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5h ago
(23:59 GMT)Thanks for joining us
Read more on whether the Iran-Israel ceasefire will hold here.
An opinion piece on how Israel failed in its attack on Iran can be found here.
And read here about how Iran “expressed regret” to Qatar over Tehran’s missile attack on a US military base.
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(23:50 GMT)Here’s what happened today
- The fragile ceasefire between Israel and Iran has appeared to hold despite an Iranian missile strike and an Israeli attack on Tehran that took place after it went into effect.
- US President Donald Trump said he was “really unhappy” with Israel and used an expletive to voice frustration over the exchange of attacks between the two countries.
- Both Iran and Israel have claimed victory in the war and warned they were ready to renew hostilities if the other attacks.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel “will act with the same determination” if Iran tries to rebuild its nuclear programme.
- Several US media outlets reported that Trump’s strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities did not destroy the sites and only set back Iran’s nuclear programme by months.
- According to medical sources, Israeli attacks killed at least 86 Palestinians – including 56 aid seekers – in Gaza.
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5h ago
(23:40 GMT)Iran’s nuclear sites ‘not obliterated’ after US strikes: Report
The Washington Post has joined other outlets in reporting that a top-secret US intelligence assessment has concluded that the attacks on Iran only set back the Iranian nuclear programme by months.
It reported that the intelligence findings assessed that US bombardment “failed to destroy the core components” of Iran’s nuclear programme, citing an unidentified source as saying that Tehran’s uranium stockpiles are unaffected.
The White House did not deny the existence of the assessment but said it is “flat-out wrong”.
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5h ago
(23:35 GMT)
Unease among NATO members as Trump arrives at summit
There will be an air of anxiousness among US allies as Donald Trump attends the NATO summit following his attack on Iran and social-media announcement of a ceasefire.
Jim Townsend, a former US deputy assistant secretary of defence for European and NATO policy, said Trump would be seen as “forceful on the one hand because he conducted the strikes” and on the other, successful after he brought about “some type of ceasefire”.
But Townsend warned that beneath the surface “there’s going to be a lot of anxiousness among allies about what’s going to happen next”.
“This is something that is outside of the way diplomacy is done for a ceasefire,” he told Al Jazeera.
“That’s usually done with negotiations and something on paper, a framework – something that locks the two parties into negotiations and the firing of missiles stops. But right now, we haven’t seen anything like that.”
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5h ago
(23:30 GMT)Can’t bomb nuclear programmes ‘out of existence’
US media reports say that Iran’s nuclear efforts were only set back a few months after the US attack, something the White House has vehemently rejected.
Jeffrey Lewis, a professor of nonproliferation at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey, said the air strikes on Iran may ultimately demonstrate the limitations of military action to suppress atomic ambitions.
“I don’t think you can bomb nuclear programmes out of existence,” he said.
Brian Katulis, a senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, said President Trump has boosted his leadership profile with the attack.
“In the moment, he looks like a tough guy who produces results. But when the dust settles and the blowback comes, you’re left thinking, ‘Wait a second, are we any better off’?”
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5h ago
(23:20 GMT)US senator questions impact of US attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites
Republican Senator Rand Paul has cast doubt over claims that Iran was close to getting a nuclear weapon and raised questions over the effects of the US and Israeli bombardment of the country.
“Does this stop them from getting a nuclear weapon, or does it spur them to get a nuclear weapon? I think that’s an open question; we’ll find out over time,” Paul told Bannon’s War Room podcast.
Trump on Sunday said that a full “payload” of bombs “obliterated” Iran’s Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear sites. Iranian officials, meanwhile, have not detailed the extent of the damage and have attempted to downplay the significance of the hits.
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6h ago
(23:10 GMT)US tells UN: Strikes degraded Iran’s capacity to build nuclear weapon
US air strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities “effectively fulfilled our narrow objective: to degrade Iran’s capacity to produce a nuclear weapon”, acting US envoy to the United Nations Dorothy Shea says.
“These strikes – in accordance with the inherent right to collective self-defence, consistent with the UN Charter – aimed to mitigate the threat posed by Iran to Israel, the region and to, more broadly, international peace and security,” Shea told the 15-member UN Security Council.
US President Donald Trump has said the strikes over the weekend “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s key nuclear enrichment facilities.
A preliminary US intelligence assessment has determined the US strikes over the weekend on Iranian nuclear facilities have set back Tehran’s programme by only a matter of months, three sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters news agency.
Acting United States envoy to the United Nations Dorothy Shea [AP]
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6h ago
(23:00 GMT)War on Gaza must end, says Israel’s main opposition leader
Yair Lapid has praised Israel’s war on Iran as “one of the most glorious operations in the history of wars”.
But he added the time has come finish the attack on the Gaza Strip.
“Now we need to bring back the hostages and end the war in Gaza. To set Israel on a new path,” said Lapid in a video message on social media.
Lapid has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the security apparatus under his leadership of an “unpardonable failure” for not preventing the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led attack.
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(22:50 GMT)Russia says the US and Israel violated UN Charter with Iran attack
Moscow has condemned the air strikes on Iran by the United States and Israel, accusing both countries of violating the UN Charter.
“The Russian Federation strongly condemns the attacks on Iran, including its peaceful nuclear infrastructure, which is subject to IAEA safeguards,” Ambassador Vasily Nebenzya told the UN Security Council.
“The actions of the US and Israel directly violated the UN Charter,” he added.
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6h ago
(22:40 GMT)WATCH: Iranians celebrate ceasefire ‘victory’ over Israel
Iranians are holding nationwide rallies to celebrate what they view as a win over Israel as the ceasefire goes into effect.
Watch our video report below:
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6h ago
(22:30 GMT)‘Fighting must stop’: UN chief urges Iran and Israel to respect ceasefire
The UN secretary-general has called on Iran and Israel to fully adhere to the ceasefire.
Posting on X, António Guterres said he “welcomed President Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire between Israel and Iran” and urged both sides to respect it in full.
“The fighting must stop,” he wrote, adding that “the people of the two countries have already suffered too much”.
“It is my sincere hope that this ceasefire can be replicated in the other conflicts in the region,” said Guterres.
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6h ago
(22:20 GMT)Israel: Diplomacy ‘will happen soon’ following ceasefire
Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon told reporters, “We will have to speak and negotiate and make sure that we will not repeat and get to the situation where we were 12 days ago, where we had a major threat in the Middle East”.
While it’s still too early to assess all the strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, he said, “We know we were able to push back the programme, we were able to remove the imminent threat that we had.”
As for calls for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, Danon said Israel hopes to renew negotiations on the truce proposal that US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff put on the table.
He added he has no doubt Israel’s ability to confront threats it faced during the conflict will lead other countries to normalise relations with his country.
In response to a question, Danon said, “I think that President Trump deserves a Nobel Peace Prize.”
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(22:10 GMT)‘Netanyahu should not be dictating’ US policy: Bernie Sanders
Key progressive US Senator Bernie Sanders has penned an opinion piece for Fox News warning against going to war with Iran.
Sanders argued that President Trump had no legal power to order the strikes against Iran without congressional authorisation, stressing that “nobody seriously believes that Iran is a military threat” to the United States.
Sanders also hit out at Benjamin Netanyahu, saying the Israeli prime minister urged the US to invade Iraq in the early 2000s.
“Netanyahu should not be dictating US foreign and military policy,” the US senator wrote, accusing the Israeli government of “systematically destroying the Palestinian people”.
Numerous rights groups and UN experts have accused Israel of carrying out a genocide in Gaza – “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group”.
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7h ago
(22:00 GMT)White House refutes intelligence Iran’s nuclear sites not destroyed
We reported earlier that CNN published a report saying an intelligence assessment concluded that US strikes “did not destroy the core components” of Iran’s nuclear programme.
The New York Times also reported that the attack set back the Iranian nuclear programme by “only a few months”.
The White House has now refuted the news reports while appearing to confirm the intelligence assessment exists.
“This alleged ‘assessment’ is flat-out wrong and was classified as ‘top secret’ but was still leaked to CNN by an anonymous, low-level loser in the intelligence community,” White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said in a social media post.
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7h ago
(21:50 GMT)Israel-Iran ceasefire an opportunity to avoid ‘catastrophic escalation’
Rosemary DiCarlo, the United Nations’ under-secretary-general for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, told the UN Security Council the truce is also an opportunity to peacefully resolve the Iran nuclear issue.
“Diplomacy, dialogue, and verification remain the best option to ensure the exclusively peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear programme and to bring about concrete economic benefits to the people of Iran,” she said.
DiCarlo spoke at a council meeting on the remaining UN sanctions on Iranian nuclear activities and transfers under the 2015 nuclear deal it signed with six key nations in 2015, a deal that will expire in October. President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the agreement in 2018.
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7h ago
(21:40 GMT)US Arab advocate urges Trump to tell ‘Israelis to end genocide in Gaza’
Highlighting Donald Trump’s call for Israel to stop bombing Iran after the ceasefire came into effect, James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute, has urged the US president to pressure the Israeli government to stop the war on Gaza.
After Trump’s public warnings to Israel against carrying out strikes in Tehran, Israel only launched a minor attack, allowing the ceasefire to take hold.
“President Trump: If this really happened as you said it did, then why not use your power to tell the Israelis to end the genocide in Gaza & their intensified oppression of Palestinians in the West Bank?” Zogby asked in a social media post.
“Just tell Israel to stop, turn around, & leave. Go for it!”
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7h ago
(21:30 GMT)Iran’s Revolutionary Guard denies reports of drone attack
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has denied earlier reports that there was a drone attack in the northwestern city of Tabriz.
Earlier on Tuesday, Iranian media said air defences were activated in the area amid a shaky ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
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7h ago
(21:20 GMT)Hamas claims ambush against Israeli troops in Gaza
The Palestinian group’s military wing, the Qassam Brigades, says its fighters fired rocket-propelled grenades at an Israeli force sheltering in a house in southern Khan Younis, then opened fire.
The group claimed all the soldiers in the force were killed or injured.
Hamas established the Qassam Brigades in 1992 to support its objective of armed resistance against Israeli occupation of the Palestinian territory. The name is inspired by Syrian freedom fighter Ezzedine al-Qassam, who struggled against European colonisers in the Levant.
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(21:10 GMT)US strikes did not destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities: CNN
Citing a US intelligence assessment, CNN reports that US President Donald Trump’s air strikes on Iran’s nuclear sites “did not destroy the core components” of the country’s nuclear programme.
“So the assessment is that the US set them back maybe a few months, tops,” an unidentified person familiar with the findings told the network.
Trump hailed the attack as a “spectacular” success, claiming Iran’s nuclear sites were “obliterated”.
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8h ago
(21:00 GMT)US gives $30m to Gaza Humanitarian Foundation: Report
The United States has committed $30m to a controversial group operating in Gaza despite mounting criticism over its role in deadly aid-site ambushes by the Israeli military, a news report says.
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), established in February, has been accused by UN officials and international rights groups of enabling attacks on civilians by directing them to food distribution sites where Israeli forces have repeatedly opened fire.
UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territoriy, Francesca Albanese, has previously called the GHF operation “humanitarian camouflage” and “an essential tactic of this genocide”.
Reuters news agency reported that while Washington has previously offered diplomatic support to GHF, this marks its first known financial contribution to the group, which contracts private US military and logistics firms to deliver aid into the besieged enclave.
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(20:50 GMT)Trump shares texts from NATO chief praising ‘decisive action’ on Iran
United States President Donald Trump has shared a series of texts from NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte praising his attacks on Iran and the pressure he placed on allies to increase their military spending.
Trump shared Rutte’s texts in a screenshot posted to his social media website, Truth Social.
“Mr President, dear Donald, Congratulations and thank you for your decisive action in Iran, that was truly extraordinary, and something no one else dared to do. It makes us all safer,” the message said.
Read the full story here.
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8h ago
(20:40 GMT)GCC calls for ceasefire in Gaza, denounces Iranian attack in Qatar
The Gulf Cooperation Council has condemned the Iranian attack on the Al Udeid Air Base hosting US forces in Qatar, calling it a “dangerous” violation of the UN Charter and principles of good neighbourly relations, “no matter the excuses”.
The bloc also renewed its calls for ending the Israeli assault on Gaza, saying Israel is killing civilians and preventing international agencies from delivering aid to people in the Palestinian territory.
“The council lauds the success of US President Donald Trump in securing a ceasefire between Iran and Israel and urges his excellency to exert efforts to reach a permanent ceasefire in Gaza,” the GCC said in a statement.
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8h ago
(20:35 GMT)
Israel claims intercepting drones ‘apparently from Iran’
The Israeli military says it intercepted two drones heading to Israel outside the country’s territory.
It claimed the drones were “apparently from Iran” without elaborating.
In many previous attacks, Israel has definitively stated the source of the drones or rockets.
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8h ago
(20:30 GMT)Top IRGC general appears publicly after rumours he was killed: Reports
Several news outlets affiliated with Iran-allied groups, including the Houthis’ Al Masirah TV, have shared footage they say shows Esmail Qaani, head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s Quds Force, among the rallying crowds in Tehran.
If confirmed, the videos would dispel reports that Qaani was assassinated by Israel.
In 2020, Qaani succeeded the top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, who was killed by a US strike in Baghdad.
General Esmail Qaani in Tehran, Iran, in 2017 [Hossein Zohrevand/Tasnim News Agency via AP Photo] -
8h ago
(20:20 GMT)Islamic Jihad claims mortar attack on Israeli troops in Gaza
Al-Quds Brigades, the military wing of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, says it shelled a gathering of Israeli soldiers in southern Khan Younis.
“We observed the fall of the mortar shell among enemy troops, and the movement of vehicles and helicopters to evacuate casualties,” the group said in a statement.
Israel’s military data shows 871 soldiers have been killed and 6,000 wounded since the beginning of the war in Gaza in October 2023.
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(20:10 GMT)
Is the 12-day Israel-Iran war really over – and who gained what?
Since Sunday, the Middle East has lurched from escalating war to fragile ceasefire. A truce seems to be holding, and what US President Donald Trump called “The 12 Day War” between Israel and Iran seems to be over – for now.
Meanwhile, Trump, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iran’s leaders have all claimed that the pause in the conflict happened on their terms.
So, what’s the truth?
Read the full story here.
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9h ago
(20:00 GMT)If you’re just joining us
It is now 11pm in Palestine and Israel, and 11:30pm in Iran (20:00 GMT). Here’s a recap of the latest developments:
- The ceasefire between Israel and Iran appears to be holding despite what US President Donald Trump called early violations by both sides.
