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2025 Israeli attacks on Iran

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 2025 Israeli attacks on Iran link(bombing)
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Date13 June 2025 - 24 June 2025
Description"Netanyahu going for broke" (Ori Goldberg)

The 2025 Israeli attacks on Iran began on Friday 13th June 2025 with several waves of air strikes targeting nuclear facilities and military sites across Iran, killing senior Iranian military officials and nuclear scientists, and raising fears of an all-out war in the Middle East.[1]

Israeli political analyst Ori Goldberg told Al Jazeera that Netanyahu was "going for broke" with these attacks, and that Israel had become "an agent of chaos and disruption."[2]

Iran warned Israel of "harsh punishment" for the attacks.[3] The South China Morning Post reported:

Explosions were heard over Tel Aviv and Jerusalem as sirens sounded on Friday night across Israel following what the country’s military spokesman said was the firing of missiles from Iran.[4]

US bombs Iran

On 21 June 2025, President Donald Trump said the US had targeted three nuclear sites in Iran, as Washington directly joined Israel's attacks on the Islamic Republic.[5] Trump declared:

"The attacks on the Fordow, Natanz and the Isfahan nuclear sites were a spectacular military success," arguing they were necessary to disable the Islamic Republic's nuclear enrichment capability.

In response Dmitry Medvedev, deputy head of President Vladimir Putin’s Security Council, said:

"The enrichment of nuclear material - and, now we can say it outright, the future production of nuclear weapons - will continue.
"A number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads."[6]

Ceasefire

On 23 June 2025, in response to the US attacks, Iran launched missiles at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in a calibrated action which paved the way for negotiations. Following the strikes, Trump expressed openness to a ceasefire, thanking Iran for notifying the US in advance and limiting the scope of its retaliation.

A phased ceasefire mediated by the United States and Qatar started on the morning of 24 June 2025. The previous evening, Trump had written that an agreement to a ceasefire between Israel and Iran would go into effect the following day. Iran's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abbas Araghchi, said that no proposal had been agreed to, but that Iran would cease its military action if Israel likewise ceased hostilities "no later than 4am Tehran time" (UTC+3.5). Some time before 7am Tehran time, Iranian air defences responded to continued Israeli strikes on the capital, with Iran firing another salvo of missiles at Beer Sheva.

Later on 24 June, the Secretariat of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council announced in a statement that the Israeli regime was forced to unilaterally end its aggression against the Islamic Republic following a determined and powerful response from the Iranian Armed Forces. The regime and its backers were warned not to resume aggression against the Islamic Republic.[7]


References

  1. ↑ "Israel carries out strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear, military sites"
  2. ↑ "Israeli attack on Iran serves Netanyahu’s political ambitions"
  3. ↑ "After the Airstrikes: Iran Appoints New Commanders and Warns of Severe Retaliation"
  4. ↑ "Iran fires missiles at Israel in retaliation for strikes on nuclear sites"
  5. ↑ "US bombs Iran: Congress divided over Trump's strikes largely along party lines"
  6. ↑ "US strikes on Iran: How the world reacted"
  7. ↑ "Iran’s top military command warns Israel, US against resuming aggression"
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