Iran tells US to anticipate sturdy response ought to it intervene in battle
Now we have extra feedback from Ali Bahreini, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in Geneva (see earlier publish), coming from AFP.
Ali Bahreini instructed a press convention:
“We are going to reply strongly and we are going to cease aggression from any facet, be it Israel or the US.
“And now we have given a message to the US that we are going to reply very firmly and can cease the aggression by anyone – together with the US.”
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Below Israeli assault, Iran has ’reliable’ proper to self-defence – Erdoğan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated on Wednesday Iran had the “reliable” proper to defend itself within the face of Israel’s ongoing bombing marketing campaign, AFP experiences.
“It’s a very pure, reliable and authorized proper for Iran to defend itself in opposition to Israel’s thuggery and state terrorism,” the Turkish chief stated, a day after referring to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as “the most important risk to the safety of the area”.
“These assaults had been organised whereas the Iranian nuclear negotiations had been going down,” Erdogan stated.
“Israel, which possesses nuclear weapons and doesn’t recognise any worldwide guidelines … didn’t look forward to the negotiations to finish, however carried out a terrorist act with out ready for the outcome.
“We’re carefully following Israel’s terrorist assaults on Iran. All our establishments are on excessive alert relating to the attainable results of those assaults on Turkey.
He added: “We’re making preparations for each form of situation.
“No one ought to dare to check us.”
On Monday, Erdogan stated he had ordered the defence trade to extend manufacturing of medium and long-range missiles to “enhance its degree of deterrence” in mild of the air conflict between Israel and Iran.
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Russia cautions US in opposition to serving to Israel militarily, Ifax experiences
Russia’s deputy international minister Sergei Ryabkov. {Photograph}: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters
Russian deputy international minister Sergei Ryabkov warned on Wednesday that direct US army help to Israel may radically destabilise the state of affairs within the Center East.
Ryabkov was quoted by the Interfax information company as saying that Russia cautions the US in opposition to supplying such help to Israel – and even contemplating it. He stated Moscow was involved with each Israel and Iran, Reuters experiences.
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The primary flight bringing stranded Israelis again house has landed at Ben Gurion airport after making the quick journey from Cyprus.
The El Al provider flew in from Larnaca the place hundreds of Israeli residents have gathered for the reason that battle erupted early Friday. Cyprus is the closest EU member state to the Center East.
“It’s been loopy,” stated Dimitris Michaelides, who owns Larnaca Marina’s Agistri seafood restaurant. “Tons of have come right here attempting to get on personal boats to get again to Israel too.” Individuals had been ready to fork out “a lot of cash” for the ocean journey, he stated.
Israel’s Transportation Ministry estimates round a 3rd of the 150,000 Israelis now stranded overseas wish to get house.
After suspending flights final week, El Al introduced it will begin “rescue flights” to repatriate Israelis stranded in quite a lot of capitals together with Athens, Rome, Milan and Paris. Repatriation efforts will likely be managed in levels “primarily based on the extent of danger and present safety assessments,” airport authorities stated.
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Some residents in Gaza have expressed concern that the newest escalations within the Israel-Gaza conflict that started in October 2023 can be ignored as the main target moved to Israel’s battle with Iran.
“Persons are being slaughtered in Gaza, day and night time, however consideration has shifted to the Iran-Israel conflict. There’s little information about Gaza today,” stated Adel, a resident of Gaza Metropolis instructed Reuters through a chat app.
“Whoever doesn’t die from Israeli bombs dies from starvation. Individuals danger their lives each day to get meals, and so they additionally get killed and their blood smears the sacks of flour they thought that they had gained.”
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Iran tells US to anticipate sturdy response ought to it intervene in battle
Now we have extra feedback from Ali Bahreini, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in Geneva (see earlier publish), coming from AFP.
Ali Bahreini instructed a press convention:
“We are going to reply strongly and we are going to cease aggression from any facet, be it Israel or the US.
“And now we have given a message to the US that we are going to reply very firmly and can cease the aggression by anyone – together with the US.”
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A televised message by Iran’s Supreme Chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei will likely be aired shortly, Iran’s state media reported on Wednesday, Reuters experiences.
Khamenei’s final look was on Friday shortly after Israel attacked Iran.
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Thirty killed by Israeli hearth in Gaza – native well being authorites
Israeli gunfire and strikes killed no less than 30 individuals throughout the Gaza Strip on Wednesday, native well being authorities stated
The deaths included the newest in near-daily killings of Palestinians searching for support within the three weeks since Israel partially lifted a complete blockade on Gaza that it had imposed for nearly three months, AFP experiences.
Medics stated separate airstrikes on properties within the Maghazi refugee camp and Zeitoun neighbourhood in central and northern Gaza killed no less than 14 individuals, whereas 5 others had been killed in an airstrike on a tent encampment in Khan Younis in southern Gaza.
Eleven others had been killed in Israeli hearth at crowds of displaced Palestinians awaiting support vehicles introduced in by the United Nations alongside the Salahuddin highway in central Gaza, medics stated.
