Iran-Israel war Highlights | June 22: Israel carries out strikes on military targets in Iran

Iran Israel war news: US State Department on Sunday posted a ‘Worldwide Caution’ on its travel alert page, citing the conflict between Israel and Iran. This comes a day after the US struck three Iranian nuclear bases. Trump stated that he is not ruling out a regime change in Iran.

In its latest alert, the State Department said: “The conflict between Israel and Iran has resulted in disruptions to travel and periodic closure of airspace across the Middle East.”

Iran Israel war news LIVE: The Israeli army said it carried out strikes on Iranian military targets, including missile launch and storage sites, on Sunday.

"Approximately 20 (Israeli airforce) fighter jets conducted intelligence-based strikes using over 30 munitions on military targets in Iran," the Israeli army said in a statement posted to Telegram, according to AFP.

The attacks were carried out on "storage and missile launching infrastructure sites", as well as "military satellites and radar sites", it added.

Iran Israel war news LIVE: Amid reports of an Israeli strike in Tehran, air defences have been activated in Iran's central Tehran districts, Reuters reports, citing local media reports.

Iran Israel war news LIVE: Oil surged after the US struck Iran’s three main nuclear sites and threatened further attacks, exacerbating a crisis in the Middle East and stoking concerns that energy supplies from the region could be disrupted.

Global benchmark Brent rallied as much as 5.7% to $81.40 a barrel, extending three weeks of gains, according to Bloomberg.

Iran Israel war news LIVE: The Indian government successfully evacuated another batch of citizens, carrying 285 Indian nationals from Iran on Sunday as part of Operation Sindhu.

"India's evacuation efforts continue under Operation Sindhu. MoS Pabitra Margherita received 285 Indian nationals evacuated on a special flight from Mashhad that landed in New Delhi at 2330 hrs on 22 June. With this, 1,713 Indian nationals have now been brought home from Iran," MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal wrote on X.

Iran Israel war news LIVE: German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called for a swift return to diplomacy after the US struck three nuclear sites in Iran overnight, AFP reports, citing his spokesman.

Iran must "immediately enter into negotiations with the US and Israel and to find a diplomatic solution to the conflict", Merz said, according to his spokesman Stefan Kornelius.

Iran Israel war news LIVE: The head of the United Nations atomic watchdog called for a return to diplomacy after the US strikes on Iran’s nuclear program, saying there’s “a window of opportunity” to return to dialogue, reports Bloomberg.

“IAEA inspectors are in Iran, and they must do their job,” he said.

Iran Israel war news LIVE: Two supertankers both capable of hauling about 2 million barrels of crude U-turned in the Strait of Hormuz after US airstrikes on Iran, reports Bloomberg.

The Coswisdom Lake and South Loyalty both entered the waterway and abruptly changed course, according to vessel tracking data compiled by Bloomberg. The two empty freighters then sailed south, away from the mouth of the Persian Gulf.

Iran Israel war news LIVE: Speaking at the emergency meeting of United Nations Security Council, Iran's UN ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, says that the US “decided to destroy diplomacy” with its strikes on the country's nuclear program. 

He said that the Iranian military will decide the "timing, nature and scale of Iran’s proportionate response.”

“We will take all measures necessary,” he told the meeting.

Iran Israel war news LIVE: US President Donald Trump on ‘regime change’ in Iran: “ It's not politically correct to use the ‘regime change’, but if the current Iranian regime is unable to make Iran great again, why wouldn't there be a regime change?”

Iran Israel war news LIVE: At least three people were killed after an ambulance was hit in an Israeli strike in central Iran, AFP reported, citing local media reports.

"The ambulance... was en route to transfer a patient when it was severely damaged by a drone strike," ISNA news agency reported quoting Hamidreza Mohammadi Fesharaki, the governor of Najafabad county in the central Isfahan province.

"All occupants of the ambulance - including the driver, the patient, and the patient's companion - were martyred."

French President Emmanuel Macron presided over an emergency security meeting in Paris on Sunday evening, according to the Associated Press.

″We are living through a grave time for the stability and security for the Middle East, and for our own security,″ Macron said.

Iran Israel war news LIVE: Explosions are being heard in Alborz province near Tehran and in the western city of Kermanshah, Reuters reports, citing Iranian news agencies.

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has warned against yet "another cycle of destruction" and retaliation following the US strikes against Iran, which he said marked a "perilous turn" in the region.

"I have repeatedly condemned any military escalation in the Middle East," the secretary-general told an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council. "The people of the region cannot endure another cycle of destruction. And yet, we now risk descending into a rathole of retaliation after retaliation."

Iran Israel war news LIVE: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi has arrived in Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, Reuters reports, citing an Iranian media report.

Iran Israel war news LIVE: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that Israel has "moved closer" to its goals in Iran after US President Donald Trump ordered overnight bombing raids on Iran's nuclear sites, reports AFP.

"We have achieved a great deal, and thanks to President Trump, we have moved closer to our goals," Netanyahu said in a televised press conference, adding that “when they have been reached, the operation will finish.”

Iran Israel war news LIVE: The extent of damage to the Fordow uranium enrichment facility – built deep inside a mountain in central Iran – was not immediately possible to assess in view of its underground location and the penetrating nature of the bombs used, says the International Atomic Energy Agency.

“It is clear that Fordow was also directly impacted, but the degree of damage inside the uranium enrichment halls can’t be determined with certainty,” the agency's director general Grossi says.

Iran Israel war news LIVE: Israeli military says that it is striking Tehran, western Iran.

Iran Israel war news LIVE: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has reacted to reports claiming that the Iranian parliament has approved a measure to close the Strait of Hormuz, saying that it would be an “economic suicide”.

"If they do that, it will be another terrible mistake. It's economic suicide for them if they do it. And we retain options to deal with that, but other countries should be looking at that as well. It would hurt other countries' economies a lot worse than ours," he says. 

Iran Israel war news LIVE: Iran's atomic energy agency claims that nuclear sites are quickly being rebuilt and that activity will continue there with “greater power”, Reuters reports, citing Iranian media.

Iran Israel war news LIVE: The United States has ordered staff from its diplomatic missions in Iraq and Lebanon to leave the countries, reports AFP. 

More diplomatic personnel left Iraq on Saturday and Sunday as part of ongoing efforts to "streamline operations", a US official tells the news agency.

Iran Israel war news LIVE: Advisor to Iran's Khamenei says that US bases used to strike Iran are 'legitimate' targets, reports AFP.

"Any country in the region or elsewhere that is used by American forces to strike Iran will be considered a legitimate target for our armed forces," said Ali Akbar Velayati in a message carried by the official IRNA news agency.

Iran Israel war news LIVE: The head of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has announced an "emergency meeting" at the organisation's headquarters in Vienna for Monday after the US struck Iranian nuclear sites, reports AFP.

"In light of the urgent situation in Iran, I am convening an emergency meeting of the @IAEAorg Board of Governors for tomorrow," Rafael Grossi wrote on X.

Israeli military chief of staff Eyal Zamir said that the country continues to "increase the rate of our strikes in accordance with the operational plan", adding that Israel is prepared to continue "for as long as necessary".

Israeli military chief of staff Eyal Zamir said on Sunday that Israel's campaign against Iran is still underway, adding that they still "have targets to strike and objective to complete".