The targets where militarty leadership and Nuclear program personnel….
The attacks continue…
No US assistance said in the attacks, but defensive drone intercepts done by US Militarty…
The US HAS moved assets close to Isreal to help defense against aerial attack’s…
Trump has urged Iran to cut a ‘deal’ with US to stop more attacks….
Unkown if that is politically possible for Iran….
Iran’s UN ambassador: 78 killed, 320 wounded in Israeli strikes
Iran’s UN ambassador said that 78 people were killed and 320 were wounded in Israel’s airstrikes across Iran.
The death toll comes amid Israel’s attack across Iran which hit dozens of targets in and around Tehran including nuclear facilities and official headquarters.
Among those killed by Israeli airstrikes include scientists and commanders.
As reported by the Guardian’s Jason Burke and Deepa Parent, Iranians described chaotic scenes where they saw windows shaking and people screaming.
“Traffic jams and clueless crowds are still trying to make sense of what’s happening,” witnesses told the Guardian, adding: “Smoke is still billowing from residential streets and there’s debris around homes. The sky is red and we fear there will be more attacks.”…
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US military helping Israel by shooting down Iranian missiles, say US officials
The US military has helped shoot down Iranian missiles that were headed toward Israel, according to US officials.
The US interceptions have so far been carried out by ground-based systems, Reuters is reporting, citing one of the officials.
The official said fighter jets and warships had not been used so far. Both US air force fighter aircraft and destroyer-based missile defences have intercepted missiles in previous attacks, according to Associated Press.
The Pentagon moved a number of military assets into the region in recent days, including navy destroyers to be positioned off the Israeli coast to help shoot down missiles and other aerial attacks expected after the Israelis launched their initial attack, NBC News is reporting, citing a US official….
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say they carried out attacks against dozens of Israeli targets
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said that they carried out attacks against dozens of targets in Israel on Friday night.
Speaking to Reuters, one Iranian senior official said: “Our revenge has just started, they will pay a high price for killing our commanders, scientists and people.”
The official added that “nowhere in Israel will be safe” and that “our revenge will be painful.”
Iranian state TV is also reporting that at least one Israeli fighter jet was downed by air defense and that its pilot has been detained, Reuters reports….
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There have been reports of more strikes on Iran, with witnesses reporting hearing explosions in Tehran province. “There were reports of explosions heard in the west of Tehran province,” in the cities of Shahriar and Malardand around the neighbourhood of Chitgar in Tehran city, state news agency IRNA reported, while Mehr agency reported a blast in Pakdashtsoutheast of the capital.
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Air raid sirens sounded in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport remains closed. The Israeli military said it was working on intercepting a missile launched from Yemen towards Israel.
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President Donald Trump said “we kew everything” about Israel’s strikes on Iran. Benjamin Neetanyahu also said that the US had advanced warning of its attack on Iran. Trump told Reuters in a phone interview that it was unclear if Iran still has a nuclear program following Israeli strikes on the country and said he is not concerned about a regional war breaking out as a result of Israel’s strikes.
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The newly appointed commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard, Mohammad Pakpour, threatened to open “the gates of hell” in retaliation for Israel’s attacks that killed his predecessor Hossein Salami. “In retribution for the blood of our fallen commanders, scientists and citizens, the gates of hell will soon be opened upon this child-killing regime,” Pakpour said of Israel in a message carried by Iran’s state news agency IRNA.
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will next week convene an extraordinary meeting of its board of governors at the request of Iran after Israeli strikes on the country, diplomats said. The head of the IAEA said that radiation levels outside Iran’s Natanz uranium enrichment site following Israeli strikes “remained unchanged”.
ISW…Iran Update Special Edition: Israeli Strikes on Iran, June 13, 2025
- Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei published a brief and generic statement following the Israeli strikes, condemning the attacks and vowing to retaliate.
- Israel conducted covert operations targeting Iranian ballistic missile launchers, which likely hampered Iran’s ability to retaliate with ballistic missiles in the immediate aftermath of the strikes. Israel reportedly built a secret one-way attack drone base in Iran, which it used to strike Iranian ballistic missile launchers near Tehran on June 12.
- In addition to striking nuclear and military infrastructure, Israel has conducted a decapitation campaign targeting Iranian military leadership.
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