Israel Iran conflict highlights: Tel Aviv targeted Tehran's defence ministry HQ, blasts heard in city

Israel Iran highlights: Iran has launched several drone and missile strikes against Israel. Air raid sirens were sounded in several cities and Israeli citizens were urged to take shelter.

Israel Iran conflict highlights: Iran announced the beginning of Operation ‘Honest Promise 3’ against Tel Aviv and launched several drones and missiles against Israel (AFP)

Israel Iran highlights: Iran launched a series of fresh missile strikes against Israel on Sunday and claimed to have hit key Israeli military targets as a part of Operation ‘Honest Promise 3’....Read More

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• 15 Jun 2025, 06:01:42 AM IST

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• 15 Jun 2025, 04:01:37 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: US state department urges citizens to leave Iran immediately

  Israel Iran conflict live: The US state department has urged its citizens to leave Iran immediately, reported The Insider Paper.

• 15 Jun 2025, 03:56:41 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Israel targeted Iran's defence ministry HQ in Tehran

  Israel Iran conflict live: Iranian news agency Tasnim stated that an Israeli strike had targeted the country's defence ministry headquarters in Tehran and damaged one of its buildings, reported AFP.

  In "an attack on Tehran this evening by the air force of the Zionist regime, the headquarters of the defence ministry was targeted. One of the headquarters' buildings was lightly damaged," the agency said.

• 15 Jun 2025, 02:41:01 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: 14 Israelis injured after Iran's strikes

  Israel Iran conflict live: First responders in Israel told AFP that 14 people were injured after an Iranian missile hit an Israeli home

• 15 Jun 2025, 02:24:43 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Sirens halt, citizens allowed to leave shelters

  Israel Iran conflict live: Israeli authorities, as per AFP, have eased air raid sirens and allowed the public to leave shelters.

• 15 Jun 2025, 02:16:53 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Iran to no longer cooperate with UN nuclear watchdog

  Israel Iran conflict live: Iran said Saturday it would limit its cooperation with the UN's nuclear watchdog, while criticising it for its silence over Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.

  "It makes no sense that these peaceful sites come under attack and that the agency remains silent," Iranian deputy foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi said as reported by Reuters.

  "Iran will no longer cooperate with the agency... as it once did," he added.

• 15 Jun 2025, 02:16:07 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Israel fire services says residential buildings hit by strikes

  Israel Iran conflict live: Israel fire service says residential buildings hit after Iran fires missiles, reported Reuters.

• 15 Jun 2025, 02:08:21 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Iran launches ‘Operation Honest Promise 3’, claims to hit key military targets in Israel

  Israel Iran conflict live: Iran announced on Saturday it was launching a fresh wave of missiles towards Israel in retaliation against Israeli attacks.

  "A new wave in Operation Honest Promise 3 has begun," state television said, referring to strikes launched by Iran against Israel last year.

• 15 Jun 2025, 02:01:10 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Iran's offensive includes drone and missile strikes

  Israel Iran conflict live: Iranian state TV stated that their operation against Israel included both drone and missile strikes, reported Reuters.

• 15 Jun 2025, 01:54:41 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Israel to retaliate in Tehran, attempts ongoing to intercept Iranian strikes

  Israel Iran conflict live: As Iran carries out fresh strikes against Israel on Sunday, the Israeli military said that it is carrying out air strikes in Tehran while simultaneously working to intercept missiles launched from Iran.

  "While the (Israeli military) is operating to intercept missiles launched from Iran, the (Israeli air force) is currently striking military targets in Tehran," the military said, adding that sirens sounded in several areas across Israel.

• 15 Jun 2025, 01:51:54 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Air raid sirens sound in Haifa

  Israel Iran conflict live: Iran launched a series of missile attacks on Israel on Sunday, with air raid sirens sounding in Haifa. Citizens were urged to take shelter by the Israeli military.