- Iranian officials have claimed victory, saying they thwarted Israel’s war goals as people gathered in Tehran to celebrate the ceasefire.
- Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said “no one in Iran will give up” the country’s nuclear technology.
- Calls by Palestinians and human rights groups are growing for a ceasefire in Gaza after the end of the 12-day Israel-Iran war.
- Israel also claimed a “historic victory”, with Prime Minister Netanyahu warning the country “will act” if Iran tries to rebuild its nuclear programme.
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9h ago
(19:55 GMT)
Israeli forces have kill 86 people in Gaza today
Al Jazeera Arabic reports, citing sources at Gaza’s hospitals, that at least 86 Palestinians – including 56 aid seekers – have been killed by Israeli attacks since dawn.
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9h ago
(19:50 GMT)‘Put a stop to this carnage’: UN denounces Israel’s war on Gaza
Israeli attacks throughout Gaza have killed at least 86 Palestinians since dawn, medical sources say, as the grim death toll continues to rise.
“The tragic numbers that you referred to speak for themselves as to the horrors of what is going on in Gaza,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric told a media briefing.
“People are being killed just for trying to get food because of a militarised humanitarian distribution system that meets none of the prerequisites for a functioning, fair, independent and impartial humanitarian system.”
Dujarric added: “It is high time that leaders on both sides find the political courage to put a stop to this carnage.”
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9h ago
(19:40 GMT)Iran ‘ready to pull the trigger’ in response to any attack: Top lawmaker
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says Iran ended Israel’s “aggression” without adhering to the demands of dismantling its nuclear and missile programmes.
“We will move forward solely in the interests of the great and heroic nation of Iran, and with absolute distrust of the enemy,” Ghalibaf was quoted as saying by Tasnim news agency.
“We are ready to pull the trigger at any moment to respond decisively to any act of aggression.”
He also hit out at the United Nations and its nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), for failing to stop attacks by Israel and the United States.
“It was the Iranian people who, under the most severe military attacks and psychological operations, embraced each other and stood with patience and courage,” Ghalibaf said.
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9h ago
(19:30 GMT)US Jewish group calls for ending Gaza war after Israel-Iran ceasefire
IfNotNow, a youth-led progressive Jewish group in the US, has welcomed the ceasefire between Israel and Iran and mourned Palestinians, Iranians and Israelis killed during the “reckless war”.
“Right now, the Israeli military continues to massacre and starve Palestinians in Gaza,” IfNotNow said in a statement. “We need a ceasefire there now to end Israel’s genocidal assault and return the remaining living hostages.”
Israel’s war on Gaza has killed more than 56,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children.
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9h ago
(19:20 GMT)Israel says it will ‘respect ceasefire’ with Iran
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz says the country will “respect” the ceasefire with Iran.
“I emphasised that Israel will respect the ceasefire – as long as the other side does,” Katz said following a call with US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
In a post on X, Katz said he thanked his US counterpart for US President Donald Trump’s “bold decision to act with Israel against the Iranian nuclear threat”.
Hegseth “praised Israel and the [military] for the historic achievements made”, he added.
Katz said the two also “agreed to deepen the close US-Israel security cooperation”, signalling continued alignment between the allies following the 12-day conflict.
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10h ago
(19:10 GMT)Israel says it will demolish home of Palestinian attacker
The Israeli military has announced plans to destroy the home of Abdul Rahim al-Haimoni in Hebron in the occupied West Bank.
The army accused al-Haimoni of carrying out a deadly shooting attack in Tel Aviv in October of last year.
Rights groups have long criticised Israel’s policy of demolishing the family homes of Palestinian attackers as a form of collective punishment.
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10h ago
(19:05 GMT)Netanyahu says Israel ‘will act’ if Iran tries to rebuild nuclear programme
With the ceasefire only hours old, the Israeli prime minister has threatened to renew the hostilities against Iran.
Netanyahu said Israel “will act with the same determination” if Iran tries to recover its nuclear programme after the damage its facilities suffered from US and Israeli strikes.
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10h ago
(19:00 GMT)WATCH: Palestinians in Gaza call for their own ceasefire
With the war between Israel and Iran coming to a close, Palestinians in Gaza are calling on the international community to end the Israeli assault against them, which human rights groups have described as a genocide.
Watch our report below:
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10h ago
(18:55 GMT)Netanyahu claims ‘historic victory’ over Iran
The Israeli prime minister says: “We achieved a historic victory, and this victory will stand for generations.
“We rose like a lion and our roar shook Tehran. This war will be studied in all the armies of the world. We destroyed the critical facilities in Arak, Natanz, and Isfahan,” said Netanyahu in his first statement after the ceasefire with Iran.
“If Iran tries to rebuild its nuclear programme, we will destroy it,” he added. “We must complete the mission against the Iranian axis of evil by returning the kidnapped soldiers and destroying Hamas.”
Iranian officials have also claimed victory in the war, stressing Israel and the US asked for the ceasefire without actually achieving their goals – namely, dismantling Iran’s nuclear and missile programmes.
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10h ago
(18:50 GMT)Iran’s president declares ‘end of 12-day war’
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has declared the “end of the 12-day war” with Israel.
“Today, after the heroic resistance of our great nation, whose determination makes history, we are witnessing the establishment of a truce and the ending of this 12-day war imposed by the adventurism and provocation” of Israel, Pezeshkian said, according to Iran’s official IRNA news agency.
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10h ago
(18:40 GMT)‘No one in Iran will give up nuclear technology’: Foreign minister
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran is more determined to hold on to its nuclear programme after the 12-day Israeli assault.
“We have exerted a huge effort to acquire this technology. Our scientists made massive sacrifices and even lost their lives for this goal,” Araghchi told Al-Araby al-Jadeed news website.
“Our people have endured challenges for this, and a war was imposed on our nation over this issue. It is certain that no one in Iran will give up this technology.”
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10h ago
(18:30 GMT)Iranian lawmaker says IAEA boss should be banned
An Iranian lawmaker has called for International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi to be barred from entering the country.
Alaeddin Boroujerdi, a member of Iran’s parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said cooperation with the IAEA should be suspended, according to the Iranian Students’ News Agency.
This comes as the committee approved the general outline of a bill to halt all cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog.
According to Tasnim news agency, committee spokesperson Ebrahim Rezaei said the bill could suspend inspections, camera installations, and reporting to the IAEA unless the safety of Iran’s nuclear sites is guaranteed.
However, the legislation will still have to pass a full parliamentary vote before coming to fruition.
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10h ago
(18:20 GMT)Truce makes ‘the Middle East and the world safer’: German leader
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has praised Qatar for its handling of the Iranian attack on its soil and welcomed the ceasefire between Israel and Iran announced by US President Donald Trump.
Iran and Israel must “heed” the call, said Merz, while “thanking” Qatar and other countries in the region for their “prudence” during the “dramatic” past days.
“I welcome the call by the American president for a sequenced ceasefire,” Merz wrote on X.
“If this ceasefire succeeds following the decisive military strikes by the US against Iran’s nuclear facilities, it would be a very positive development. It will make the Middle East and the world safer.”
Iran fired a salvo of missiles at the US military’s Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on Monday after the US bombed three Iranian nuclear sites on Sunday.
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11h ago
(18:10 GMT)PM Netanyahu: Israel ‘achieved all of the war’s goals’
Israel’s leader says US President Trump “expressed his immense appreciation” for attacking Iran.
“Following President Trump’s conversation with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israel refrained from further attacks,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.
“In the conversation, President Trump expressed his immense appreciation for Israel – which achieved all of the war’s goals. The president also expressed his confidence in the stability of the ceasefire.”
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11h ago
(18:00 GMT)Photos: Iranians celebrate ceasefire with mass rally
Iranians are demonstrating in the capital Tehran to celebrate the end of the war launched by Israel.
“People from all walks of life continue to pour into victory gatherings across the country, united in celebration and defiance,” Iran’s official Press TV said.
People attend a gathering to support Iran’s military in Tehran on Tuesday [Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency via Reuters] 
A fragile ceasefire in the Iran-Israel war appears to be holding after 12 days of strikes [Majid Asgaripour/West Asia News Agency via Reuters] 
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11h ago
(17:50 GMT)‘Campaign against Iran is not over,’ Israeli army chief says
Israel’s top military official has warned the confrontation with Iran is far from finished.
“We have concluded a significant chapter, but the campaign against Iran is not over,” said Israeli army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir, cited by Israel’s media.
“Despite the phenomenal achievement, we must keep our feet on the ground. Many challenges lie ahead. We must remain focused. There is no time to rest on our laurels.”
Zamir added Israel has “set Iran’s nuclear project back by years, and the same goes for its missile programme”.
“Now the focus returns to Gaza, to bringing the hostages home, and toppling Hamas rule.”
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11h ago
(17:40 GMT)Iranian official says Israelis are ‘victims of Netanyahu’s mistakes’
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Saeed Khatibzadeh tells Al Mayadeen TV that Iran is alert and ready to respond to any attack.
“The residents of [Israel] must know that they are victims of Netanyahu’s strategic mistakes,” Khatibzadeh said. “Iran is determined to resist, and the Israeli entity received a big slap.”
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11h ago
(17:30 GMT)An ‘honour’ to ‘destroy’ Iran’s nuclear facilities, says Trump
President Trump has again posted on his Truth Social platform, this time saying it was a “great honour” to “destroy” Iran’s nuclear facilities.
“It was my great honor to Destroy All Nuclear facilities & capability, and then, STOP THE WAR!”
Posting while en route to the NATO summit in The Hague, the US president added, “Both Israel and Iran wanted to stop the War, equally.”
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11h ago
(17:20 GMT)Netanyahu will use war with Iran to accelerate his political career
Military analyst and former NATO officer Yusuf Alabarda says Israel’s recent strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities will be viewed in Israel as a personal and political success for Prime Minister Netanyahu.
“For 20 years, Israel has had the ambition to get rid of Iran’s nuclear facilities. Netanyahu got what he wanted,” Alabarda said.
Netanyahu will “use it for his political career” and will “in the next election”, presenting it as a victory over what Israel considers its greatest “threat”, he said.
In contrast, Alabarda says Iran faces a tougher narrative. “Iran lost all its proxies inside Lebanon, Syria, and in many different parts of the world. Now, all the nuclear facilities have been damaged by the United States and Israel.”
Despite the scale of the damage, Alabarda ruled out government change in Tehran. He noted Iran’s ability to breach Israeli air defences, saying, “Iran was successful in penetrating the Iron Dome. For that reason, Netanyahu cannot go further for regime change.”
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11h ago
(17:15 GMT)Iranian president says ready to resolve issues with US
President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran is ready to resolve issues with the United States based on international frameworks.
Pezeshkian made the comments in a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Iran’s official news agency IRNA reported.
The call comes a day after US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire deal between Israel and Iran.
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12h ago
(17:10 GMT)How Israel failed in Iran
What did Israel accomplish in Iran after 11 days of incessant bombing?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed in his statement acknowledging the ceasefire that the Israeli goals have been achieved. Such an assertion seems problematic, to say the least.
What damage, if any, did Israel inflict on the Iranian nuclear programme? That is also unclear. Bombing the “Israel doomsday clock”, which Israelis often employ as a demonstration of Iran’s commitment to Israel’s destruction, was simply pathetic.
Read the full opinion here.
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12h ago
(17:00 GMT)Israeli drone falls in south Lebanon
Lebanon’s National News Agency reports that an Israeli surveillance drone was found in the village of Markaba near the border. It is not clear how it fell.
Israel continues to attack parts of south Lebanon in violation of the November 2024 ceasefire that it reached with Hezbollah.
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12h ago
(16:50 GMT)Israel killed 870 Palestinians in Gaza during war with Iran
As the world’s attention focused on the exchange of attacks between Israel and Iran, the Israeli atrocities in Gaza continued unabated during the 12-day conflict.
According to health authorities, at least 870 Palestinians were killed by Israeli forces during Israel’s conflict with Iran.
The overall Palestinian death toll now stands at 56,077, and it does not include thousands of people trapped under the rubble who are presumed dead.
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12h ago
(16:40 GMT)China voices support for Iran in achieving ‘genuine ceasefire’
Foreign Minister Wang Yi says China supports Iran in achieving a “genuine ceasefire” after it condemned the US for striking the country’s nuclear sites.
“China supports Iran in safeguarding its national sovereignty and security, and, on that basis, achieving a genuine ceasefire so that people can return to normal life,” Wang told his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, in a phone call.
According to a Chinese Foreign Ministry statement, Wang went on to condemn US attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites saying they violated international law.
“Military strikes on nuclear facilities that are under the safeguards of the International Atomic Energy Agency seriously violate the purposes of the UN Charter and international law,” he said.
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12h ago
(16:30 GMT)Israeli military says soldier killed in Iranian missile attack
The Israeli military identified the soldier as 18-year-old Eitan Zacks from Beersheba, saying he was killed “as a result of a missile launched from Iran”.
An Iranian missile struck Beersheba in southern Israel shortly before the ceasefire came into effect, killing at least four Israelis.
Iran’s attacks on Israel have killed 28 people since fighting began on June 13. Israeli strikes on Iran have killed at least 400 civilians and wounded more than 3,000, according to the Health Ministry.
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12h ago
(16:20 GMT)Houthis laud Iran’s ‘heroic’ battle against Israel
The Yemeni group’s spokesperson, Mohammed Abdulsalam, says the Iranian leadership, people and military made sacrifices for 12 days to secure their independence, freedom and support for the Palestinian cause.
“The daily and destructive missile attacks against [Israel] are a page of honour in the record of Iran as the first Islamic nation with its self-made arsenal to confront an enemy loaded with Western weapons,” Abdulsalam said in a social media post.
“It was not only a battle against Israel and what it represents as a forward American base, but also against other Western countries that stood with the aggressors.”
He added Iran’s “heroic” confrontation against Israeli attacks showed that military violations of the region will not be without a price.
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13h ago
(16:10 GMT)After conflict, Iran likely to face ‘brutal’ nuclear negotiations
Israeli affairs analyst Dan Perry predicts Iran will soon be pushed back into nuclear negotiations with the US that will be “pretty brutal”.
“I think the Iranians will understand that the [Israeli military] operation with US involvement could resume if they continue to play for time and pursue the nuclear weaponisation threshold,” Perry told Al Jazeera. “I think that ship has sailed.”
“The US will come [at Iran] with a series of demands. Israel has to sit tight and let that happen.”
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13h ago
(16:00 GMT)WATCH: Trump’s angry outburst over ceasefire breaches
President Trump had harsh words for Israel over what he sees as violations of his declared ceasefire.
