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Here’s where things stand on Sunday 22 June 2025:
- President Donald Trump says US forces have conducted “very successful” strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. He also warns against any retaliation, saying: “Remember, there are many targets left.”
- Iranian Foreign Minister says the “outrageous” US attacks on Iran’s “peaceful nuclear installations” will have “everlasting consequences”.
- Nuclear energy watchdog says there have been no reports of increased off-site radiation levels following the US strikes on the Iranian sites.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praises Trump’s “bold decision” and says Israel and the US acted in “full coordination”.
- Iran says more than 400 people have been killed and at least 3,056 others wounded since Israel launched its attack on June 13. In Israel, at least 24 people have been killed in Iranian strikes.
Recent Iranian missile barrage targeted Ben Gurion Airport: Iranian media
The Iranian semi-official media agency Tasnim has reported that Iran’s most recent missile strikes targeted Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport, along with research facilities and “support bases and various layers of control and command centres”.
The agency reported that the strike included the use of both long-range liquid and solid-fuel missiles.
Democratic legislator says Iran posed no imminent threat to the US
US Senator Chris Murphy has joined the chorus of criticism over Trump’s decision to attack Iran.
“I was briefed on the intelligence last week. Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States,” Murphy said in a social media post. “Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon. The negotiations Israel scuttled with their strikes held the potential for success.”
Other Democratic legislators, too, have questioned the legality of the attacks on Iran, noting that while presidents have the power to respond to imminent threats, Trump is yet to explain what, if any, immediate danger Iran poses to the US.
‘Extensive damage’ in Tel Aviv, Haifa after missile attack
The Israeli army says Iran launched two volleys with a total of 27 missiles. Twenty-two in the first volley and five in the second.
The areas that were targeted were quite large, spanning from the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, to the upper Galilee, to the northern and central coastal areas. Ten separate sites were impacted, either directly by missiles or by large shrapnel, and there’s extensive damage in those sites, especially in the Tel Aviv area and Haifa. We do not know the nature of the buildings struck in these attacks.
Initial reports from Israeli medical services say there are up to 16 injuries.
Medical crew are still combing through damaged areas to make sure they have treated all those injured.
This is certainly the first time that we’ve seen two volleys coming in such close succession. Usually, there are hours between each volley of missiles. This time it was less than half an hour.
Kuwait sees no increase in radiation levels
Kuwait’s National Guard says it has not detected an increase in radiation levels in the country following the US attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites.
In a statement, it said the the “Sheikh Salem Al-Ali Chemical Defense and Radiation Monitoring Center had not detected any increase in radiation levels in Kuwaiti airspace or waters, and that the situation was normal”.
Israeli military announces new wave of strikes in western Iran
Israel’s military says it is carrying out more strikes in western Iran against “military targets”.
It claimed earlier strikes destroyed Iranian missile launchers and targeted Iranian soldiers.
Stay with us for updates.
Convicted Mossad spy executed in Iran: Report
A man convicted of spying for Israel has been executed, the Iranian judicial news outlet Mizan Online reports.
“Majid Mosayebi… was hanged this morning after going through the full process of criminal procedure and after his sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court,” Mizan said.
Mosayebi allegedly sought to provide “sensitive information” to Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, it added.
Caught in a decades-long shadow war with Israel, Iran has executed numerous individuals over their alleged links to Mossad, particularly those accused of sabotage and assassination efforts aimed at undermining its nuclear programme.
Convicted Mossad spy executed in Iran: Report
A man convicted of spying for Israel has been executed, the Iranian judicial news outlet Mizan Online reports.
“Majid Mosayebi… was hanged this morning after going through the full process of criminal procedure and after his sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court,” Mizan said.
Mosayebi allegedly sought to provide “sensitive information” to Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, it added.
Caught in a decades-long shadow war with Israel, Iran has executed numerous individuals over their alleged links to Mossad, particularly those accused of sabotage and assassination efforts aimed at undermining its nuclear programme.
‘The beginning of a long escalation’
David Phillips, a senior adviser at the US State Department during the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations, says he believes Iran will retaliate against US military bases and interests following Trump’s order to attack Iranian nuclear sites.
“Trump had announced a two-week window for diplomacy to work. It seems like the US has jumped the gun and decided to pull the trigger and attack anyhow, risking escalation in the region and counterstrikes against US troops – 40,000 of them nearby,” he told Al Jazeera.
Phillips, currently an academic visitor at Oxford University, said that “the importance of Persian pride” should not be underestimated.