• 15 Jun 2025, 01:48:19 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Iran launches fresh strikes against Israel

  Israel Iran conflict live: The Israeli military said it identified missiles launched from Iran towards Israel on Saturday, and systems were operating to intercept them. 

  "The public is instructed to enter a protected space and remain there until further notice," the military said in a statement, quoted by Reuters.

• 15 Jun 2025, 01:30:59 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: IAEA says no damage detected at Fordow nuclear plant

  Israel Iran conflict live: IAEA has stated that no damage has been detected at the Fordow fuel enrichment plant nor at the Khondab heavy water reactor under construction.

• 15 Jun 2025, 01:29:12 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Israel urges residents to stay close to protected spaces

  Israel Iran conflict live: Israeli military has urged its residents across the country to remain close to protected spaces amid conflict with Iran.

• 15 Jun 2025, 01:27:48 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Saudi crown prince urges Iran to deescalate

  Israel Iran conflict live: Saudi crown prince stressed to Iran's President during a phone call that the Kingdom rejected the use of force to resolve dispute.

• 15 Jun 2025, 12:51:09 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Turkey's Erdogan says nuclear negotiation only way to solve issue

  Israel Iran conflict live: Turkey's President Erdogan in a phone conversation with Donald Trump stated that nuclear negotiations were the only way to end the conflict between Israel and Iran.

  He also offered that Turkey would be ready to do its part in preventing further escalation.

• 15 Jun 2025, 12:49:27 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Trump, Putin state Iran-Israel conflict ‘should end’

  Israel Iran conflict live: US President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin had agreed in a phone call on Saturday that the conflict between Iran and Israel "should end."

  "He feels, as do I, this war in Israel-Iran should end, to which I explained, his war should also end," Trump said on Truth Social, referring to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

• 15 Jun 2025, 12:32:48 AM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Iraq urges US to stop Israeli aircraft from using airspace to attack Iran

  Israel Iran conflict live: Iraq on Saturday urged the US to stop Israeli aircraft from using its airspace to launch attacks on Iran, reported Reuters.

• 14 Jun 2025, 11:58:10 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Israel claims it struck a missile facility in west Iran

  Israel Iran conflict live: Israeli army officials told Reuters they have struck an underground missile facility in west Iran.

• 14 Jun 2025, 11:57:10 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Azerbaijan refuses to allow attacks against Iran from its territory

  Israel Iran conflict live: Azerbaijan on Saturday stated that it would not allow its territory to be used for attacks against Iran, following unprecedented Israeli strikes on Iranian targets.

  "Azerbaijan will never allow its territory to be used for attacks on third countries, including friendly Iran," Azerbaijan's foreign minister Jeyhun Bayramov told his Iranian counterpart, Abbas Araghchi, as quoted by Reuters.

• 14 Jun 2025, 11:51:01 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: IAEA says off-site radiation at Isfahan nuclear site unchanged

  Israel Iran conflict live: Iran's nuclear regulatory authority has informed IAEA that the off-site radiation levels at the Isfahan nuclear site remains unchanged.

• 14 Jun 2025, 11:49:41 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Iran expects heavy, destructive Israeli attacks within hours

  Israel Iran conflict live: Iran expects heavy and destructive attacks from Israel within the next few hours as per Iranian state TV. Iran has activated air defenses at the Bandar Abbas port, Tehran, Tabriz, Isfahan and other places.

• 14 Jun 2025, 11:33:12 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Iran activates air defence systems near key port

  Israel Iran conflict live: Iran state TV says air defences were activated around strategic port of Bandar Abbas.

• 14 Jun 2025, 11:29:45 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Israel vows to continue strikes on Iran

  Israel Iran conflict live: An Israeli military spokesperson stated that they continue strikes against Iran as the country still had an arsenal that threatened Tel Aviv.

  The spokesperson stated that Israel would continue to destroy surface-to-surface missile sites in Iran and that the attacks from Tehran were not forgotten.