“As soon as we made the deal, they [Israel] came out and dropped a load of bombs, the likes of which I’ve never seen before,” Trump said before setting off for a NATO summit in The Hague.
“We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f*** they’re doing,” the US president snapped.
Watch his full remarks here:
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13h ago
(15:50 GMT)Iran president ‘expresses regret’ to Qatar’s leader after missile strike
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian has called Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani a day after the attack on the US military base by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Sheikh Tamim “reiterated the State of Qatar’s strong condemnation of the attack, considering it a flagrant violation of its sovereignty and airspace, as well as of international law and the United Nations Charter”, a government media release said.
“Qatar has always been an advocate of dialogue with Iran and has exerted tireless diplomatic efforts in this regard,” it added.
Sheikh Tamim urged Iran to “return to the negotiating table … in an effort to overcome this crisis and preserve the security of the region and the safety of its people”.
Iran’s president “expressed his regret”, noting Qatar and its people were not the target of the attack.
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13h ago
(15:40 GMT)Iran’s nuclear programme ‘degraded not ended’
Clara Broekaert, a research fellow at the Soufan Center, tells Al Jazeera that US and Israeli bombings failed to fully destroy Iran’s nuclear programme.
“Everything points to the fact that the nuclear programme has been degraded and not ended,” Broekaert said from Nice in southern France.
“You cannot bomb away the knowledge of how to develop nuclear weapons,” she added.
Broekaert noted Iran’s incentive for a nuclear weapon “may have actually been accelerated” as a result of the attacks made against it over the past two weeks.
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13h ago
(15:30 GMT)US arrests 11 Iranians for alleged immigration violations
US immigration officials have arrested 11 Iranian citizens accused of being in the US illegally, according to the US Department of Homeland Security.
One US citizen accused of harbouring one of the Iranians was also arrested, said the department.
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13h ago
(15:20 GMT)Iran’s Red Crescent confirms deaths of four medics
The Red Crescent Society of Iran has announced four of its ambulance workers were killed by the Israeli military over the last 12 days.
The emergency organisation released their pictures and identified the medics as Mojtaba Maleki, Mehdi Zartaji, Amirhossein Jamshidpour and Yasser Zivari.
Israel has repeatedly targeted rescue workers in its wars on Gaza and Lebanon.
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14h ago
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14h ago
(15:00 GMT)‘Israel can’t completely violate the will of the US’
Israeli affairs analyst Dan Perry says US involvement in the Israel-Iran conflict has been “incredible” throughout – from its historic direct attack on Iran to US President Donald Trump’s ceasefire declaration “on behalf of the parties” and the pressure on Israel to comply.
“Trump is trying to lay down the law and present himself as the sheriff of the region,” Perry told Al Jazeera. “It might be performative”.
Asked whether Israel would respect Trump’s plan, Perry said he doesn’t think Israel “really has as much latitude as I sometimes hear from various commentators”.
“Israel can’t completely violate the will of the US. It can’t continue such a massively impactful operation without US acquiescence,” he said.
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14h ago
(14:50 GMT)Employees and visiting families among dead at Evin Prison
The Iranian judiciary says several employees and visiting family members died as a result of Israel’s attack on Evin Prison, state media report.
Authorities in Iran previously reported deaths at the facility, but had not given further details.
Part of the notorious jail, which is located in a northern neighbourhood of the capital Tehran, was hit in an Israeli strike on Monday.
The UN Rights Office has called the targeting of Evin Prison a “grave breach of international humanitarian law”.
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14h ago
(14:37 GMT)Iran’s president says country will not attack unless Israel does first
Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian says Iran will respect the truce with Israel as long as Israel does.
Pezeshkian also said Iran is open to dialogue and will protect the interests of Iranians at the negotiating table, reports Iran’s Nournews media.
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14h ago
(14:30 GMT)El Al to scale up flights to bring Israelis home
Israel’s flag carrier says it will boost its flight schedule to bring tens of thousands of Israelis back from abroad, following the ceasefire with Iran.
El Al confirmed that it would use its full fleet to add thousands of seats over the next 24 hours.
Widespread flight cancellations across the region ensued after the Israel-Iran conflict broke out on June 13.
Twelve days later, a Trump-brokered ceasefire has allowed the gradual reopening of Ben Gurion airport near Tel Aviv.
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14h ago
(14:20 GMT)Netanyahu sees boost in popularity, might be tempted to call snap elections
Al Jazeera is reporting from Jordan because it has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank.
There have been 28 people killed in Israel [during the conflict with Iran]. But for Netanyahu, it has been played as a success. The Israelis rallied around the flag. They were behind Netanyahu’s decision to attack.
If the ceasefire holds, Israel will have resisted being dragged into any sort of war of attrition. It’s taken under two weeks for Netanyahu to claim achievement of the goals he set in launching the June 13 attack. Netanyahu said his goals were to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme and its missile capabilities and that is what he says he’s done.
There are 20 evacuation flights setting off from Israel today to pick up Israelis stranded abroad. The country wants to show a return to normalcy.
The focus will return to Gaza, the captives in Gaza, and the horrors Israel is committing there. Before there’s too much focus on that, Netanyahu might be tempted to ride the wave of his popularity and call an election. His fortunes have turned.
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15h ago
(14:00 GMT)Iraq’s Foreign Ministry congratulates Qatar on Iran-Israel diplomacy
Iraq’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement on Telegram that it “congratulates the sisterly State of Qatar on its diplomatic efforts and mediation endeavours” that contributed to reaching a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Iran, “reflecting its role in supporting regional stability”.
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15h ago
(13:50 GMT)Iran arrests European suspected of spying on military sites: Report
A European national was arrested by Iranian authorities in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan, reports Iran’s Fars news agency.
The person was accused of “spying on sensitive and military areas”, according to the report.
Since the outbreak of conflict with Israel, Iran has arrested dozens of people and executed several accused of spying for Israel.
Earlier today, Iranian state media reported that six more people were arrested in the western Hamadan province for allegedly spying for Israel’s Mossad.
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15h ago
(13:45 GMT)Explosions heard near Iranian city of Babolsar: Report
The Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) reports witnesses hearing explosions near the northern city of Babolsar, where air defences have been triggered.
The report says ambulances are heading towards the area.
We’ll bring you more information as we have it.
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15h ago
(13:40 GMT)EU’s top diplomat urges Israel and Iran to respect ‘fragile truce’
In a post on X, EU foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas has expressed cautious optimism about the Israel-Iran truce.
“The announced reprieve in fighting between Israel and Iran is good news but remains fragile,” Kallas said. “All sides should stand by this and refrain from further violence.”
She also expressed solidarity with Qatar following Iran’s attack on Al Udeid airbase last night.
“Let this be a turning point for the whole region,” Kallas said. “I will continue to work towards this end with all sides.”
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15h ago
(13:30 GMT)Israel killed police and IRGC intelligence officials in attacks on Monday
Iran has confirmed the deaths of two more senior military officials as a result of Israeli attacks targeting Tehran on Monday.
Alireza Lotfi, who was deputy head of intelligence at Iran’s police force, was killed in an air strike.
Separately, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced the death of Mohammad Taghi Yousefvand, the head of the intelligence protection department of the paramilitary Basij force that operates under the IRGC.
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15h ago
(13:20 GMT)Professor says Trump underestimated Netanyahu’s ability to manoeuvre
Israel’s latest attacks on Iran are a “sign of defiance”, says Sultan Barakat, professor of public policy at Hamad Bin Khalifa University in Qatar.
The academic’s comments came after Trump spoke of his anger at ceasefire violations by both Israel and Iran.
Through his country’s continued military operations against Tehran, Netanyahu wants to show Trump and the world that it is “Israel first”, Barakat told Al Jazeera.
The public policy professor added that Israel’s actions could force Trump to reconsider his approach.
“I think that now Trump must be recalculating his position,” he said. “He would have felt that he was able to control both sides, but I think he must have underestimated the ability of Netanyahu to manoeuvre and to manipulate the situation.”
Barakat noted that Israel was unlikely to fully conclude hostilities “without a serious attempt at regime change” in Iran.
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16h ago
(13:10 GMT)Trump says no interest in ‘regime change’ after mixed messages
The US president has said he does not want “regime change” in Iran, which he believes would trigger chaos.
The comments, delivered to reporters on board Air Force One, appear to be at odds with a social media post he made just days earlier.
“It’s not politically correct to use the term, ‘Regime Change,’ but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change??? MIGA!!!” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday.
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16h ago
(13:00 GMT)If you’re just joining us
Let’s bring you up to speed:
- US President Trump insists the Israel-Iran ceasefire remains “in effect” despite what he sees as violations by both sides.
- Trump directed particular ire at Israel for dropping “a load of bombs” after agreeing to the truce and reportedly called Netanyahu to ask him to halt any further attacks.
- Netanyahu’s office says Israel still carried out one more attack near Tehran after Trump’s appeal, but is refraining from “further strikes”.
- Qatari PM Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani says Doha helped broker the ceasefire and expressed hope “it will hold and diplomacy will prevail”.
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16h ago
(12:50 GMT)‘Moment has come’ for Gaza ceasefire: German chancellor
Friedrich Merz says Israel’s war in Gaza should be brought to an end.
Speaking in parliament on Tuesday, the German chancellor said “the moment has come” for a ceasefire in the enclave between Israel and Hamas.
Although Merz noted that Israel “has a right to defend its existence and the safety of its citizens”, he stressed that Germany is allowed to “critically question what Israel wants to achieve in the Gaza Strip”.
Merz urged Israel to ensure “humane treatment of the people in the Gaza Strip, especially women, children and the elderly”.
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16h ago
(12:40 GMT)What we know about the Israel-Iran ceasefire
We’ve been reporting on the Israel-Iran truce, which – despite reported violations – US President Trump insists is still “in effect”.
Read our explainer for a breakdown of how the truce came about, what the US, Israel, and Iran have said, and how it’s playing out on the ground.
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16h ago
(12:36 GMT)Israeli PM refraining ‘from further strikes’ on Iran after call with Trump
Netanyahu’s office has released a statement addressing Israel’s latest military operations in Tehran.
The office said Israel’s military “destroyed a radar installation near Tehran” in retaliation to several earlier Iranian missile strikes that it described as “violations” of the truce.
But following a conversation with Trump, Netanyahu “refrained from further strikes”, according to the statement.
“In the call, President Trump expressed his deep appreciation for Israel, saying it had achieved all the objectives of the war. He also expressed confidence in the stability of the ceasefire,” it read.
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16h ago
(12:30 GMT)Iranian officials celebrate ceasefire ‘victory’ over Israel, US
Some Iranian authorities are already celebrating a win after Trump announced a ceasefire, despite the complications.
Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref said the “victory” meant that Iran “broke the horn of the US and the West in the region” and showed them Iran’s power.
Mahdi Mohammadi, a top aide to parliament chief and former IRGC commander Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, also celebrated what he called a “major, history-making victory”.
“A new era has begun,” he wrote on X.
Behrouz Kamalvandi, spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, told state television that others must know no one can “uproot” the Iranian nuclear programme.
“Considering the capacities and abilities that we possess, the nuclear industry must persist, and it will not be stopped.”
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16h ago
(12:20 GMT)Palestinian Authority urges Gaza ceasefire as part of Iran war truce
The Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority has demanded that a ceasefire deal announced in the Iran-Israel war be widened to include the ongoing conflict in Gaza.
“The Palestinian Presidency welcomed US President Donald Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire agreement,” President Mahmoud Abbas’s office said in a statement carried by official news agency Wafa.
It added: “We demand the completion of this step by achieving a ceasefire that includes the Gaza Strip.”
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17h ago
(12:10 GMT)Trump’s latest comments likely to be received positively in Tehran
Just 24 hours ago, Trump was a sworn enemy of Iran.
And today, he is putting Israel and Iran side by side and criticising both of them, while giving Iran the benefit of the doubt and talking about Israel’s activities in a different way.
I don’t know how this is going to be received in Tehran, but probably it’s going to have a positive impact. It might give the impression that Trump is serious about this ceasefire.
But how will this be translated into realistic diplomatic activities? Are the Iranians going to meet Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff?
And are the Iranians ready in the future to meet with President Trump himself?
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17h ago
(12:00 GMT)Turkiye urges Iran and Israel to respect US-announced ceasefire
The Turkish Foreign Ministry has called on Iran and Israel to fully stop hostilities after US President Donald Trump announced a bilateral ceasefire.
“We welcome the news that Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire,” the ministry wrote, urging both parties to “fully comply” and calling for “dialogue and diplomatic channels to remain open.”
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17h ago
(11:50 GMT)Trump ‘annoyed’ with Netanyahu for breaking ceasefire
Trump is feeling “quite annoyed” at and perhaps “betrayed” by Netanyahu after Israel launched attacks on Iran, violating the ceasefire, says Al Jazeera’s US correspondent Phil Lavelle.
As the US president prepared to fly to Europe for a NATO summit, he told reporters of his frustration that both Israel and Iran had violated the terms of their ceasefire agreement, just hours after it was announced.
Before his departure, Trump also swore while making comments about Israel and Iran.
“He was angry with both Israel and Iran. But you could really tell some of the extra anger there, the extra fury was aimed at Israel,” Lavelle noted.
He added that Trump “obviously feels quite annoyed, and betrayed, perhaps, by Benjamin Netanyahu”.
Trump spoke to Netanyahu on Monday to get his backing for the ceasefire, before enlisting the help of Qatar to get Iranian support for the proposal.
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17h ago
(11:48 GMT)Trump called Netanyahu and asked him not to attack Iran: Report
Trump has called Netanyahu and asked him not to attack Iran, an Axios reporter said in an X post, quoting an Israeli official.
Netanyahu reportedly told Trump that he was unable to cancel the attack and that it was needed because Iran had violated the ceasefire, the reporter said.
The attack would be significantly scaled back and would not hit a large number of targets, but would only strike one target, according to the report.
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17h ago
(11:47 GMT)Iranian media reports two explosions heard in Tehran
Iran’s judiciary news outlet Mizan and the Shargh newspaper are both reporting that two explosions have been heard in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
We’ll bring you more details when we get them.
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17h ago
(11:41 GMT)Trump insists ceasefire remains ‘in effect’
US President Donald Trump has insisted that the ceasefire between Israel and Iran remains “in effect” in a new post on Truth Social.
“ISRAEL is not going to attack Iran. All planes will turn around and head home, while doing a friendly “Plane Wave” to Iran. Nobody will be hurt, the Ceasefire is in effect!” he wrote.