“Now that Iran has been attacked – not only by Israel but by the United States – Iran will look for reprisals, and that largely is going to focus on the US troops in the region, the Red Sea [and] other American assets.”
He also warned this could be the beginning of a long period of escalation.
“I don’t think it’s one and done,” Phillips said.
Where do US attacks leave Iranian nuclear programme?
Trump and Netanyahu have sounded triumphant, with the US president suggesting the strikes achieved the goal of destroying “Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity”.
But the issue is more complicated. The impact of the US strikes at Fordow – Iran’s largest enrichment facility – remains unclear. An Iranian lawmaker said the site only suffered superficial damage.
And initial reports from Iran and the Gulf indicate that there is no significant leakage of radioactive material after the attacks, suggesting that Iranian officials have moved the stockpiles of enriched uranium out of the facilities targeted by the US.
Even if the three sites that the US bombed have been totally destroyed, Iran’s enrichment know-how remains, allowing it to rebuild its nuclear programme. The country may also have secret facilities that remain operating.
But if indeed the strikes were a “spectacular military success”, as Trump claimed, Iran’s nuclear programme may have been set back by months if not years.
At least 11 wounded in Israel after latest Iranian attack
Eleven people in Israel have been hurt from Iran’s missile attack and are receiving medical treatment.
One of the wounded sustained shrapnel wounds while 10 others are “lightly hurt”, reports The Times of Israel, citing Israel’s Magen David Adom national emergency service.
Airlines largely avoid Middle Eastern airspace after US strikes on Iran
Carriers have continued to steer clear of significant areas of the Middle East today following the US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, according to the flight tracking website FlightRadar24.
“Following US attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities, commercial traffic in the region is operating as it has since new airspace restrictions were put into place last week,” it said on social media.
Its website showed airlines were not flying in the airspace over Iran, Iraq, Syria and Israel. They have chosen other routings such as north via the Caspian Sea or south via Egypt and Saudi Arabia, even if it results in higher fuel and crew costs and longer flight times.
Air traffic was already diverting around the region’s airspace due to recent missile exchanges.
Israel says it’s now safe to exit shelters
The Israeli military Home Front Command has said people can now depart bomb shelters, signalling the latest missile barrage from Iran has ended.
It said emergency responders are working in several areas across the nation “where reports of impacts have been received”.
Australia, New Zealand call for diplomacy
We have more global reactions to the US attacks – this time from Australia and New Zealand.
The Australian government appeared to offer tacit support for Trump’s actions, saying Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programme has been a threat to international security.
It said it notes Trump’s statement that now is the time for peace, and added, “We continue to call for de-escalation, dialogue and diplomacy.”
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters, meanwhile, expressed worry about the action, but did not condemn the attacks.
“It is critical further escalation is avoided,” Peters said. “New Zealand strongly supports efforts towards diplomacy. We urge all parties to return to talks. Diplomacy will deliver a more enduring resolution than further military action.”
Israeli emergency services say rockets, shrapnel hit 10 locations
A spokesperson for Israel’s emergency services has said that initial reports show rockets and shrapnel fell in 10 locations in Israel.
They included Carmel, Haifa, the Tel Aviv area and the northern coastal plain.
Trump coalition remains divided over war with Iran
While hawkish members and supporters of Trump’s right-wing coalition have praised his decision to strike Iran, others believe the possibility of another long-term US military involvement abroad could fracture his political movement.
Trump, a Republican, took a number of hawkish actions during his first term as president, including the assassination of Iranian military leader Qassem Soleimani, and aligned himself largely with the priorities of Netanyahu and the Israeli right.
But some of the president’s allies have expressed frustration since Israel attacked Iran on June 13 that escalation would be a departure from Trump’s campaign promise to keep the US out of hapless foreign wars where they do not believe core national interests are at stake.
“June 2025 will be remembered as a watershed in the US-Israel relationship, especially as it’s discussed on the American right. The ‘special relationship’ is over,” Curt Mills, director of the pro-restraint American Conservative magazine, told Al Jazeera in a text.
“The future of the party – MAGA [Make America Great Again] celebrities like Tucker Carlson, Steve Bannon, Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Josh Hawley – lobbied hard against this,” he added. “People aren’t going to forget what they said.”
IAEA says no increase in off-site radiation yet
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said that as of now, there have been no reports of increased off-site radiation levels following the US strikes on Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz.
“Following attacks on three nuclear sites in Iran – including Fordow – the IAEA can confirm that no increase in off-site radiation levels has been reported as of this time,” the agency said in a social media post.