• 14 Jun 2025, 11:12:06 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Israel schools to be closed till 8 pm on Sunday

  Israel Iran conflict live: An Israeli military official stated that public safety guidelines, including the closure of schools would remain in effect till 8 pm on Sunday, reported Reuters.

• 14 Jun 2025, 10:54:59 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: UK moving assets, jets to Middle East, says PM Starmer

  British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Saturday said that the UK is moving assets and jets to the Middle East amid the ongoing Israel-Iran conflict.

  "We are moving assets to the region, including jets, and that is for contingency support," Starmer told reporters

• 14 Jun 2025, 10:46:50 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Macron asks Iran president to 'quickly' resume nuclear deal talks

  French president Emmanuel Macron has urged his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian to "quickly" resume nuclear deal negotiations with the US.

• 14 Jun 2025, 10:45:42 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Ayatollah's top advisor dies day after targeted Israeli strike

  Ali Shamkhani, top advisor to Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has died in a hospital day after targeted Israeli strikes, reports Iranian media.

• 14 Jun 2025, 10:26:24 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Production of gas from Phase 14 of Iran's South Pars field halted temporarily

  Iran's Tasnim news agency reported that the production of 12 mln cubic meters of gas from Phase 14 of the South Pars field has been temporarily halted following Israeli strikes.

• 14 Jun 2025, 10:23:58 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: US 'committed' to nuclear talks despite Sunday's cancelled meeting

  Despite the cancelled nuclear deal meeting on Sunday, a senior Trump administration official said that the US remains "committed" to talks.

• 14 Jun 2025, 10:06:51 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Putin, Trump speak on call, discuss Mid-East tensions

  Kremlin said in a statement that Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke to his US counterpart Donald Trump over a phone, wherein the two leaders discussed the ongoing tensions in the Middle East region as well as the war in Ukraine.

• 14 Jun 2025, 10:06:47 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Fire at Iran's South Pars Gas field extinguished after Israeli strike

  Iran's oil ministry has said that the fire at the South Pars Gas field after the Israeli strike has been extinguished.

• 14 Jun 2025, 10:00:45 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Israel pushing Mid-East into 'cycle of violence', says Iran

  Amid the continued strikes and escalating tensions in the Middle East region, Iran on Saturday said that Israel was pushing the region into a "dangerous cycle of violence".

• 14 Jun 2025, 09:59:19 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: US negotiators ready to resume work with Iranians, Trump told Putin

  US President Donald Trump told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that Washington negotiators are ready to resume work with the Iranian representatives over the nuclear programme, reports IFAX media, citing Kremlin.

• 14 Jun 2025, 09:35:14 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Putin tells Trump he condemns Israel ops against Iran, reports local media

  Local media reports say that Russian president Vladimir Putin told his US counterpart Donald Trump that he "condemns Israel military operations against Iran".

• 14 Jun 2025, 09:33:41 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Israeli strikes on Iran have 'clear support' of Trump, says Netanyahu

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israel's strikes on Iran have a "clear support" of US president Donald Trump.

• 14 Jun 2025, 09:32:38 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Israel trying to divert attention from Gaza genocide, says Erdogan

  Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan told his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian that Israel is "trying to divert the world's attention from genocide in Gaza with its attacks on Iran".

• 14 Jun 2025, 09:31:30 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Netanyahu trying to drag region into fire, Erdogan tells Iran president

  Turkish president Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday told his Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is "trying to drag region into fire and sabotage nuclear talks".

• 14 Jun 2025, 09:28:16 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Iran media reports 'massive explosion' after strike on oil refinery

  Iranian state media has reported "massive explosion" after Israeli drone strike on oil refinery.

• 14 Jun 2025, 09:28:09 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Iran prez slams US 'dishonesty' in supporting Israel

  Iran president Masoud Pezeshkian slammed the United States's "dishonesty" in supporting Israel amid talks over Tehran's nuclear programme.

