Injuries and Deaths on BOTH Sides…..
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ISW…Iran Update Special Report, June 15, 2025, Evening Edition
- The IDF expanded its air campaign into Iran by beginning to strike regime institutions, including some related to internal security and social control. This comes the day after the IDF began striking energy infrastructure. The degradation of the Iranian coercive apparatus coupled with energy shortages could destabilize the regime.
- The IDF conducted its furthest strike eastward as part of its efforts to establish air superiority over Iran. The IDF specifically struck an Artesh airbase around Mashhad in northeastern Khorasan Razavi Province. Most of the Israeli strikes targeting air defenses have been around western and central Iran thus far.
- Iran has continued its missile campaign targeting Israel, having launched 10 total barrages at the time of this writing. Two of these barrages occurred in recent hours. The IDF has intercepted around 92 percent of the missiles that Iran has fired at Israel thus far, according to an Israeli official speaking to Reuters.
NY Times….
Israel launched a new wave of attacks on Iran early on Monday, as the most intense fighting between the two countries in decades entered its fourth day, despite international pleas for de-escalation.
The Israeli military said in a statement early on Monday morning that it was striking missile sites in central Iran, and warned Israelis to stay close to shelters, signaling that a potential Iranian attack was forthcoming.
The attacks followed a day of strikes on multiple locations across Iran and Israel, rattling citizens in both countries, and particularly in Tehran, which Israel bombarded in a rare daytime assault on Sunday afternoon.
The roads leading out of the Iranian capital were packed on Sunday, according to the head of the traffic police, residents and images broadcast on Iranian news media. Residents described long lines forming at gas stations and neighbors with suitcases trying to flag down taxis.
The fighting, which began on Friday with a surprise Israeli attack on Iran, has been some of the fiercest and most prolonged in the decades-long enmity between Israel and Iran, raising fears of a wider war that could draw in the United States and other powers.
Iranians and Israelis have been bracing for further violence, and on Sunday leaders of both countries warned they would escalate their attacks.
President Trump urged Israel and Iran to reach an agreement to end their armed conflict. “Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal,” he wrote Sunday morning in a post on Truth Social, his social media platform. Later that evening while speaking to reporters, he reiterated that position, but said, “Sometimes they have to fight it out.” He added, “We’re going to see what happens.”
The path to diplomacy appears limited after officials called off talks set for Sunday between Tehran and Washington on the future of Iran’s nuclear program, which Israel says it aims to dismantle with its military campaign.
The Israeli strikes have killed at least 224 people in Iran, according to the country’s health ministry. Six top Iranian security chiefs were among the dead, and more than 1,400 people have been injured. In Israel, at least 13 people, identified as civilians, have been killed in Iran’s retaliatory barrages since Friday.
Here’s what else to know:
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Israeli capabilities: The Israeli military’s chief spokesman said its forces had achieved “freedom of action” in the skies over Tehran, but some of Iran’s air defense systems remained intact, according to an Israeli military official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive information. On Sunday, Israel destroyed an Iranian refueling plane at an Iranian airport 1,400 miles from Israel, an indication of how deep into Iranian territory Israel is capable of striking.
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Life on hold: Some Iranians were bracing themselves for a longer conflict as the strikes continued on Sunday. Israel and Iran have traded fire before in recent years, but the attacks have been limited. As Israel’s offensive expanded over the weekend to include strikes on Iran’s energy industry, there was a sense in Tehran that this time felt different, some residents said.
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Canceled discussions: Talks between the United States and Iran on the future of Iran’s nuclear program that were scheduled to resume on Sunday in Oman were canceled. The Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, told foreign diplomats in Tehran on Sunday that his country is “prepared for any agreement aimed at ensuring Iran does not pursue nuclear weapons,” but aims to maintain the right to enrich uranium for civilian purposes.
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Damage in Israel: Israel has some of the world’s most-sophisticated air defenses. But the ballistic missile fire from heavily armed Iran is both harder for Israel to intercept and more dangerous when it manages to evade the country’s defenses. On Sunday, Israelis were mourning those killed in Iran’s overnight strikes and assessing the damage across the country.
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