“IAEA will provide further assessments on situation in Iran as more information becomes available.”
Israel says more Iranian missiles on the way
The Israeli military has said that it detected another wave of Iranian missiles heading towards Israel.
Israeli authorities also renewed their call for people “not to publish or share locations and records” of the attacks.
Iran calls for UN Security Council meeting
The semi-official Fars news agency is reporting that Iran’s mission to the UN has demanded an urgent meeting of the Security Council following the US’s attacks on its nuclear facilities.
The mission described the US bombing as a “blatant and illegal aggression”, and demanded it be condemned in the strongest possible terms.
The mission also called for “all necessary measures to be taken within the framework of the Council’s responsibilities under the United Nations Charter, so that the perpetrator of these heinous crimes is held fully accountable and does not escape punishment”.
Why Trump’s actions could hinder diplomacy
Some analysts have said that the US’s strikes on Iran make a return to diplomacy unlikely, especially since Iran was involved in negotiations with Washington when Israel launched its unprovoked war more than one week ago.
“Iran was negotiating with the other side when the Israelis attacked, two days before the next round. Trump called that attack ‘excellent’ and said that the Israelis killed the people he was negotiating with. The message is that if you are negotiating with the United States, you could be killed,” Foad Izadi, a professor at the University of Tehran, told Al Jazeera in a TV interview.
“I think, furthermore, the people inside Iran among the foreign policy elite that advocated for negotiations with the United States are going to be sidelined. I think today’s attack is going to have political consequences for Iran’s internal politics,” he added.
Cuba, Chile, Mexico, Venezuela slam US attacks on Iran
Some of the first global reactions to the US attacks have come from Latin America. And they have been quite critical.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel strongly condemned the US bombing, saying it constituted a “dangerous escalation” and a serious violation of the UN charter. He added that it “plunges humanity into a crisis with irreversible consequences”.
Chilean President Gabriel Boric also called the US action illegal.
“Chile condemns this US attack,” he wrote on X. “Having power does not authorise you to use it in violation of the rules that we as humanity have given ourselves. Even if you are the United States.”
Mexico, meanwhile, called for dialogue.
“In keeping with our constitutional principles of foreign policy and our country’s pacifist conviction, we reiterate our call to de-escalate tensions in the region. The restoration of peaceful coexistence among the states of the region is the highest priority,” the Mexican Foreign Ministry wrote on X.
Venezuela also denounced the attack.
In a statement on Telegram, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil said his country “firmly and categorically condemns the bombing carried out by the US military, at the request of the state of Israel”. He also called for an “immediate cessation of hostilities”.
Israeli media reports indicate Israel will continue attacks on Iran
Right now, the only way one can see Israel backing down is if the US and Iran reach an agreement.
At this point, given everything that we’ve heard from Washington and Tehran, that doesn’t look like it’s on the horizon.
The reports from the Israeli media, citing military sources, talk about continuing Israeli strikes.
Meanwhile, Israel is bracing itself for an Iranian response.
Estimates in the Israeli media, on the Army Radio, are that Iran’s first response will be towards Israel, and so restrictions on movement in Israel have been increased to the maximum.
Air alerts activated across Israel
Explosions have been heard over Jerusalem and Tel Aviv, with alerts activated across much of Israel.
Meanwhile, the public security directorate in Jordan says air raid sirens have been activated in all of the country’s governorates.
US strikes on Iran will ‘encourage more states’ to seek nuclear weapons
The US Arms Control Association, a nonpartisan group, has condemned US attacks as “illegal” and says it only increases the risk of Iran and other countries seeking nuclear weapons.
“President Donald Trump’s decision to join Israel’s illegal attacks against the Iranian leadership, civilian targets, and the country’s major nuclear sites represents an irresponsible departure from Trump’s pursuit of diplomacy and increases the risk of a nuclear-armed Iran,” the organisation said in a statement.
“The failure to resolve the Iranian nuclear crisis will further erode confidence in the global nonproliferation system and encourage more states to consider the pursuit of nuclear weapons to thwart attacks by other nuclear-armed states,” it added.
US assets in the Gulf: What to know
The United States has significant assets in and around the Gulf region.
Five Air Force expeditionary wings are based in the Gulf: two in Kuwait, and one each in the UAE and Saudi Arabia, which includes squadrons of F-15 and F-16 fighter jets.
The Fifth Air Force Expeditionary wing based in Qatar has no offensive capabilities of its own, but provides extensive intelligence and air refuelling for Air Force units in the region.