• 14 Jun 2025, 09:25:41 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: US-Iran nuclear deal talks 'will not take place', says Oman

  Oman on Saturday said that talks between Iran and the US over Tehran's nuclear programme "will not now take place" after Israeli strikes.

• 14 Jun 2025, 09:24:17 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Soon Israeli planes will be over Tehran skies, says Netanyahu

  Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday said, "In the near future, you will see Israeli Air Force planes over the skies of Tehran. We will strike every site and every target of the Ayatollahs' regime."

  “We were in the 90th minute. There was a race by Iran's nuclear teams to create nuclear bombs - atomic bombs for Israel's destruction,” he said justifying Israeli Operation Rising Lion.

• 14 Jun 2025, 09:12:15 PM IST

  Israel Iran live updates: Iran president vows 'more severe' response if Israeli strikes continue

  After Israel defence minister's "Tehran will burn" warning, Iranian president Masoud Pezeshkian has vowed that "more severe" response will be given if Israeli strikes on Tehran continue to take place.

• 14 Jun 2025, 09:01:11 PM IST

  Israel-Iran live updates: Israel strikes energy infrastructure of South Gas Pars field

  Israel-Iran live updates: Iranian media has reported that Israeli strikes have hit energy infrastructure of South Gas Pars field.

• 14 Jun 2025, 08:47:48 PM IST

  Israel Iran live updates: Turkey's Erdogan warns against 'devastating' Israel-Iran war

  Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned against a 'devastating' war between Israel and Iran.

  Over a phone call with the Saudi Crown Prince, Erdogan said that the attack on Iran showed that Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu's government is the "greatest threat" to regional stability.

  Erdogan's office said in a statement that he told the Crown Prince that, "Israel must be stopped to reduce tensions," adding that nuclear dispute could only be resolved by negotiations.

• 14 Jun 2025, 08:34:07 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: After Tehran's rejection, US still wants talks with Iran

  Even though Iran has said that any meeting on nuclear deal with the US would be 'meaningless' amid the ongoing conflict with Israel, Washington still wants to meet with Tehran.

  "We still hope to have talks," a US official told AFP on condition of anonymity.

• 14 Jun 2025, 08:32:41 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Israel will hit ‘every site, target of Ayatollah regime’, says Netanyahu

  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his country will “hit every site, every target of (Iran's Supreme Leader) Ayatollah's regime”.

• 14 Jun 2025, 08:31:35 PM IST

  Israel Iran conflict live: Israel dealt ‘real blow’ to Iran nuclear programme, says Netanyahu

  Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his nation dealt a “real blow” to Iran nuclear programme.

• 14 Jun 2025, 07:48:36 PM IST

  Israel Iran live updates: Croatian consul, his wife injured in Iran strikes on Tel Aviv

  Croatia's consul in Israel and his wife were slightly injured in Iran's missile strikes on Tel Aviv, said Croatia's foreign minister Gordan Grlic Radman on Saturday.

  "I am shaken by the news that our consul and his wife were injured in the attack on Tel Aviv. The building they live in was hit," he said on X, formerly Twitter.

  "I spoke with them and, fortunately, their injuries are minor and they are not in any life-threatening condition," he added.

  "We strongly condemn attacks on civilians and diplomatic facilities. We call for immediate de-escalation and restraint," Grlic Radman said.

• 14 Jun 2025, 07:43:27 PM IST

  Israel Iran live updates: UK PM reiterates need to 'de-escalate'

  UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer reiterated the need to "de-escalate" the tensions between Israel and Iran as global diplomatic push to calm the situation continued.

  Starmer spoke to Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia on Saturday afternoon.

  According to a read-out of the conversation issued by Number 10, “they discussed the gravely concerning situation in the Middle East and agreed on the need to de-escalate”. “The Prime Minister updated on his conversations with partners so far, and reiterated that the UK is poised to work closely with its allies in the coming days to support a diplomatic resolution.”