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17h ago
(11:40 GMT)Lebanon seeks diplomatic pressure on Israel to stop attacks
Over the past two weeks, the focus really has been on the conflict between Israel and Iran.
But Israel continues to carry out air strikes and drone strikes on targets in Lebanon – targets it says belong to Hezbollah.
A few hours ago, an Israeli drone strike targeted a vehicle in southern Lebanon, killing at least three people.
Nawaf Salam, Lebanon’s prime minister, is seeking diplomatic help from Qatar and Arab countries as well as from the United States.
The Lebanese state is hoping that it will receive assistance to stop the Israeli attacks.
Because the state believes that as long as those attacks continue, as long as Israel occupies Lebanese territory, it will be very hard to convince Hezbollah to fully disarm.
Qatar’s Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani (R) meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam (L) in Doha [Handout/Qatar Amiri Diwan via AFP] -
17h ago
(11:36 GMT)IRGC says its last attack on Israel was launched before ceasefire started
Iran’s last wave of missiles against Israel was carried out minutes before a ceasefire implementation in response to deadly Israeli strikes, the IRGC has said in a statement reported by the semi-official Tasnim news agency.
It said 14 missiles were launched against military centres across Israel, adding that Iranian armed forces will continue to monitor “enemy movements with open and vigilant eyes”, Tasnim reported.
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17h ago
(11:30 GMT)Gaza death toll climbs above 56,000
After 79 killed Palestinians were brought to Gaza hospitals over the past 24 hours, the death toll from Israeli attacks on the enclave since the start of the war has risen to 56,077.
The number of those wounded has also increased to 131,848 people, according to Gaza’s Ministry of Health.
Since Israel violated the Gaza ceasefire in mid-March, it has killed at least 5,759 Palestinians and wounded 19,807 others.
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17h ago
(11:22 GMT)Trump blasts Israel for dropping ‘a load of bombs’ after agreeing to truce
We can now bring you more comments from Trump on the status of the Israel-Iran truce.
He told reporters that he thinks both sides “violated it”.
“I’m not sure they did it intentionally. They couldn’t reign people back,” he said.
But Trump said he is especially displeased with Israel, which “dropped a load of bombs the likes of which I’ve never seen” right after agreeing to a truce.
“When I say, ‘you have 12 hours’, you don’t go out in the first hour and just drop everything you have on them,” Trump complained.
“We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don’t know what the f*** they’re doing,” Trump concluded before boarding the Marine One aircraft.
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17h ago
(11:20 GMT)Iran reports 610 killed in Israeli attacks
At least 610 Iranians have been killed and 4,746 others wounded as a result of 12 days of Israeli strikes, according to the latest figures by the Ministry of Health.
Spokesperson Hossein Kermanpour said 971 people remain hospitalised, while 687 underwent surgery.
Thirteen children are among those killed, with the youngest a two-month-old, as are 49 women, including two who were pregnant.
He added that five healthcare workers have been killed and 20 others are wounded. Seven hospitals have been damaged, as were six emergency response bases, four clinics and nine ambulances.
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18h ago
(11:10 GMT)Macron fears ‘increased’ risk of secret uranium enrichment in Iran now
French President Emmanuel Macron has said there is an “increased” risk that Iran will attempt to enrich uranium secretly following US and Israeli strikes on its nuclear sites.
“This risk has indeed increased with what has happened recently,” Macron told reporters, calling it “one of the main risks for the region and the international community”.
He added that “we must absolutely prevent Iran from going down this path”.
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18h ago
(11:04 GMT)Trump says Israel and Iran both breached truce
The US president has accused both Israel and Iran of breaking the ceasefire he announced hours earlier.
Speaking to reporters before leaving for the NATO summit in The Hague, Trump said he was not happy with either country, especially Israel, which “unloaded” right after agreeing to the deal.
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18h ago
(11:00 GMT)Unexploded missiles defused after Evin Prison bombing: Iran police
Saeed Montazer al-Mahdi, the spokesperson for Iran’s police force, says two of the missiles launched by Israeli warplanes yesterday did not explode and had to be defused.
The bombing of the notorious prison destroyed part of the administrative section of the prison and resulted in multiple casualties, according to the Iranian judiciary.
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18h ago
(10:57 GMT)Trump tells Israel not to bomb Iran again
The US president has issued a strongly worded warning to Israel against launching another attack on Iran, after Israel’s defence ministry announced plans for “intense strikes” in response to an alleged Iranian ceasefire violation.
“ISRAEL. DO NOT DROP THOSE BOMBS.” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “IF YOU DO IT IS A MAJOR VIOLATION. BRING YOUR PILOTS HOME, NOW!”
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18h ago
(10:55 GMT)Qatari emir, Iranian president spoke by phone, says Sheikh Mohammed
Sheikh Mohammed says Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani received a phone call from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in which they discussed Iran’s attack on Al Udeid.
He said the emir emphasised that Qatar always “adopts principles of good neighbourliness” and had “not expected such a hostile act” from Iran.
He said the emir spoke of potential diplomatic and legal responses but stressed “the matter should be contained at the earliest and put behind our backs”, according to Sheikh Mohammed.
He also cast the hostilities in the region as the ultimate “repercussion of the expanding Israeli aggression and belligerence in Gaza”, which Qatar has been working to stop from spiralling across the region.
“Time is opportune for the whole world to stand united to put an end to Israel’s irresponsible actions in the region,” said Sheikh Mohammed.
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18h ago
(10:50 GMT)UN to move staff out of Iran amid safety concerns
The UN has confirmed that some of its international staff and their dependants will leave Iran, following the conflict between Tehran and Israel.
Speaking in Geneva on Tuesday, Alessandra Vellucci, the director of the UN Information Service, refused to comment on the number of people affected.
“The UN has decided to temporarily move some non-programme critical international personnel as well as the dependants of international personnel,” Vellucci said.
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18h ago
(10:45 GMT)Sheikh Mohammed condemns ‘violations’ in Israel-Iran truce
The Qatari prime minister said Qatar, on the request of the US, reached out to Iran to help mediate the Israel-Iran ceasefire.
He said Qatar “welcomes” the ceasefire but is concerned about reported violations.
“The violations of the ceasefire witnessed this morning are unacceptable and we hope that the ceasefire will hold and diplomacy will prevail,” he said.
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18h ago
(10:40 GMT)UNRWA chief says US-backed Gaza aid system an ‘abomination’ and ‘death trap’
The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees has hit out at a recently established, US-backed system for aid distribution in the Gaza Strip.
“The newly created so-called aid mechanism is an abomination that humiliates and degrades desperate people,” Philippe Lazzarini said at a news conference in Berlin. “It is a death trap costing more lives than it saves,” he said.
The establishment of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) was announced by the United States in early May after Israel completely cut off supplies into Gaza for more than two months.
Officially a private organisation, the GHF began operations on May 26, sidelining the UNRWA, which has long spearheaded efforts to assist the population in the Gaza Strip.
More than 450 people have been killed and nearly 3,500 injured by Israeli fire while seeking aid since late May – many close to GHF sites.
Israeli attacks have killed at least 50 aid seekers in Gaza so far today, medical sources told Al Jazeera earlier.
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18h ago
(10:35 GMT)Qatar proved it is ‘capable of defending its territory’, says PM Sheikh Mohammed
The Qatari PM said Qatar has considered responding to Iran’s attack on Al Udeid but always acts with “reason and prudence”.
“The message we would like to send out is that Qatar … succeeded in proving to all that it is capable of defending its territory, its homeland, its people and the residents in Qatar,” he said.
“We all stood united in the attack.”
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18h ago
(10:30 GMT)Qatar wins ‘diplomatic victory’ with Israel-Iran truce
It’s clear that the Iranians sent warnings in advance to the Qataris and the Americans about its attack last night on Al Udeid airbase.
Iran is stressing its brotherly, deep relations with Qatar and saying that this attack was not directed at the state of Qatar.
But in the end, to Qatar, this is a breach of its sovereignty. That’s why there was this reaction [from Doha condemning the attack], which is understandable.
We also saw Qatar playing a mediation role, helping to bring this [Israel-Iran conflict] to an end.
US President Trump spoke about this, saying that – despite the attack that took place on Al Udeid – Qatar played this role. It’s of course another victory for Qatari diplomacy.
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18h ago
(10:25 GMT)Qatari PM repeats condemnation of Iranian attack on Al Udeid
Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani has reiterated Qatar’s condemnation of Iran’s missile attack on Al Udeid airbase last night.
Addressing the media in Doha alongside visiting Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam, Sheikh Mohammed said, “The attack on the state of Qatar is an unacceptable act, especially as Qatar has been making great diplomatic efforts in order to de-escalate the situation.”
Doha was “taken by surprise” by the move from what it considers a friendly neighbour.
He praised the Qatari armed forces for “fending off the attack”, saying they shot down all the Iranian-deployed missiles except one.
We’ll bring you more of his remarks shortly.
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18h ago
(10:20 GMT)Israel’s strike on Evin Prison ‘grave breach of international law’: UN
The UN Rights Office has condemned Israel’s strike on Evin Prison on Monday, saying it should not have been targeted.
“Evin prison is not a military objective, and targeting it constitutes a grave breach of international humanitarian law,” UN human rights spokesperson Thameen al-Kheetan told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday, without naming Israel.
People were killed and injured in the strike, according to Iranian judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir, who did not give details about the number of victims.
The judicial news outlet Mizan has reported that inmates held in Evin Prison have been transferred to other sites in Tehran province.
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19h ago
(10:10 GMT)Iran framing ceasefire as being imposed on Israel
It’s clear that Iran has fully recognised the ceasefire despite its warnings.
The statement by Iran’s Supreme National Council implicitly accepted or recognised the idea of a ceasefire.
Yet it presented the situation as one where Israel has stopped, and Iran is also stopping because it didn’t start this war.
This is the framing here. Of course, it’s a war of narratives too. When a war comes to an end, each side tries to present itself as a winner, victorious and as not giving up.
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19h ago
(10:05 GMT)Israeli attacks on Iran continued until 9am, Iran’s military command says
Israel’s military waged attacks on Iran in three stages on Tuesday until 9am local time (05:30 GMT), state TV quoted the spokesperson of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya central military headquarters as saying.
According to the ceasefire timeline set out by Trump, Iran is to observe the ceasefire first, starting at 7:30am local time (04:00 GMT), with Israel following suit 12 hours later (16:00 GMT).
Iran’s Supreme National Security Council has warned its armed forces are prepared to “decisively respond” to any renewed attacks.
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19h ago
(10:00 GMT)Iran says attack on US base in Qatar was ‘exercise of self-defence’
The spokesman of Iran’s Foreign Ministry says the missile attack on the Al Udeid base was a legitimate response under Article 51 of the UN Charter.
The attack was retaliation for the “unprovoked aggression against Iran’s territorial integrity and national sovereignty” by the US on Sunday, when it hit three of Iran’s nuclear sites, Esmaeil Baghaei wrote on X.
He emphasised that Iran values its ties with neighbours, and warned that the US is trying to cause “division” in the region.
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19h ago
(09:50 GMT)Photos: People leave Israel via Herzliya marina as airspace closed
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19h ago
(09:40 GMT)France applauds ceasefire, hopes nuclear negotiations resume
France’s Foreign Ministry has welcomed the Israel-Iran ceasefire and called on Tehran to quickly restart negotiations on its nuclear programme.
“France urges Iran to engage without delay in negotiations leading to an agreement that addresses all concerns related to its nuclear and ballistic programs and its destabilising activities,” the ministry said in a statement.
Tehran had engaged with the US in mediated nuclear talks, but they were cancelled after Israel launched its surprise attack against Iran on June 13.
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19h ago
(09:35 GMT)Iran thanks Qatar for ‘constructive role’ in de-escalation
The Iranian deputy foreign minister has expressed his gratitude to Qatar for helping to prevent escalation in the region, Iran’s Young Journalist Club reports.
In a phone call, Majid Takht-Ravanchi thanked Qatari Minister of State Mohammed bin Abdulaziz al-Khulaifi for his country’s “constructive role”.
Takht-Ravanchi was quoted as saying Iran “is determined to continue and strengthen relations between the two countries based on good neighbourliness and supreme interests”.
The report comes after Iran fired a salvo of missiles at the US base in Qatar’s Al Udeid in retaliation for strikes on its nuclear facilities.
In response, Qatar strongly condemned the move and summoned the Iranian ambassador on Tuesday.
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19h ago
(09:30 GMT)IAEA boss urges Iran to resume cooperation
Rafael Grossi, the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog, has welcomed news of the Israel-Iran ceasefire.
In a post on social media, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said he hoped to meet Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi soon.
Grossi said he had written to Araghchi, urging resumed cooperation between the IAEA and Iran.
He also expressed his hope for “a diplomatic solution to the long-standing controversy” over Iran’s nuclear programme.
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19h ago
(09:25 GMT)IRGC members killed in Israel’s Monday attack on Iran’s Alborz
At least seven members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, including one woman and a Muslim leader, have been confirmed killed as a result of Israel’s attack yesterday on a base in the province of Alborz near Tehran.
Brigadier General Mojtaba Karami, the deputy commander of the force in the province, was the top commander killed, according to a statement by the IRGC’s command in Alborz carried by state media.
Among the six others killed were three more senior officers, one female member of the IRGC, one member of the Basij paramilitary force, and a Muslim scholar who acted as a representative of the supreme leader to the Alborz office.
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19h ago
(09:20 GMT)Iran working to restore nuclear programme, says atomic energy chief
Mohammad Eslami, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, has said the country is evaluating the damage inflicted on its nuclear programme and planning to rehabilitate it.
“We have taken the necessary measures and are currently assessing the areas that were damaged,” Eslami said in a statement carried by Iran’s Mehr news.
“Preparations for recovery had already been anticipated, and our plan is to prevent any interruption in production or services.”
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19h ago
(09:15 GMT)Iran’s military denies launching missiles at Israel
The general staff of Iran’s armed forces has denied the Israeli claim that it launched missiles at Israel over the past few hours in a short statement carried by state media.
As we reported earlier, Israel said it will strike “in the heart of Tehran” after alleging Iran violated the ceasefire announced by Trump.
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19h ago
(09:15 GMT)If you’re just joining us
Here’s a recap of the latest developments:
- Iran denies Israeli claims that it launched missiles in violation of a US and Qatar-brokered ceasefire.
- Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz orders “intense strikes” on Tehran, accusing Iran of violating the truce.
- Iran’s top security body says while it agreed to the truce, it does not trust Israel and has its “hands on the trigger”, ready to “deliver a decisive … response to any violating act”.