The number of air defence sites has grown over the last 18 months with new ones built in Kuwait and a proposed site for an additional missile defence system in Qatar.
The powerful US Fifth Fleet is based in Bahrain in the Arabian Gulf. The Carl Vinson carrier strike group has its own air wings and afleet of accompanying ships capable of attacking targets deep inland off the coast of Yemen in the Arabian Sea.
Israel sounds alarm over Iranian missile attack
The Israeli military has said it has identified missiles launched from Iran.
It urged citizens who receive an emergency alert to take shelter.
We’ll bring you more shortly.
Israel intercepts two drones ‘launched from the east’
The Israeli military says the drones launched “from the east” were intercepted near its border with Jordan.
The report comes as Israel braces for a possible retaliatory attack from Iran following the US strikes today.
Hamas condemns US strikes on Iran
In a statement, the Palestinian armed group says it condemns “in the strongest terms the brazen aggression of the United States against the territory and sovereignty of Iran”.
“The US aggression against Iran is a dangerous escalation, blind obedience to the occupiers’ agenda, and a clear violation of international law,” Hamas says.
“We declare our solidarity with Iran, its leadership, and its people, and we have full confidence in Iran’s ability to defend its sovereignty.”
Trump’s decision to attack Iran ‘clear grounds for impeachment’
Here’s more reaction from Democratic legislators on the attacks on Iran.
- Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called for the enforcement of the War Powers Act, which limits the president’s ability to use the US military, saying that “no president should be allowed to unilaterally march this nation into something as consequential as war with erratic threats and no strategy”.
- Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez said Trump has “impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations”. She added, “It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”
- Congresswoman Ilhan Omar said the strikes on Iran “mark a dangerous and reckless escalation of an already volatile conflict” in the Middle East, and called for “this madness” to end before more lives are lost.
- Congresswoman Yassamin Ansari called Trump’s actions “illegal” and said she will be calling for an immediate emergency session of Congress to vote on the War Powers Resolution.
Iran’s Araghchi says ‘outrageous’ US attack will have ‘everlasting consequences’
In his first public remarks after the US strikes, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused Washington of breaching international law.
“The United States, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, has committed a grave violation of the UN Charter, international law and the NPT by attacking Iran’s peaceful nuclear installations,” Araghchi said in a social media post.
“The events this morning are outrageous and will have everlasting consequences. Each and every member of the UN must be alarmed over this extremely dangerous, lawless and criminal behavior.”
He added that Iran “reserves all options to defend its sovereignty, interest, and people”.
How will Iran respond to US attacks?
Iran could potentially pursue three scenarios following the US attacks, according to Abas Aslani, a senior research fellow at the Center for Middle East Strategic Studies in Tehran.
“One could be the limited reaction, depending on the size of the damage,” Aslani said.
“But let’s not forget that in addition to the attack on the nuclear facilities, this is the US’s direct entry into the war with Iran. Iran had earlier warned that they will respond to this action,” he said.
“The second scenario could be a full-scale war, with Iran trying to engage in serious attacks against US interests as well as the Israeli ones. This could include a wide scope of targets, including Israeli nuclear sites, and allies of Iran could join this.”
He added that the third option could be a hybrid of the two, pointing to Iran’s “levers like in the Strait of Hormuz, which it could close to block the balance of energy in the region”.
CAIR, AIPAC react to US strikes on Iran
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a US Muslim rights group, has said the US attack on Iran is an “illegal and unjustified” act of war that comes under pressure from the “out-of-control” Israeli government, and despite the longstanding conclusion of US intelligence that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon.
The American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), the best-known pro-Israel group in the US, praised the strikes ordered by Trump and said that the US “must now work with our allies to protect our troops and regional interests against Iranian attacks”.
White House can’t see beyond ‘bubble’ in foreign strikes
Harlan Ullman, a military analyst and chairman of the Killowen Group, has pointed to the grim history of US military intervention abroad.
“The White House lives in a bubble,” Ullman told Al Jazeera.
“If you go back to August 1964, after the Tonkin Gulf incident in which the US, under President Lyndon Johnson, authorised retaliatory strikes against North Vietnam, America really thought this was going to do a lot of damage in North Vietnam and would teach them a lesson,” he said.
“Well, the lesson it taught them was getting engaged in a war with the United States, that they would win and we would lose,” Ullman said.
“There need to be some hard-headed people in the White House saying this is what could go wrong. Remember what happened in 2003 with Iraqi ‘weapons of mass destruction’ that weren’t there? Remember what happened in Afghanistan?
“I hope that’s not the case now, but I’m reminded of history, and often history repeats itself,” he said.