The Israel Protection Forces (IDF) stated it was trying into the reported deaths of individuals ready for meals. Relating to the opposite strikes, it stated it was “working to dismantle Hamas army capabilities” and “possible precautions to mitigate civilian hurt.”
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Israeli army strikes have hit two amenities in Iran that made elements for centrifuges, the machines that enrich uranium, the UN nuclear watchdog stated on Wednesday, figuring out them because the TESA Karaj workshop and the Tehran Analysis Middle, Reuters experiences.
The Worldwide Atomic Vitality Company posted on X:
On the Tehran web site, one constructing was hit the place superior centrifuge rotors had been manufactured and examined. At Karaj, two buildings had been destroyed the place totally different centrifuge parts had been manufactured.
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The Israeli army stated on Wednesday that one among its drones had been downed by a surface-to-air missile whereas working over Iran, AFP experiences.
A military assertion stated the drone “fell in Iran. No accidents had been reported and there’s no danger of an info breach.”
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Donald Trump is reportedly contemplating getting into the Israel-Iran battle and becoming a member of Israel’s strikes on Iran.
Solely the Individuals have a bomb able to destroying the Fordo nuclear facility, which is positioned deep underground, and may very well be one potential goal for the US.
Prior to now three days, no less than 30 US army tanker plane, that are used to refuel fighter jets and bombers, have been flown to Europe, the BBC reported. The US has additionally ordered a second provider group, the USS Nimitz, to the Center East, a part of preparations consultants say can be crucial for the strike.
On Tuesday, Trump’s urge for food for diplomacy gave the impression to be waning.
“I’m not an excessive amount of within the temper to barter with Iran,” he instructed reporters aboard Air Pressure One, returning early from the Group of seven summit in Canada to the concentrate on the escalating Israel-Iran battle
Trump added that his goal in Iran was “an finish, an actual finish, not a ceasefire”.
He then posted on Fact Social, calling for Iran’s “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” including that the US knew the situation of Iran’s supreme chief, however it will not kill him “for now”.
CNN reported that his new “extra hawkish posture” represents a major shift in Trump’s stance. Additionally it is dividing his advisers.
Nevertheless, the outlet added that sources stated the US president “stays open to a diplomatic resolution – if Iran makes vital concessions”.
US President Donald Trump gestures after returning early from the G7 Leaders’ Summit in Canada, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US on 17 June. {Photograph}: Kevin Lamarque/ReutersShare
Greece has repatriated 105 of its residents and international nationals from Israel, the international ministry stated Wednesday, because the Iran-Israel battle raged.
“The individuals repatriated had been transported to Athens from Sharm El-Sheikh, in Egypt, onboard C-130 and C-27 Greek air drive planes,” it stated in an announcement, AFP experiences.
Together with Greek residents and their households, different individuals on the flight included residents of Albania, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, France, Germany, Georgia, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland and the US, it stated.
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Iran will reply ‘with out restraint’ to Israeli strikes, says ambassador to UN
Iran will reply to Israeli strikes “strongly” and “with out restraint,” its ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva stated on Wednesday, Reuters experiences.
“We won’t present any reluctance in defending our individuals, safety and land. We are going to reply significantly and strongly, with out restraint,” Ali Bahreini, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in Geneva, instructed reporters.
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Virtually 800 Chinese language residents have been evacuated from Iran since Israel launched army strikes in opposition to the nation final week, Beijing stated on Wednesday.
“At present … 791 Chinese language nationals have been relocated from Iran to protected areas,” international ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun stated at an everyday information convention.
“Greater than 1,000 different persons are within the means of relocating and withdrawing,” Guo added.
And a few Chinese language nationals have additionally safely evacuated from Israel, he stated.
“China expresses its because of the related international locations for offering full help and help,” Guo stated.
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The Israeli army says it’s starting a wave of assaults within the Tehran space, Reuters experiences.
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Iran’s Khamenei vows ‘no mercy’ for Israel leaders
Iran’s supreme chief Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed on Wednesday that his nation would present “no mercy” in the direction of Israel’s rulers, AFP experiences.
“We should give a powerful response to the terrorist Zionist regime. We are going to present the Zionists no mercy,” Khamenei posted on X.
On Tuesday, Donald Trump boasted that the US may simply assassinate Khamenei.
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Iran says hypersonic missiles fired at Israel as Trump calls for ‘unconditional give up’
Iran stated early on Wednesday it had fired hypersonic missiles at Israel within the newest spherical of in a single day strikes, hours after Donald Trump demanded the Islamic republic’s “unconditional give up”.
The US president insists Washington has performed no half in ally Israel’s bombing marketing campaign, but in addition warned Iran his endurance is carrying skinny because the battle enters a sixth day, AFP experiences.
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Listed here are some photographs coming to us over the wires.
A person appears to be like on on the crowded tents of displaced individuals among the many destroyed buildings in Gaza Metropolis on 17 June 2025. {Photograph}: Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/ShutterstockIndividuals evacuated from Israel arrive at Vassil Levsky airport in Sofia, Bulgaria on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. {Photograph}: Valentina Petrova/APShare
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