- Qatar’s Foreign Ministry has summoned Iran’s ambassador to protest against the IRGC’s attack on Al Udeid airbase last night, an act it called a “flagrant violation of its sovereignty”.
- IAEA chief Rafael Grossi welcomes the truce, expressing hope it could lead to a “diplomatic solution” on Iran’s nuclear programme; proposes a meeting with Iran’s foreign minister soon.
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20h ago
(09:10 GMT)Qatar summons Iran’s envoy over attack on Al Udeid airbase
Qatar’s foreign ministry has summoned Ali Saleh Abadi to protest the IRGC’s attack on the Al Udeid airbase on Monday evening, condemning the assault as a “flagrant violation of its sovereignty and airspace”.
The ministry affirmed Qatar’s right to respond, according to a statement.
It also “emphasised to the Iranian ambassador that this violation is completely inconsistent with the principle of good neighbourliness and the close relations between” Qatar and Iran, especially since Doha “has always been an advocate of dialogue with Iran and has exerted tireless diplomatic efforts in this regard”.
In a separate statement, the ministry said it has sent a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres as well as the Security Council denouncing the IRGC’s “extremely dangerous escalation” and saying the attack posed a “direct threat to regional peace and security”.
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20h ago
(09:00 GMT)Al-Shifa Hospital ‘bloodbath’ as wounded aid seekers seek treatment
A ceasefire between Iran and Israel has regional powers stepping back from the edge of a larger war.
But the morning here [in Gaza] is still quite heavy. There are more screams, tears and trauma. There are more funerals and people bidding farewell to dead family members who were killed at distribution centres in Rafah, near the Netzarim Corridor, and in northern Gaza.
Casualties were brought to various health facilities, including al-Shifa Hospital, some by animal-drawn carts. The emergency ward there turned into a bloodbath, and many died waiting for medical care.
Five people from the same family were also killed in an attack on a residential home here in Gaza City’s Sabra neighbourhood.
In total, 37 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza since dawn.
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20h ago
(08:50 GMT)Syria, Oman join other countries in reopening airspace
Syrian airspace is open again after being temporarily closed as a result of the conflict between Israel and Iran, Syrian media reports.
Oman Air said its flight operations also returned to normal following cancellations last night over regional tensions.
Other countries in the region, including Qatar and Iraq, also reopened their airspace, with flight operators confirming their plans to resume services on Tuesday.
Airlines now have large backlogs to clear.
“With over 25,000 impacted passengers currently in Doha, the immediate priority is clearing the significant backlog of those passengers and flying them to their final destination,” a spokesperson for Virgin Australia said.
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20h ago
(08:45 GMT)Israel army warns ‘danger persists’ despite ceasefire with Iran
Israel’s military has warned that “the danger persists” despite the government earlier announcing it had agreed to a ceasefire with Iran on the 12th day of war between the foes.
“The chief of staff instructed all of the army to maintain a high level of alertness and preparedness for a powerful response to any violation of the ceasefire,” army spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin said in a televised news conference.
“I want to stress that at this stage, there is no change to the Home Front command instructions. The instructions must be obeyed. The danger persists.”
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20h ago
(08:40 GMT)Israel and US failed to achieve their war goals against Iran
Iran is approaching the ceasefire cautiously because Israel does not have a good track record when it comes to committing to ceasefire deals in Gaza and Lebanon, said Abas Aslani, a research fellow at the Center for Middle East Strategic Studies in Tehran
“That’s why Tehran is cautious, and officials haven’t come out to confirm it officially. If, in time, there is no violation, I think Iran will adhere to the ceasefire,” he told Al Jazeera.
Aslani said this was a war between Iran and Israel and its partner, the US, with the two allies defining their goals as destroying the Iranian nuclear programme and bringing about “regime change” in Iran, which were not achieved.
“We saw damage inflicted against Iranian nuclear facilities, but the country’s nuclear programme is not just about those facilities and equipment. Iran relocated its nuclear material to a secure place, and its know-how and knowledge are intact,” he said, adding that Iran’s missile capabilities were not destroyed either, as it hit Israel earlier in the day.
Aslani said “meaningful” negotiations with the US cannot take place in the short term, as both the US and Israel attacked Iran while nuclear talks were ongoing.
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20h ago
(08:39 GMT)Iran’s top security body announces ceasefire with Israel
The Supreme National Security Council of Iran has issued a statement on the “national decision to impose the cessation of war on the Zionist enemy and its vile supporters”.
Iran’s armed forces delivered a “humiliating and exemplary response to the enemy’s cruelty”, it said, adding that it culminated in the attack on the US base in Qatar last night and dawn missile strikes on Israel.
The council said Tehran responded to attacks on its territory in a proportional and timely manner, and “forced the enemy into regret and accepting defeat and the unilateral cessation of its aggression”.
“The armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran, without any trust to the words of the enemy and with their hands on the trigger, are ready to deliver a decisive and deterring response to any violating act by the enemy.”
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20h ago
(08:32 GMT)Iran denies firing missiles at Israel: Reports
Iran is rejecting Israeli claims that it fired missiles at Israel after agreeing to a ceasefire, according to the IRIB broadcaster and the ISNA news agency.
The reports came as Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz accused Iran of violating the truce and ordered “intense strikes” on Tehran.
Earlier, Israeli media reported that the military intercepted two ballistic missiles launched from Iran.
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20h ago
(08:30 GMT)NGOs call for end to militarised humanitarian aid operations in Gaza
The International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) and 14 other NGOs are calling for multilateral aid agencies to be allowed to work in Gaza again.
The call comes amid concerns about the work of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), an Israeli and US-backed organisation mired in controversy.
Since GHF started operations in late May, Israeli soldiers have killed hundreds of Palestinians gathering for food near its aid centres.
In a letter, the signatories said those involved in GHF’s operations in the enclave risked being complicit in war crimes, crimes against humanity and possibly genocide.
Philip Grant, executive director of TRIAL International, said GHF’s model of militarised and privatised aid delivery “violates core humanitarian principles”.
He added that GHF’s work “exposes all those who enable or profit from it to real risk of prosecution for complicity in war crimes, including the forcible transfer of civilians and the starvation of civilians as a method of warfare”.
Grant concluded that legal accountability for GHF’s actions were “clear and inescapable under international law”.
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20h ago
(08:20 GMT)Israel’s war on Gaza remains roadblock to regional peace
Luciano Zaccara, an associate professor of Gulf politics at Qatar University, says the US, Israel, and Iran are all putting a positive spin on the Trump-declared ceasefire to “save face” and “avoid escalation”.
Zaccara said while Iran had already signalled its willingness to return to nuclear negotiations if Israel’s attacks ceased, sustainable peace in the region is unlikely without an end to Israel’s war in Gaza.
“People [are being] killed there more than ever before, and this does not seem to be important [to many countries] any more, at least for Israel or the US.”
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20h ago
(08:15 GMT)WATCH: Iranian missile strikes building in Israel
Video shows the moment an Iranian missile struck a building in Israel’s Beersheba earlier today, killing at least four people and injuring several others.
Watch below:
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(08:10 GMT)Israel’s defence minister orders ‘intense strikes’ on Tehran
Israel Katz has instructed the Israeli military to “respond forcefully to Iran’s violation of the ceasefire with intense strikes against regime targets in the heart of Tehran”, according to media reports.
This comes shortly after the Israeli military said it was now safe to exit shelters.
The Times of Israel said Iran fired two ballistic missiles and that both were intercepted.
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21h ago
(08:05 GMT)Israel’s Smotrich says ‘Tehran will tremble’
Far-right Israeli Finance Minister has issued an ominous warning after Israel’s military reported a missile attack from Iran.
Smotrich posted a short message in Hebrew on X: “Tehran will tremble”.
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21h ago
(08:00 GMT)Iran likely to exit NPT in coming weeks
More from Foad Izadi, the professor at the University of Tehran.
He told Al Jazeera that Iran has been cooperating with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) because it is a member of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, but this collaboration has not benefitted Tehran.
So, Iran is likely to use Article 10 of the treaty, which allows countries to leave it, “in the coming days and weeks”, he said. “You don’t have to be a member of that treaty, there are many countries that are not a member. Israel, for example, is not a member,” Izadi noted.
“And Iran doesn’t have to be there, given the fact that Iranian nuclear sites that were under the supervision of the International Atomic Energy Agency, that were under the monitoring of International Atomic Energy Agency, were attacked, which is against international law,” he said.
“You’re not supposed to attack these sites, especially the sites that are being monitored all the time. So being a member of NPT has not benefitted Iran. And the majority of parliament wants to leave that treaty. I think that issue will be debated in Iran in the next few days,” he added.
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21h ago
(07:55 GMT)Latest attack on Israel show truce remains ‘tenuous, precarious’
Al Jazeera is reporting from Jordan because it has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank.
We saw the warning from the Israeli Home Front Command about incoming missiles detected from Iran. The area covered was in northern Israel, so Haifa and the surrounding area.
There is still a lack of clarity as to how many missiles were launched and why we didn’t hear any sirens here in Amman, as has been the case in previous instances.
While the Israeli army statement says the missiles came from Iran, we haven’t seen any statement from Iran itself, and we don’t know if any or all of the missiles have been intercepted.
If it is confirmed these missiles did come from Iran, we might see Israeli retaliation in those remaining hours of that window [before Israel’s side of the ceasefire comes into effect].
This is a reminder of how tenuous and precarious all of this is.
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21h ago
(07:50 GMT)Iran reports casualties in Israel’s strike on Evin Prison
The spokesperson of the Iranian judiciary has announced that Israel’s strike on Tehran’s Evin Prison on Monday resulted in deaths and injuries among its staff and visitors, according to the Mizan news agency.
Asghar Jahangir said the attack hit the administrative section of the prison complex, killing administrative and judicial staff as well as visiting relatives of some prisoners.
Jahangir did not specify how many people were killed and injured. He said parts of the administrative building were destroyed.
The prison in the northern district of the Iranian capital is notorious for holding political activists and has been denounced by human rights groups for abuses by Iranian officials.
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21h ago
(07:48 GMT)Israel intercepts missile from Iran: Report
The Times of Israel and the YNet News outlet are reporting that Iran fired one ballistic missile in the latest launch and that the projectile was likely intercepted.
They also said there were no immediate reports of impact or injuries.
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21h ago
(07:40 GMT)Netanyahu had ‘no choice’ but to back ceasefire
Political commentator Ori Goldberg says the Israeli government’s claim to have achieved all its objectives in Iran before the truce is “ridiculous”.
“It is really unclear, to say the least, what Israel’s goals were,” Goldberg told Al Jazeera, speaking from Tel Aviv.
“Over the past week, we heard Israel talk about everything from the decapitation of the nuclear programme to regime change.”
While there has been some damage to Iran’s nuclear facilities, Goldberg said it remains “completely unclear” whether Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium has been damaged or destroyed.
And given there was never an “imminent, inevitable” nuclear threat from Iran towards Israel to begin with, “nothing has essentially changed in the situation”, he added.
Goldberg said Israel likely agreed to the ceasefire due to the mounting damage from Iranian attacks and predictable pressure from the Trump administration.
“Having decided to hitch the Israeli horse to the Trump wagon, Netanyahu had no choice,” Goldberg said.
“Netanyahu decided to gamble on Trump coming to his rescue. Trump did, and Netanyahu is therefore obligated to assist in Trump’s goal, which was and still is ultimately securing the regional deal and not launching a regional war.”
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21h ago
(07:36 GMT)Israel says it has detected missile launches from Iran
The Israeli military says it has activated sirens in northern Israel after detecting the launch of missiles from Iran.
This comes moments after Netanyahu said he has agreed to Trump’s proposal for a ceasefire.
We will bring you more when we have it.
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21h ago
(07:35 GMT)Israeli forces kill 37 Palestinians in Gaza
Medical sources say Israeli forces have killed at least 37 Palestinians in Gaza since the early hours of this morning.
The figure includes 29 people who were killed in an attack near a food distribution centre.
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21h ago
(07:30 GMT)Germany’s Merz welcomes ceasefire, urges Israel and Iran to respect it
In a post on X, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz says he “welcomes” the Trump-declared ceasefire that will “make the Middle East and the world safer”.
“If this ceasefire succeeds following the decisive military strikes by the US against Iran’s nuclear facilities, it will be a very positive development,” Merz wrote. “I appeal to both Iran and Israel to heed this call.”
He said that US and European partners will discuss “how to further stabilise the situation” on the sidelines of today’s NATO summit.
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21h ago
(07:25 GMT)Iran arrests 6 people on charges of spying for Israel
State media report that the six people were spying for Israel’s Mossad agency and were arrested in the western province of Hamadan.
The “traitor elements” were arrested in the cities of Hamadan, Razan and Nahavand in the province, Ali Akbar Karimpour, a local IRGC official, was quoted as saying.
They are accused of engaging in “targeted activity” online with the goal of creating “public anxiety, blackening the image of the Iranian establishment, and tarnishing its image”, he added.
Iran has arrested dozens and executed several people for spying for Israel since the start of the war.
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21h ago
(07:20 GMT)Israel kills 3 in drone strike on southern Lebanon
Lebanon’s Ministry of Health reports that three people were killed after Israeli drones launched two projectiles at a vehicle and destroyed it.
A video released by Lebanese media and verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency showed a car on fire on the Kafrdajal road in the southern part of the country.
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21h ago
(07:15 GMT)Senior Iranian official killed in Israeli attack: Report
A senior official at Iran’s power generation agency, Tavanir, has been killed in an attack carried out by Israel, according to Mehr news agency.
In an announcement posted on X, Mehr said Neda Rafiei Parsa, a senior manager at Tavanir, was killed “in the line of duty”.
The report did not provide further details on the death of Parsa, who was responsible in overseeing data and figures of the power agency.
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22h ago
(07:10 GMT)Israeli opposition calls for Gaza ceasefire next
Yair Golan, leader of the centre-left Democrats Party, has urged the government to follow the announced Iran ceasefire by agreeing a truce in Gaza.
“Now is the time to complete the mission: Return all the hostages, end the war in Gaza and stop once and for all the coup that threatens to make Israel weak, divided and vulnerable,” Golan said in a post on X.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid made a similar appeal.
“And now Gaza. It’s time to [finish] there too,” he said in comments carried by The Times of Israel. “Return the hostages, end the war. Israel needs to start rebuilding.”
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(07:05 GMT)Iranians hope Israel realises attacking Iran was a ‘strategic mistake’
We’ve been speaking to Foad Izadi, a professor in the World Studies department at the University of Tehran.
He said he believes Israel wants to repeat its experience with Lebanon in Iran, by “claiming to have a ceasefire but attacking any time they want and killing anyone they want”.