Israel closes airspace
The Israel Airports Authority says it has closed its airspace until further notice “due to recent developments”.
“The airspace of the State of Israel is closed to entry and exit due to recent developments,” the authority said in a statement, noting that “land crossing points [with Egypt] and Jordan are operating normally”.
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Let’s bring you up to speed:
- Trump says the US has “obliterated” three nuclear sites in Iran to eliminate the country’s nuclear enrichment capacity, and threatens more strikes if Tehran does not make peace.
- Netanyahu hails Trump’s “bold decision” and says the US attacks happened “in full coordination” between the two leaders and between their militaries.
- An Iranian legislator who represents Qom, where the Fordow facility is located, says the site “has not been seriously damaged”, while another provincial official says there is no danger to residents of the area.
- UN chief Antonio Guterres says US attacks on Iran mark a “dangerous escalation” that could spiral out iff control, “with catastrophic consequences for civilians, the region, and the world”.
- Yemen’s Houthi rebels say the US “must bear consequences” of the strikes on Iran and that the attacks are not the end of the war, but the beginning.
Photos: Trump delivers address after Iran strikes
Transcript: Trump’s full speech on US strikes on Iran
Thank you.
A short time ago, the US military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime, Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. Everybody heard those names for years as they built this horribly destructive enterprise.
Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by the world’s number one state sponsor of terror.
Tonight, I can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace.
If they do not, future attacks will be far greater and a lot easier.
For 40 years, Iran has been saying, “Death to America, death to Israel”. They have been killing our people, blowing off their arms, blowing off their legs with roadside bombs – that was their speciality.
We lost over a thousand people, and hundreds of thousands throughout the Middle East and around the world have died as a direct result of their hate, in particular, so many were killed by their general, Qassem Soleiman.
want to thank and congratulate Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu. We worked as a team like perhaps no team has ever worked before, and we’ve gone a long way to erasing this horrible threat to Israel.
I want to thank the Israeli military for the wonderful job they’ve done and, most importantly, I want to congratulate the great American patriots who flew those magnificent machines tonight, and all of the United States military on an operation the likes of which the world has not seen in many, many decades.
Hopefully, we will no longer need their services in this capacity. I hope that’s so.
I also want to congratulate the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan “Razin” Caine – spectacular general – and all of the brilliant military minds involved in this attack.
With all of that being said, this cannot continue.
There will be either peace or there will be tragedy for Iran far greater than we have witnessed over the last eight days.
Remember, there are many targets left. Tonight’s was the most difficult of them all by far, and perhaps the most lethal, but if peace does not come quickly, we will go after those other targets with precision, speed and skill.
Most of them can be taken out in a matter of minutes.
There’s no military in the world that could have done what we did tonight, not even close. There has never been a military that could do what took place just a little while ago.
Tomorrow, General Caine, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, will have a press conference at 8am [12:00 GMT] at the Pentagon, and I want to just thank everybody and, in particular, God.
I want to just say, “We love you, God, and we love our great military. Protect them.” God bless the Middle East. God bless Israel, and God bless America.
Thank you very much. Thank you.
Netanyahu says there was ‘full coordination’ between US and Israel
The Israeli prime minister says the US strikes on Iran fulfilled a “promise” he made to destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities when Israel first launched an unprovoked attack on that country more than one week ago.
“A short time ago, in full coordination between me and President Trump, and in full operational coordination between the [Israeli army] and the United States military, the United States attacked Iran’s three nuclear facilities: Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan,” Netanyahu, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court over alleged war crimes in Gaza, said in a social media post.
“In doing so, the United States continued, with greater intensity and with great force, the attacks of the [Israeli army] and the Mossad on Iran’s nuclear program. This program threatened our very existence and also endangered the peace of the entire world.”
Iranian officials have repeatedly said that Iran does not plan to develop nuclear weapons but will pursue its right to nuclear energy and research.
Saudi Arabia says no radiation pollution detected in kingdom after US attacks on Iran
The kingdom’s Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Commission says that “no radioactive effects were detected on the environment” of Saudi Arabia and neighbouring Gulf states after the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities.
Iranian atomic energy body says no contamination recorded
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran has said that radiation system data and field surveys do not show signs of contamination or danger to residents near the sites of Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz.
“Announcement from the Nuclear Safety System Center. Following the illegal US attack on the Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear sites, field surveys and radiation systems data showed: No contamination recorded,” the organisation said in a social media post.
“There is no danger to residents around these sites. Safety is in a stable state.”