iran’s top diplomat continued. “That may pave the way for a return to diplomacy.”

- Associated Press

Two American warships, the USS The Sullivans and the USS Arleigh Burke, were used to shoot down Iranian ballistic missiles over the weekend, according to a U.S. official.

The Sullivans and the USS Thomas Hudner are currently in the Mediterranean, while the Arleigh Burke has moved away from the area. The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss ongoing operations.

The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier is in the Arabian Sea with the four warships in its strike group. They are not participating in the defense of Israel.

- Associated Press

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz told reporters Monday ahead of the G7 summit in Canada that together with his European colleagues at the summit, Germany is planning to draw up a final communique proposal on the Israel-Iran conflict in which the European will stress that “Iran must under no circumstances be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons-capable material.”

The chancellor added the communique would also emphasize Israel’s right to defend itself, and that he and the other European leaders would discuss possible further steps to reach a diplomatic solution.

Merz rejected the idea that Russian President Vladimir Putin could be involved in mediating a diplomatic solution for the hostilities between Israel and Iran and said that instead “it would be good if Russia ended its war in Ukraine.”

- Associated Press

The evacuations will be overland to neighboring Jordan and will take place within the next two days, according to a deputy foreign minister, Henryka Mościcka-Dendys.

She says there will be a bus convoy to Amman, the Jordanian capital, where evacuees — tourists and short-term visitors — will board a government plane to return home.

“Poland will be the first country to organize such an evacuation,” Mościcka-Dendys said, emphasizing the move is precautionary and aims to avoid escalating tensions. No military escort is planned.

- Associated Press

Iran’s state-run network says it has been attacked by Israel.

Footage aired by the network shows a female presenter live on air as a loud blast is heard.

Sahar Emami, the Iranian Broadcasting System anchor, has now returned to the live broadcast of the Khabar Network, Mehr 카지노 사이트 Agency reported.

The strike came after a warning today from Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz, who said: “The mouthpiece of Iranian propaganda and incitement is on the verge of disappearing. The evacuation of nearby residents has begun.”

Iran’s state broadcaster, IRIB, is located in the area covered by the evacuation threat.

Broadcasts on the channel have since returned to normal.

- Al Jazeera

Iran called on US President Donald Trump on Monday to force Israel to cease fire as the only way to end the four-day-old aerial war, reports Reuters.

In a post on X, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said, "If President Trump is genuine about diplomacy and interested in stopping this war, next steps are consequential."

"Israel must halt its aggression, and absent a total cessation of military aggression against us, our responses will continue. It takes one phone call from Washington to muzzle someone like Netanyahu. That may pave the way for a return to diplomacy."

Reuters reported that Tehran had asked Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman to press Trump to use his influence on Israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire. In return, Iran would show flexibility in nuclear negotiations, said the two Iranian and three regional sources.

According to Reuters, Netanyahu told Israeli troops at an air base that Israel was on its way to achieving its two main aims: wiping out Iran's nuclear programme and destroying its missiles.

"We are on the path to victory," he said.

"We are telling the citizens of Tehran: ‘Evacuate’ — and we are taking action."

Turkish President Erdogan says Israel attacked Iran with “comprehensive and insidious purposes”.

His comments come after a phone call with President Putin, during which both leaders condemned what they described as an Israeli “act of force” and called for an immediate end to hostilities.

“Both sides expressed the most serious concern about the ongoing escalation of the Iran-Israel conflict, which has already led to a large number of casualties and is fraught with serious long-term consequences for the entire region,” the Kremlin said in a statement following the call.

The British prime minister says he believes there is a consensus at the G7 summit in Canada on the need for de-escalation in the Israel-Iran conflict.

“I do think there’s a consensus for de-escalation. Obviously, what we need to do today is to bring that together and to be clear about how it is to be brought about,” Starmer told reporters.

“But the risk of the conflict escalating is obvious, I think, and the implications – not just for the region but globally – are really immense, so the focus has to be on de-escalation,” he said.

Democratic Senator Tim Kaine from Virginia has introduced a bill to require United States President Donald Trump to first seek authorisation from Congress before ordering military strikes against Iran.

“I am deeply concerned that the recent escalation of hostilities between Israel and Iran could quickly pull the United States into another endless conflict,” Kaine said in a statement.

“The American people have no interest in sending service-members to fight another forever war in the Middle East. This resolution will ensure that if we decide to place our nation’s men and women in uniform into harm’s way, we will have a debate and vote on it in Congress.”

The bill invokes the War Powers Resolution of 1973, passed during the Vietnam War to constrain unilateral presidential powers to engage in military hostilities.

The US Constitution gives Congress the power to declare war, but successive US presidents have used their positions as the commander-in-chief of the armed forces to mobilise troops, initiate attacks and start conflicts without clear congressional authorisation.

Kaine’s proposal adds to the pressure Trump is facing from antiwar advocates in both major parties, advocates said.

- Al Jazeera

According to Al Jazeera, a military statement says air raid sirens’ alerts have been activated in several areas in the north of Israel following missile launches from Iran.

The country’s defence systems are working to intercept the attack, it added.

It also advised citizens to enter shelters and remain there until further notice.