But this plan will not work, he said.
“Iran’s ballistic missiles are fully functioning and we had the last rounds of missiles this morning … So the Iranian side hope Israelis realise that attacking Iran was a strategic mistake. They couldn’t do regime change, although they publicly asked for it. They couldn’t stop Iran’s ballistic programme, and they thought that by killing Iranian leaders, the military will become dysfunctional. That didn’t happen,” Izadi said. “So I think Americans and Israelis need to re-evaluate what they have done, and if they do that correctly, they realise that attacking Iran in that manner was not a good idea.”
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22h ago
(07:00 GMT)Netanyahu rival Lieberman criticises ceasefire
Israeli lawmaker Avigdor Lieberman, who heads the right-wing Yisrael Beiteinu party, has warned it is a mistake to pursue a ceasefire with Iran before the latter completely surrenders.
“There is nothing more dangerous than leaving a wounded lion,” he wrote in a post on X. “It will certainly lead us to another war within two or three years, and under much worse conditions.”
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(06:50 GMT)Ceasefire process ‘moving in positive direction’ despite confusion
Former US ambassador to Iraq James Jeffrey says that while there has been confusion surrounding the details of the Trump-declared truce between Israel and Iran, ceasefires are typically “messy”.
“Over the past 50 years … I’ve seen a dozen ceasefires. They’re all messy,” Jeffrey told Al Jazeera. “Not all the troops get the orders … The timelines are [often] wrong.
“This confusion is normal confusion, but it’s clear that it’s moving in a very, very positive direction given what the Iranian foreign minister has said [on halting attacks if Israel does],” he said.
Jeffrey said Israel may prove the bigger obstacle due its hardline cabinet members, but “Trump is going to make it very clear” that he’s done Netanyahu a great service by bombing Iran’s Fordow nuclear site, and “he’s not going to take no for an answer”.
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22h ago
(06:45 GMT)WATCH: Trump announces ceasefire between Israel and Iran
Trump’s announcement came shortly after an Iranian missile attack on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which houses US troops.
“On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will, I would like to congratulate both Countries, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Courage, and Intelligence to end, what should be called, ‘THE 12 DAY WAR,’” Trump wrote in a social media post.
Here’s how it all unfolded:
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22h ago
(06:40 GMT)Legislator from Netanyahu’s Likud party opposes Iran truce
There’s already pushback to the Israel-Iran ceasefire.
Dan Illouz, a member of Netanyahu’s Likud party, has said the only deal the government must sign is Iran’s “surrender agreement”.
In a statement posted on X, Illouz said the “regime in Iran is not a regime with which agreements are made – but a regime that must be defeated”.
Illouz said “if not defeated”, Iran will find new means against Israel.
This comes as Netanyahu faces pressure from right-wing members of his fractious coalition, as well as hardliners from his party, to continue forceful action against Iran.
In recent days, Netanyahu has hinted that he will support a government change in Iran, while Israeli media are advocating a partition of Iran along ethnic lines.
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22h ago
(06:34 GMT)Netanyahu says Israel has achieved ‘all objectives’ of operation against Iran
Here are the details from the Israeli statement.
It said Netanyahu met his cabinet along with the minister of defence and the head of the Mossad last night “to report that Israel had achieved all of the objectives of Operation Rising Lion, and much more”.
“Israel has removed a dual immediate existential threat – both in the nuclear and ballistic missile fields,” the statement said.
The Israeli military “achieved full air control over Tehran’s skies, inflicted severe damage on the military leadership, and destroyed dozens of central Iranian government targets”, it said.
“In light of the achievement of the operation’s objectives, and in full coordination with President Trump, Israel has agreed to the president’s proposal for a bilateral ceasefire,” it added.
“Israel will respond forcefully to any violation of the ceasefire.”
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22h ago
(06:30 GMT)Families of Israeli captives say ceasefire deal must include Gaza
Relatives of the Israeli captives held in Gaza are calling on their government to end the war on the Palestinian territory and secure the return of their loved ones.
“The ceasefire agreement must expand to include Gaza. We call on the government to urgently engage in talks that will lead to the return of all hostages and the end of the war. If they can achieve a ceasefire with Iran, they can also end the war in Gaza,” the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a statement on X.
“It is unthinkable that after a brilliant operation in Iran and a decisive, devastating blow to the Iranian axis, Israel would return to sinking in the Gaza quagmire. This contradicts all logic and every Israeli interest,” it said.
“Ending the operation in Iran without leveraging it to secure the return of all hostages would be a grave diplomatic failure. There is a historic window of opportunity, and the Israeli government has a duty to seize it with both hands.”
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22h ago
(06:21 GMT)Netanyahu agrees to Trump’s ceasefire proposal
The Israeli prime minister’s office has issued a statement on Trump’s ceasefire deal, saying Netanyahu has accepted it and will be delivering a statement later today.
We will bring you more shortly.
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22h ago
(06:20 GMT)Israeli attack kills 9, injures over 30 in Iran’s northwest: Report
Iran’s Tasnim news agency reports that nine civilians were killed in an Israeli air strike on four residential units in Gilan province in the northwest of the country.
The attack, which damaged many surrounding houses, also injured 33 people, with five requiring hospital treatment, the agency reported, citing the regional governor.
According to the report, there were 16 women and children among the casualties.
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22h ago
(06:15 GMT)How did the ceasefire unfold?
Trump, in a message on his Truth Social platform, said it was that “perfect hit” on Iran that brought everyone together and helped make the deal. He also said Israel and Iran both came to him simultaneously, asking for peace.
This might not be the way that the Iranians view it. One of their news anchors said a little earlier that Trump called in a begging-like manner after that attack on the US base in Qatar.
But here’s how the White House said it unfolded.
Trump was talking to Netanyahu and managed to broker the Israeli side. Once he got the Israelis on board, we believe he then called the emir of Qatar and said, look, effectively, can you deal with the Iranians? Can you bring them back on side? I’ve got the Israelis, but we need the Iranians on side. The emir and the prime minister of Qatar then managed to do that.
Meanwhile, JD Vance, who is the vice president, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and Steve Witkoff, who was the Middle East envoy, they were having direct and indirect talks with the Iranians, and then once it started to come together. JD Vance and the Qatari prime minister brought the logistics together. So that is how it unfolded.
And that ceasefire is now, officially, in effect. But the question is, is it going to last?
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23h ago
(06:10 GMT)Israeli attack kills 24 Palestinians seeking food aid in Gaza
At least 24 Palestinians desperately seeking food aid amid widespread hunger in Gaza have been killed in an Israeli attack in the besieged territory’s central area, according to Al Jazeera’s fact-checking unit, Sanad.
According to the report, the victims were killed while waiting for food at Salah al-Din Street just south of Wadi Gaza in the centre of the Strip.
Footage obtained by Sanad showed the bodies of the victims piling up at Nasser Medical Complex and al-Awda Hospital.
Israeli attacks on Palestinians near aid centres have killed more than 400 people and wounded about 1,000 since the Israeli and US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation began aid distribution on May 27.
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23h ago
(06:00 GMT)Israeli military claims to knock out Iranian missile launchers
In a statement, Israel’s military says its fighter jets have attacked missile launchers in western Iran that were primed to be fired at Israel.
The military shared footage that appears to show strikes on several Iranian launchers, claiming they have now been destroyed.
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23h ago
(05:50 GMT)Israeli crews searching rubble of destroyed building for survivors
Al Jazeera is reporting from Jordan because it has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank.
The latest statement from the Israeli Magen David Adom services, the emergency services, they are now confirming four dead, two with moderate injuries, and 20 light injuries, especially from that missile strike that struck a building and caused a lot of damage.
The crews are still sifting through the rubble of the damaged building to make sure that nobody is stuck under the debris. This was significant – successive rounds of salvoes fired from Iran.
We have not heard anything from Israeli officials yet and that is to the great frustration of many Israeli commentators.
Right now, what we know is that there was this declared ceasefire from Donald Trump.
Iran, according to some news outlets in Iran, considers it in effect, and we are waiting to see if there are any statements.
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23h ago
(05:40 GMT)Situation on the ground still very fragile despite declared truce
With the ceasefire between Iran and Israel now in effect, there’s an opportunity for the two sides to step back after 12 days of intense fighting.
But the situation on the ground is still very fragile.
According to the latest post on social media by Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, Tehran has not agreed so far to a ceasefire. There’s actually no official announcement of an agreement on the Iranian side. So we are still waiting for confirmation on that.
Over the last few hours, we have not heard of the continuation of any Israeli strikes in Tehran, which is a promising indication about the prospect of the ceasefire as declared by US President Donald Trump.
Iranians are also saying that if they see a new volley of attacks against the country that they will also strike back.
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23h ago
(05:35 GMT)Israel reopens airspace after three hours
Israel’s Airports Authority says the country’s airspace has reopened for emergency flights after closing earlier due to an hours-long barrage of missiles from Iran.
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23h ago
(05:30 GMT)Photos: Aftermath of Iranian missile strikes on Israel as ceasefire said to start
Israeli emergency personnel work at a residential building following an Iranian missile attack on Beersheba, Israel, on June 24, 2025 [Amir Cohen/Reuters] 
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23h ago
(05:20 GMT)Trump’s timeline: The proposed Iran-Israel ceasefire
- Trump sent out a post on his Truth Social platform at about 6pm local time on Monday in Washington, DC (22:00 GMT) stating that the ceasefire would begin to take effect “in approximately 6 hours from now”.
- That six-hour period – which expired at 04:00 GMT (7:00am in Israel, 7:30am in Tehran) – was to allow Iran and Israel to wind down and complete their “final missions”.
- Trump said Iran will start the ceasefire first (04:00 GMT on Tuesday).
- Israel will follow 12 hours later at 7pm local time (16:00 GMT).
- Israel must stick to the ceasefire for 12 hours, after which it will be considered to be in full effect.
- Trump said this timeline will mark the official end to what he termed the “Twelve Day War” between Israel and Iran.
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23h ago
(05:14 GMT)Trump says ‘ceasefire is now in effect’
US President Donald Trump has said “the ceasefire is now in effect” in a post on Truth Social.
“Please do not violate it!” he added.
Neither Iran nor Israel have officially confirmed the agreement announced earlier by Trump on ending the conflict that has killed hundreds in Iran and two dozen in Israel.
The US leader had said the ceasefire would be a phased 24-hour process beginning at about 04:00 GMT on Tuesday, with Iran unilaterally halting all operations. Israel would follow suit 12 hours later.
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24h ago
(05:10 GMT)Two men and a woman among the dead in Israel’s Beersheba
We’ve been following reports of four people killed in the southern city.
According to Israel’s Channel 14, a woman in her 40s was among those people killed in the strike in the country’s southern area.
Also killed was a man in his 40s and a young man in his 20s, the report said.
In addition, emergency workers evacuated two people in their 50s, who sustained “moderate” injuries, while six others, who sustained light injuries, were treated on site.
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24h ago
(05:05 GMT)Death toll from latest Iranian strike on Israel rises to four
Israel’s Channel 14 is reporting that the number of people killed from the Iranian strike on Beersheba has risen to four.
The broadcaster quoted a fire and rescue official.
Linoy Reshef, spokesperson of the fire and rescue agency’s southern district, also told Channel 14’s Ariel Idan that additional people remain trapped in one of the buildings hit by the Iranian strike shortly before a ceasefire between Iran and Israel took effect.
At least eight other people were reported injured, and two of them were taken to a hospital for treatment.
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24h ago
(05:00 GMT)If you’re just joining us
Let’s bring you up to speed:
- Israel’s military and medics say Iran has fired six volleys of missiles at the country, killing at least three people and wounding several more in the southern city of Beersheba.
- This comes after Trump said the two sides have agreed to a phased ceasefire, with Iran to begin the ceasefire at 04:00 GMT, and Israel to follow afterwards.
- Trump says Israel and Iran came to him “almost simultaneously” asking for peace and says the two countries have much to lose if they stray from the road of “righteousness and truth”.
- Iran’s Press TV says Israeli forces assassinated top nuclear scientist Sedighi Saber in a strike on Tehran.
- Media in Iraq and Iran have reported several attacks on military sites in the country, including the Taji base, the Victory Base Complex in Baghdad, the Balad base, as well as the Imam Ali base.
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24h ago
(04:50 GMT)Israel-Iran fighting ‘until the very last breath’
Al Jazeera is reporting from Jordan because it has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank.
We’ve seen this happen in the past, in ceasefires with Israel, where parties would go on until the very last breath.
This was quite unusual, what we’ve seen in the past hours. Six different missile launches from Iran on various areas in Israel.
The most devastating in Bir as-Sab’, or Beersheba, where six people are feared dead and perhaps more trapped under the rubble in the building that was really devastated by a direct impact, a direct hit from a missile launched by Iran.
This is still developing in terms of what the final tally is from these different launches. What was impacted in addition to this building? This is certainly the most extended period of missile launches that we’ve seen.
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24h ago
(04:40 GMT)Israeli medics say people may be trapped in damaged buildings
Israel’s ILTV news channel is quoting the chief of the country’s emergency agency, Eli Bin, as saying that there are concerns that some people may have been trapped in three buildings that sustained serious damage in the latest Iranian strikes in Beersheba.
ILTV said that at least three people were rescued from a safe room on the fourth floor of one of the buildings that sustained a “direct hit”.
The rescue effort comes amid new missile alerts from Iran.
At least three people have been confirmed killed and several others injured in Beersheba on Tuesday morning.
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24h ago
(04:30 GMT)Video shows Iranian strike on southern Israel
A clip posted on X by The Jerusalem Post shows the moment an Iranian missile hit southern Israel, resulting in several casualties.
According to initial reports, at least three people were killed and several others wounded in the strike in Beersheba.
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24h ago
(04:25 GMT)Iranian TV says ceasefire has now begun
Press TV says the ceasefire between Israel and Iran has begun following several waves of attacks on Israeli territory.
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24h ago
(04:20 GMT)Iraqi authorities increase security around US, foreign embassies in Baghdad
We reported a little earlier on a drone attack on the Taji military base, located north of Iraq’s capital, Baghdad.
A senior US military official also told the Associated Press news agency that reports of an attack on a base housing US forces in Iraq were a false alarm, triggered by falling debris from a malfunctioning Iran missile that was aimed at Israel.
Al Jazeera’s Mahmoud Abdelwahed, reporting from Baghdad, said security has been increased around the US and other foreign embassies in the city.
“We understand that here in the capital, Baghdad, security forces have been deployed in and around the Green Zone, which is home to the US embassy and other foreign diplomatic missions,” Abdelwahed said.
“This comes after threats made by Iran-allied groups in Iraq threatening to attack US interests in the region and namely military bases,” he said.
“In Iraq, over the past week, there have been marches and demonstrations condemning the attacks against Iran and calling on the Iraqi government not to allow any foreign country to use Iraqi airspace to carry out attacks or air strikes inside Iran.”
Iraqi security forces close a bridge leading to the Green Zone where the US Embassy is located, during a protest against Israeli attacks on Iran, in Baghdad, Iraq on June 18, 2025 [Hadi Mizban/AP] -
24h ago
(04:19 GMT)Israel issues sixth alert of an Iranian missile attack
The Israeli military says it has detected another wave of missiles from Iran and is urging the public to take cover.
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24h ago
(04:15 GMT)Trump continues to extol Israel-Iran deal
The US president has again taken to Truth Social to laud the ceasefire deal he claimed he brokered between Israel and Iran, even as the deadly missile attacks continue on Israeli territory.
“We couldn’t have made today’s ‘deal’ without the talent and courage of our great B-2 pilots, and all of those associated with that operation,” he said, referring to the US bombers used in the attacks on Iranian nuclear sites.
“In a certain and very ironic way, that perfect ‘hit,’ late in the evening, brought everyone together, and the deal was made!!!” he added.
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24 Jun 2025 – 04:10
(04:10 GMT)Israeli analyst says waves of Iranian missiles possibly the ‘end game’
Israeli political analyst Akiva Eldar has welcomed as “good news” the ceasefire deal between Iran and Israel announced hours earlier by Trump, saying the latest wave of missiles from Iran followed a pattern where “every side will do its most to be portrayed as having total victory or at least face-saving”.
“Hopefully, this is the end game,” Eldar told Al Jazeera.
“This is maybe the beginning of the light at the end of the tunnel,” Eldar said.
“It happened before the ceasefire in Gaza with Hamas. It happened with Hezbollah in Lebanon. Until the last minute, they will try to improve the balance of power or the balance of damages and say, ‘Look, the last pictures, the last images, the last footage were are getting from the enemy is showing that we are doing good,’” he said.
“That it is not that we are surrendering. You see, what they can do we can do better,” he added.
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24 Jun 2025 – 04:00
(04:00 GMT)Israel tells people to remain in bomb shelters amid waves of Iranian missiles
Al Jazeera is reporting from Jordan because it has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank.
The Israeli military says it has now detected another launch of ballistic missiles by the Iranians.
In the first two barrages of rockets, there was a direct impact in southern Israel and the ambulance services are saying that three people have been killed in the direct hit. This was a seven-storey building in southern Israel that was targeted.
Now there are sirens across different parts of the country. It is still unclear how many missiles have been launched in this latest barrage, but the Israeli army said that a total of six in the first two barrages were launched – two missiles in the first and then four in the second.
The military says they are now working to intercept all of the rockets that have been fired and they are calling on people to shelter in place, to stay in those bomb shelters because they are still unsure when this event is going to be over.
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24 Jun 2025 – 03:58
(03:58 GMT)Israel issues another warning of a missile attack from Iran
The Israeli military’s warning is the fifth such alert it has issued since Trump announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
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24 Jun 2025 – 03:50
(03:50 GMT)Netanyahu silent hours after Trump’s claim of a ceasefire
The Israeli prime minister has yet to comment on Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Iran.
According to The Jerusalem Post, Netanyahu convened a Security Cabinet meeting that lasted into the early hours of Tuesday morning. He also asked ministers to avoid making public statements on the ceasefire, it reported.
Iran, meanwhile, said it would stop its retaliation if Israel stop its attacks.
There have been several waves of strikes on Israel since then, with at least three people reported killed in the city of Beersheba.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has convened a Security Cabinet meeting that lasted for hours until early Tuesday morning to discuss the ceasefire deal with Iran announced by US President Donald Trump [File: Gil Cohen/Reuters] -
24 Jun 2025 – 03:43
(03:43 GMT)Israel issues warning over fourth wave of missiles
The Israeli military says it has identified a fresh wave of missiles launched from Iran and issued another order for residents to take cover.
“The defence systems are working to intercept the threat. You must enter the protected areas upon receiving the alert, and remain there until further notice,” according to the statement posted on X.
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24 Jun 2025 – 03:40
(03:40 GMT)No IRGC confirmation yet as Israel hit by new wave of missiles
We are dealing with a highly fragile situation.
At least for the past one or two hours, we can say that we haven’t received any reports about the continuation of strikes. We haven’t received any reports regarding the sounds of explosions here in the capital and other cities.
This is what we have so far but still, I can tell you this is a very fragile situation.
First, Iran is saying that it’s going to retaliate as long as Israeli strikes continue.
Second, we have to keep in mind that so many infrastructures related to nuclear facilities as well as military sites, as well as buildings in residential areas, were targeted by the Israelis and now there is this public pressure on the establishment in Iran to continue this retaliation.
We received reports about missiles being launched from the Iranian territory. On that we have no confirmation so far because, basically, when the IRGC launches missiles, we’ve got statements from them about details, confirming these strikes have taken place. We are waiting for further statements coming out.
We are dealing with a highly intricate situation in which any movement could run the risk of further escalation.
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24 Jun 2025 – 03:30
(03:30 GMT)Ex-US official says Trump’s Iran-Israel deal ‘neither verifiable nor permanent’
Ned Price, a former spokesperson for the US State Department, has criticised the ceasefire deal between Iran and Israel announced by Trump, describing it as “neither verifiable nor permanent”.
In a series of posts on social media, Price, who served under Trump’s predecessor, Joe Biden, wrote, “Success would’ve been permanently and verifiably preventing Iran from ever obtaining a nuke, just the type of arrangement Trump needlessly tore up in 2018.”
He was referring to Trump’s decision to abandon the nuclear agreement signed between Iran and world powers in 2015, under then-President Barack Obama.
Price said the Trump administration should “leverage this moment” to reach a new diplomatic deal, warning that the US involvement in the war could push Tehran “to sprint towards a nuclear device”.
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24 Jun 2025 – 03:28
(03:28 GMT)Three killed in Israel’s Beersheba
The Times of Israel and Ynet News are reporting that the three people who were said to be in critical condition following a missile attack on the southern Israeli city have now been pronounced dead.
The report comes as sirens continue to blare across Israel amid a third wave of attacks.
Israel says the missiles are from Iran. There’s been no comment from Iran so far.
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24 Jun 2025 – 03:25
(03:25 GMT)Three in ‘critical condition’ in Israel’s Beersheba: Report
We have more on the missile attack on the southern Israeli city.
The Times of Israel, citing the emergency service, is reporting that medics are treating three people in critical condition and another who was moderately hurt.
Five others were lightly wounded, it added.
Footage from the scene, verified by Al Jazeera’s Sanad agency, shows damage to a multistorey building and parked cars. Other footage taken from afar shows a huge cloud of smoke in the sky.
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24 Jun 2025 – 03:20
(03:20 GMT)Iranian scientist killed in Israeli strike: Report
According to Iran’s English language channel Press TV, nuclear scientist Sedighi Saber was “assassinated” in an Israeli strike in Tehran.
Earlier reports said the attack on Saber was carried out near the main streets of Ferdowsi and Vali Asr in the downtown area of the Iranian capital.
Several of Iran’s top nuclear scientists have been targeted by Israeli strikes since it launched its military operation against the country on June 13.
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24 Jun 2025 – 03:15
(03:15 GMT)Israel says Iran has launched a third wave of missiles
The Israeli military says a third Iranian missile attack is under way and is urging the public to take shelter.
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24 Jun 2025 – 03:11
(03:11 GMT)One person ‘critically injured’ in Israel’s Beersheba: Report
We’ve been following reports of a missile hit in Beersheba.
The Ynet News site says one person was “critically injured” and that five others were lightly wounded following a “direct” missile hit in the southern Israeli city.
The outlet says the missile was one of four fired in the second volley. Another two were fired in the first salvo and were intercepted, it added.
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24 Jun 2025 – 03:10
(03:10 GMT)Leaders of Japan and South Korea to skip NATO summit after US strike on Iran
Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung have both cancelled their plans to attend a NATO leaders’ summit in The Hague this week following the US military strikes on Iran.
A spokesperson for South Korea’s presidential office said Lee’s absence would be due to “a confluence of domestic matters and the volatile situation in the Middle East”.
Ishiba’s office cited “various circumstances” as the reason for his last-minute cancellation, but Japan is also in the midst of a series of grim anniversaries marking 80 years since the end of World War II. They include the anniversary of the Battle of Okinawa this week, which killed 200,000 people – many of them civilians – and the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima in August.
Japan and South Korea were two of the four non-NATO countries invited to attend the event, alongside Australia and New Zealand.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said last week he would also not attend the summit in person.
All three leaders will send deputies in their place.
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24 Jun 2025 – 03:05
(03:05 GMT)Israel says it’s now safe to exit bomb shelters
The military says people can now leave their shelters and that “rescue forces are operating in several areas of the country where reports of falls have been received”.
The Ynet News site said one of the missiles hit a building in the city of Beersheba in the Negev desert.
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24 Jun 2025 – 03:00
(03:00 GMT)Trump says Israel and Iran asked him for peace ‘almost simultaneously’
The US president says the world and the Middle East will benefit greatly from the ceasefire he claims to have brokered between Israel and Iran.
“Israel & Iran came to me, almost simultaneously, and said, ‘PEACE!’ I knew the time was NOW. The World, and the Middle East, are the real WINNERS! Both Nations will see tremendous LOVE, PEACE, AND PROSPERITY in their futures,” he wrote in a post on Truth Social.
“They have so much to gain, and yet, so much to lose if they stray from the road of RIGHTEOUSNESS & TRUTH. The future for Israel & Iran is UNLIMITED, & filled with great PROMISE. GOD BLESS YOU BOTH!”
As we’ve been reporting, despite Trump’s claim of a ceasefire, Israel and Iran are continuing to trade attacks.
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24 Jun 2025 – 02:50
(02:50 GMT)Explosions over Tel Aviv as sirens blare in central Israel
The Reuters news agency says explosions have been heard over Tel Aviv, as air raid sirens blare in central and southern Israel.
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24 Jun 2025 – 02:50
(02:50 GMT)First Iranian missile fired towards Israel since Trump ceasefire announcement
Al Jazeera is reporting from Jordan because it has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank.
This would be something like the 25th missile attack the Iranians have launched, and actually the first since the announcement of that ceasefire agreement by US President Donald Trump.
The Iranian foreign minister had come out and said that Iran didn’t agree to anything but if the Israelis wanted to stop their aggression, Iran would stop firing as well.
So these missiles are continuing to get fired and the Israelis say they are going to keep pounding targets inside of Iranian territory.
Israeli officials speaking anonymously to Israeli media have also said that there are still a wide range of targets that Israel wants to strike inside Iran and that they are not finished with their goals.
But the main objective for them at this point has been achieved. Of depleting those nuclear capabilities. But when it comes to the missile fire that is still going to head toward Israel, well, it seems that is still in session.
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24 Jun 2025 – 02:41
(02:41 GMT)Israel says new Iranian missile attack under way
The Israeli military says Iran has launched a new wave of missiles towards the country and urged the public to take shelter.
It said air raid sirens have been activated in several areas of the country.
The new announcement comes moments after the military told the public that an earlier strike had ended and that it was now safe to leave bomb shelters.
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24 Jun 2025 – 02:40
(02:40 GMT)‘Signs of de-escalation’ after Iranian FM’s ‘double-edged’ ceasefire statements
From the very early hours of tonight, we were able to hear the sounds of massive explosions and interceptions by the air defence systems of the country and the capital in particular. Right now, we don’t hear that much.
Speaking of the latest post we saw from the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, on his X account, it seems that he is saying there is no ceasefire agreement as of date.
And also, he is saying that they have decided to stop their military operations. So, it could be implied that while Iran is ready for this ceasefire, at the same time it is not sure whether the Israeli side is going to strike. And if they continue to strike, the Iranian foreign minister is saying there is going to be no ceasefire on the ground.
So this is a sort of double-edged statement that we hearing from the Iranian foreign minister.
But right now, we can say that we see signs of de-escalation.
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24 Jun 2025 – 02:30
(02:30 GMT)Iran’s dissent over truce aimed at appealing to domestic audience
David Des Roches, a professor at the National Defense University in the US, says Iran and Israel are moving towards a ceasefire, despite the Iranian foreign minister claiming there has been no agreement on a truce.
“I think that the Iranian dissent is not really a dissent in substance, but rather on terms. That’s to appeal to their internal audience, to say, ‘We’re in charge of this programme.’ We’re not having a ceasefire dictated on us. We’re making these decisions because we want to do it by choice,” Des Roches told Al Jazeera.
“That’s not true, but by perhaps arguing over the fine points of when it takes effect, they’re able to give that impression. I think that Iran’s ability to continue this pace of operations is just not there,” he said.
The analyst, who is a former Pentagon official, also said that the Iranian attack on the Al Udeid base in Qatar was calibrated to prevent a further military response.
“We won’t know now, but we’ll know in a couple of months whether they chose deliberately to have an ineffective response, or whether this was the best they could do because of the depletion of their arsenal,” he said.
“But it’s clear that in order to maintain legitimacy amongst themselves, amongst the regime, they had to show some sort of response. But they didn’t want it to be so large that it would actually provoke further attack.”
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24 Jun 2025 – 02:24
(02:24 GMT)Air raid sirens blare in Israel
The Israeli military says alarms have been activated in “several areas” of the country following the missile launches from Iran, and that it is working to intercept the projectiles.
The Times of Israel reported sirens across northern Israel as well as in the south of the country.
We’ll bring you more when we have it.
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24 Jun 2025 – 02:20
(02:20 GMT)Trump spoke directly with Netanyahu to secure ceasefire: Report
The Associated Press news agency has more details on the US push for a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
A senior White House official told the AP that Trump communicated directly with the Israeli prime minister to secure the ceasefire. The person also said that Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and special Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff also communicated with Iranians through direct and indirect channels.
The official said the Qatari government played an important role in brokering the coming ceasefire. Trump spoke to Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, to thank him for helping land the agreement.
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24 Jun 2025 – 02:14
(02:14 GMT)Israel says Iranian missile attack under way
Israel’s military says it has detected the launch of missiles from Iran towards Israeli territory.
It called on the public to take shelter if they receive an alert and said its air defences are “working to intercept the threat”.
We will bring you more when we have it.
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24 Jun 2025 – 02:10
(02:10 GMT)Qatar Airways resumes flights
The Qatari carrier says its flights have been reinstated following the opening of the country’s airspace.
“Our focus at this time is to help our passengers return home or reach their onward journey safely and smoothly,” it said in a statement.
“As operations resume, we anticipate significant delays to our flight schedule,” it said, urging passengers to check their website for the latest updates.
Qatar had earlier shut down its airspace over the Iranian attack on Al Udeid Air Base. Several Qatar Airways flights were also diverted after the Iranian attack.
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24 Jun 2025 – 02:00
(02:00 GMT)Israel’s Home Front Command says ‘no change’ to situation as ceasefire reports conflict
Al Jazeera is reporting from Jordan because it has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank.
Since the announcement by US President Donald Trump, there has been no word from Israeli officials.
Netanyahu actually convened his Security Cabinet – those are top ministers with defence positions and also his security chiefs – to discuss the situation at hand. However, there is a gag order in place.
Netanyahu told his government not to talk about any sort of ceasefire with the Iranians just yet. An indication that perhaps there are details that need to be finalised. That perhaps Israel didn’t agree to this. But there has been nothing official from the Israelis.
In fact, within the last hour, the Israeli military’s Home Front Command… has said that there are no changes in place and people still need to listen to the directives of the government and military. That places are still going to be closed and there are still bans and limitations on public gatherings.
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24 Jun 2025 – 01:50
(01:50 GMT)No US response yet as Iran not ‘on the same page’ about reported ceasefire
We are still waiting for a response to the Iranian announcement.
Certainly, this is not the “full agreement” that Trump posted about three hours ago, and perhaps those congratulations were premature.
That’s at least what it’s pointing to.
It’s also confusing how these timelines line up because, frankly, they don’t. Trump had said six hours from the time of his post, which was at 22:00 GMT – that would be the beginning of this so-called ceasefire.
Obviously, Iran is not on the same page about that.
So there is much fluidity in the air, and we are still waiting to see how Washington responds to all of that.
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24 Jun 2025 – 01:40
(01:40 GMT)Russia sees little chance of reviving Iran nuclear deal
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says he does not see conditions for restoring the 2015 deal, known as the JCPOA, but that now is the time to ramp up diplomacy.
Ryabkov’s comments to the Izvestia news outlet came before Trump claimed Israel and Iran had agreed to a ceasefire.
“I do not see at the moment, conditions for restoring the [Iran deal],” Ryabkov told Izvestia. “But this does not mean abandoning diplomacy, quite the opposite. Now is the time to redouble our efforts to achieve… to come to some decisions that would help stabilise the situation.”
Ryabkov said that Russia “understood the logic and argumentation of our friends in Tehran, and of course, this means an end to the strikes, an end to further escalation by the other side”.
He said the cessation of attacks was the “clear pre-condition for our Iranian colleagues to consider their political-diplomatic options”.
The Iran nuclear deal, signed in 2015, aimed at limiting Tehran’s nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief. But Trump pulled Washington out of the pact in 2018, only to begin negotiations this year. Iran, however, cancelled the latest meeting after Israel launched attacks on the country.
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24 Jun 2025 – 01:35
(01:35 GMT)Iraq’s Imam Ali base under attack: Report
The Al Sumaria TV network is reporting an attack on the radar systems at Imam Ali base in Iraq.
The Baghdad-based television channel did not say who carried out the attack.
Imam Ali base is located in Iraq’s Dhi Qar governorate, just southwest of the provincial capital of Nasiriya.
Translation: The targeting of the radar at Imam Ali base in Dhi Qar Governorate.
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24 Jun 2025 – 01:30
(01:30 GMT)Israeli attacks on Iran continue as FM says no ceasefire agreed ‘as of now’
This is what we heard from the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, coming out with a post on his X account saying that he cannot confirm so far that a deal has been reached.
Up until the very last hour, we have been able to hear the sounds of explosions across the capital and also reports about the sounds of explosions being heard in different Iranian cities, meaning that Israeli strikes continue.
And from previous statements, I can tell you that Iranians are saying that they are not going to stop as long as Israeli strikes continue.
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24 Jun 2025 – 01:20
(01:20 GMT)Republicans rally around Trump after ceasefire announcement
US President Donald Trump’s fellow Republicans have rallied around him after he announced that a ceasefire deal had been reached between Iran and Israel.
In a brief post on X, House Speaker Mike Johnson wrote: “Peace through STRENGTH!”.
Johnson has been feuding with some members of his party who criticised Trump’s decision to strike Iran’s nuclear sites.
Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, one of the most outspoken voices opposed to US intervention in the Iran-Israel war, also welcomed the announced ceasefire, writing on X, “Thank you, President Trump, for pursuing peace!”.
Greene earlier criticised Trump’s decision to bomb Iran, saying it felt “like a complete bait and switch to please the neocons, warmongers, military industrial complex contracts, and neocon tv personalities that MAGA hates and who were NEVER TRUMPERS!”
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24 Jun 2025 – 01:15
(01:15 GMT)More from Araghchi
The Iranian foreign minister has issued a second statement on X, saying the military operations to punish Israel continued “until the very last minute, at 4am”.
“Together with all Iranians, I thank our brave Armed Forces who remain ready to defend our dear country until their last drop of blood, and who responded to any attack by the enemy until the very last minute,” Araghchi added.
This comes moments after the top diplomat said there was no formal agreement for a ceasefire, but that Iran will halt attacks if Israel ends its “aggression” by 4am local time (00:30 GMT).
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24 Jun 2025 – 01:10
(01:10 GMT)Timing of Trump ceasefire announcement tells of US concern over ‘forever war’
Traditionally, we would be hearing about these developments from official channels.
But Donald Trump has really bucked all tradition and it is very much his style to be making this announcement on his own social media platform.
This is also telling of the timing of this announcement and why he is making it in this fashion. It is 7pm here in Washington, DC. It is not the middle of the night, as it is in the [Middle East] region.
So American people are paying attention. Ever since the US military strikes on the Iranian nuclear sites, people really have been paying attention for the first time.
This has really crossed into the majority of Americans’ minds, and there was a lot of trepidation.
People were questioning whether this had been the right move because the greatest fear had been that the US would enter yet another so-called “forever war”, which nobody wanted and which Trump said that he would not do.
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24 Jun 2025 – 01:05
(01:05 GMT)Attack reported on Iraq’s Balad military base
The Balad military base in Iraq has come under attack, according to reports from the Kurdistan24 news channel, citing its correspondent in Baghdad.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the attack on the base, located in Iraq’s Salahuddin province about 100km (62 miles) north of the Iraqi capital.
Iran’s Tasnim news agency earlier reported that two explosions were heard inside the base, which previously served as the second-largest US base in Iraq.
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24 Jun 2025 – 01:00
(01:00 GMT)Iran says ‘no agreement’ on any ceasefire as of yet
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says there is no agreement on any ceasefire or cessation of military operations as of now.
“However, provided that the Israeli regime stops its illegal aggression against the Iranian people no later than 4 am Tehran time [00:30 GMT], we have no intention to continue our response afterwards,” he wrote on X.
“The final decision on the cessation of our military operations will be made later.”
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24 Jun 2025 – 00:55
(00:55 GMT)Caution, more questions after Trump claimed truce deal
Adam Clements, a US foreign policy analyst and former Pentagon official, says he is cautious about Trump’s announcement, noting the Israelis are continuing to bomb Tehran.
“Both the Israelis and the Iranians have not formally agreed in public to this agreement,” he said from Washington, DC.
“I think it also will come down to trust, which is so very low. And if there is a diplomatic opening, if there is some space, how will the Trump administration use it to try to actually carry out a ceasefire? How is it enforced? So many different questions…and in Tehran, there’s still ongoing strikes,” he said.
“I’m still very cautious. And even if there is a ceasefire… how are grievances through third parties aired? And then you go back to the same fundamental question, as far as the Iranian nuclear programme, is it now going to go more clandestine since the US has, ostensibly at least, set it back several months?”
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24 Jun 2025 – 00:50
(00:50 GMT)Israeli officials reportedly under ‘gag order’ to not speak about ceasefire
Al Jazeera is reporting from Jordan because it has been banned from Israel and the occupied West Bank.
No word whatsoever from the Israeli government and Israeli officials, who have not been speaking to Israeli media.
Israeli media are reporting that there is a gag order in place for [Prime Minister Netanyahu] and all of his ministers and other government officials to not speak about the ceasefire.
That’s going to mean that if there is some sort of announcement from the Israelis, it is going to come directly from Netanyahu himself.
It’s also worth mentioning that, behind the scenes earlier in the day, there were Israeli officials saying that because of the pressure from President Trump, the Israelis were now trying to wrap all of this up by the end of the week.
This is before the announcement from the American president.
So it is still a little bit unclear where we stand now because there has been no word from Israeli officials.
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24 Jun 2025 – 00:49
(00:49 GMT)Reports of drone attack near Baghdad airport
Iran’s Tasnim news agency is citing sources saying that the Victory Base Complex, a cluster of former US military installations in Baghdad International Airport in Iraq, has been hit by a drone attack.
More details to follow.
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24 Jun 2025 – 00:40
(00:40 GMT)Iran intercepts Israeli drone over Tehran: Reports
We’ve been reporting on a series of explosions in Tehran.
Moments before those blasts, Iranian news agencies reported that the country’s air force also shit down an Israeli Hermes surveillance drone over the capital.
An image posted by Iran’s Mehr news agency showed burning debris scattered all over a street as people gathered around the scene.
Similar images were also posted by Iran’s Tasnim news agency and the Fars news agency.
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24 Jun 2025 – 00:37
(00:37 GMT)Drone attacks Iraq’s Taji military base: Report
An unidentified drone attacked a site at Iraq’s Taji military base north of Baghdad, the Iraqi state news agency INA reported, citing a military official.
There were no casualties, the official said.
The Drop Site investigative news outlet earlier posted video clips on X showing the purported explosion at the Taji military base.
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24 Jun 2025 – 00:30
(00:30 GMT)Trump talks of ceasefire but reality different on ground in Tehran
Al Jazeera’s Tohid Asadi, speaking from Tehran, said that Trump’s announcement possibly “paves the way” for a ceasefire but the reality on the ground is very different, with sounds of explosions heard over the Iranian capital as air defence systems battle Israeli attacks.
“We haven’t received any official reaction from Tehran regarding the latest statement that came out from the US President Donald Trump,” Asadi said, adding that previous statements by Iran’s senior leaders signalled that an “imposed peace” would not be accepted.
“We have to keep in mind the previous statements that we heard from the Iranian leaders including the supreme leader of the country, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who came out to say a couple of days ago in a video message that we are not going to accept an imposed peace,” Asadi said.
“Whether the statement that we heard from the US president is going to be interpreted as an imposed peace or an agreed peace is something that we have to keep waiting for,” he said.
“A new emerging development on the ground here in Tehran is more sounds of explosions that we can hear related to the interception by air defence systems.”
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24 Jun 2025 – 00:20
(00:20 GMT)‘Loud explosions’ rock Tehran: Report
Sounds of several explosions have been heard across the Iranian capital, according to the country’s Tasnim news agency, amid reports that a ceasefire deal between Iran and Israel was reached and will come into effect in the next few hours.
In a post on X, Tasnim also reports that Iran activated air defence systems to repel the latest attacks carried out by Israeli aircraft.
According to Hamshahri News, “loud explosions” were heard in the west and centre of Tehran, as well as in the western suburb of Karaj.
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24 Jun 2025 – 00:10
(00:10 GMT)‘Still waiting for confirmation’ from Iran, Israel after Trump ceasefire announcement
We are still waiting for confirmation from Iran, from Israel, about the terms of this deal.
But as announced by Trump, and if it takes effect, as he said, it would indeed be a diplomatic coup and dramatic turnaround in just the last few days.
Going from Trump saying that he was open to regime change in Iran to now saying, “God bless, Iran.” And then after this air strike from Iran against the US airbase in Doha – all of this happening in just the last few hours, and certainly giving Trump that much sought-after ceasefire as the dealmaker that he said he would be as president.
He didn’t get one so far in Gaza. He hasn’t got one between Ukraine and Russia, and now he is announcing to the world – he says at least – that he is getting one between Iran and Israel.
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24 Jun 2025 – 00:07
(00:07 GMT)WATCH: Qatar says it has ‘right to respond’ to Iranian missile attack
Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabbari says Qatar was the “obvious choice” for Iranian retaliation against the US because it hosts the largest US military base in the Middle East, while also acting as a trusted intermediary for Tehran.
Watch below:
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24 Jun 2025 – 00:05
(00:05 GMT)Trump’s announcement in full
Here’s what the US president said on social media:
“CONGRATULATIONS TO EVERYONE! It has been fully agreed by and between Israel and Iran that there will be a Complete and Total CEASEFIRE (in approximately 6 hours from now, when Israel and Iran have wound down and completed their in progress, final missions!), for 12 hours, at which point the War will be considered, ENDED!
“Officially, Iran will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 12th Hour, Israel will start the CEASEFIRE and, upon the 24th Hour, an Official END to THE 12 DAY WAR will be saluted by the World. During each CEASEFIRE, the other side will remain PEACEFUL and RESPECTFUL.
“On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will, I would like to congratulate both Countries, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Courage, and Intelligence to end, what should be called, “THE 12 DAY WAR.”
“This is a War that could have gone on for years, and destroyed the entire Middle East, but it didn’t, and never will! God bless Israel, God bless Iran, God bless the Middle East, God bless the United States of America, and GOD BLESS THE WORLD!”
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24 Jun 2025 – 00:02
(00:02 GMT)A recap of recent developments
- US President Donald Trump says Israel and Iran have agreed to a “complete and total” ceasefire that will bring an end to what he called “the 12-day war”.
- Neither Israel nor Iran has confirmed that they have agreed to such a ceasefire.
- Israel continues to attack Iran, with blasts heard in Tehran, and Iranian officials issuing an evacuation warning for residents of the Ramat Gan area near Tel Aviv.
- Trump’s announcement comes after Iran launched a missile attack on Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar, which houses US troops, in retaliation for the US strikes that targeted nuclear facilities in Iran on Sunday.
- Qatar has condemned the attack as a violation of its sovereignty and said it reserves the right to respond. It says its air defences intercepted 18 of the 19 missiles fired and that the incident did not cause any deaths or injuries.
- Israeli forces also continue attacking Gaza, killing at least 43 people in the Strip, including 13 aid seekers.
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24 Jun 2025 – 00:00
(00:00 GMT)Welcome to our coverage
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A woman looks at an ambulance burned by Israeli attacks on a street, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Tehran, Iran, June 23, 2025 [Majid Asgaripour/WANA via Reuters]
