Updates: Iran hits Israel with air strikes after nuclear site attacks

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We be closing this live page soon and opening a new one shortly. Here are the main developments so far:

• Iranian missiles struck multiple locations in Israel resulting in at least four deaths and dozens of injuries in response to continued Israeli assaults on Iran.
• Iran says Israeli attacks have killed at least 80 people, including women and children, and injured more than 320 others after it targeted cities, military installations, and nuclear facilities.
• Israel’s army military has warned Iran’s military will likely launch another missile barrage at Israel in the coming hours.
• Israeli spokesperson Brigadier-General Effie Defrin says more than 40 Iranian sites were targeted including air defence systems and command infrastructure.
• Three members of the elite Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps have been killed during ongoing Israeli attacks in Zanjan province.
• Iran’s Foreign Ministry says it would be “meaningless” to join nuclear negotiations with the United States in Oman while it is under attack by Israel.
• The US has denied the Iranian allegation of being complicit in Israel’s attacks and told Tehran at the UN Security Council it would be “wise” to negotiate over its nuclear programme.

The Israeli military says its air strikes on Iran killed more than 20 Iranian army and Revolutionary Guards commanders, including armed forces chief Mohammad Bagheri.

“Since the beginning of the operation [on Friday], over 20 commanders in the Iranian regime’s security apparatus have been eliminated,” the military said in a statement, naming several top commanders of Iran.

Kaja Kallas has held discussions with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and she warned the risk of further escalation in the Middle East remains “dangerously high”.

“The EU has always been clear: Iran must never be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon. Only diplomacy can lead to a lasting solution,” she said.

Spoke with Iranian FM @araghchi. Risk of further escalation in the region is dangerously high. Diplomacy must prevail. The EU has always been clear: Iran must never be allowed to acquire a nuclear weapon. Only diplomacy can lead to a lasting solution. The EU is ready to support.

— Kaja Kallas (@kajakallas) June 14, 2025

There hasn’t been any comment from the Trump administration on Saturday about the strikes between Israel and Iran.

There hasn’t been any clarity on whether the Trump administration actually knew and it gave approval for the Israeli air strikes on Iranian targets. It’s also not clear whether the Trump administration is actively engaged in any diplomacy to try and ratchet down the tensions between these two countries.

It’s unclear if President Trump is willing or prepared to commit US military forces to a fight between Israel and Iran. Donald Trump campaigned on pulling the US out of global conflicts, but certainly now, there’s a lot of concern whether US forces might become more directly involved in order to protect Israel. There is a treaty between the two countries on mutual defence.

So there is the question if the Trump administration is doing anything to try and roll back what’s already been 48 hours of direct conflict. It is worth pointing out the former national security adviser was removed from his position because he was perceived to be perhaps more of a warmonger than the US president was comfortable having inside his cabinet.

Iranian media says a police chief and another officer were killed in an Israeli attack earlier today, about 300 kilometres (186 miles) west of Tehran.

“This morning police chief Major Habibollah Akbarian, along with second lieutenant Amir Hossein Seifi, were martyred by a drone strike in Asadabad city in the western province of Hamedan,” the ISNA press agency reported.

Israeli Army Radio reports that the Israeli military has warned that Iran’s military forces will launch missile barrages at Israel tonight.

It stated that the barrages will be similar to the retaliatory attacks seen on Friday night.

Spokesperson Brigadier-General Effie Defrin says more than 40 Iranian sites were targeted, including air defence systems and command infrastructure.

“Dozens of aircraft are operating freely over Tehran thanks to our opening strikes,” he told reporters, adding that the initial attacks on Iran gave Israel “aerial freedom all the way to Tehran”.

Fighter jets and drones flew over Tehran for some two and a half hours during the overnight assault, Defrin said.

“We have created aerial freedom of action from west Iran all the way to Tehran … Tehran is no longer immune,” he added.

Sanad, Al Jazeera’s fact-checking agency, has obtained satellite imagery showing the scale of destruction at Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility and a military base following Israeli strikes.

The high-resolution images, captured just hours after the Israeli attack began, show damage at seven locations within the Natanz nuclear facility – the largest uranium enrichment site in Iran located in Isfahan province.

The imagery also reveals the impact of the Israeli air strikes on the Imam Hassan base in Kermanshah province, western Iran.

The Iranian Foreign Ministry says it would be “meaningless” to join nuclear negotiations with the United States in Oman while Iran is under attack by Israel.

“It is obvious that in such circumstances and until the Zionist regime’s aggression against the Iranian nation stops, it would be meaningless to participate in dialogue with a party that is the biggest supporter and accomplice of the aggressor,” spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said in a statement.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi added there is “no justification” for continuing indirect negotiations while Israel’s “barbaric behaviour” continues. The nuclear negotiations were set to take place in Oman on Sunday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says he hopes the escalation between Israel and Iran won’t result in a drop in military aid to Kyiv.

“We would like to see aid to Ukraine not decrease because of this,” Zelenskyy said in remarks published on Saturday. “Last time this was a factor that slowed down aid to Ukraine.”

The attack on Iran has led to a rise in oil prices, which Zelenskyy said would benefit Russia.

“The attacks led to a sharp rise in oil prices. This is bad for us,” he said.

The Ukrainian leader also warned Europe’s support is stalling without Washington’s engagement, as “Europe has not yet decided for itself what it will do with Ukraine if America is not there”.

The China-led 10-state regional group says it strongly condemns Israel’s military strikes on Iran and expressed serious concern over the escalation of the situation in the Middle East.

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, a Eurasian security and political group, said in a statement that Israel’s act targeted civilian and nuclear facilities, causing civilian casualties.

“This seriously violated the principles of international law and the UN Charter, undermined Iran’s sovereignty, undermined regional and international security, and had a serious impact on global peace and stability,” it said.

The closure of the strategic Strait of Hormuz is being seriously reviewed by Iran, according to local media reports quoting statements by Esmail Kosari, a member of the parliament’s security commission.

The Strait of Hormuz, which lies between Oman and Iran, is the world’s most important gateway for oil shipping. Even the suggestion of such a move has already sent shockwaves through global markets, and the price of oil has risen.

“Israel has refrained from hitting in any severe fashion the oil infrastructure of Iran. Should that change, that will obviously have a much more dramatic impact,” Taufiq Rahim, an independent geopolitical strategist, told Al Jazeera.

Pakistan expressed its full support for Iran and called for “Muslim unity against Israel” in the aftermath of the ongoing attacks.

“We stand with Iran and will support them at every international forum to protect their interests,” Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said during his address at the national assembly.

“Israel has targeted Iran, Yemen, and Palestine. If Muslim nations don’t unite now, each one of them will face the same fate.”

He urged all Muslim nations to “immediately cut ties with Israel” and called for the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation to convene an urgent session to formulate a joint strategy.

Asif said Pakistan has deep ties with Iran and Islamabad “stands by Tehran in this difficult time”.

Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar called the Israeli attack on Iran “a brazen violation of Iran’s sovereignty”.

Pakistan and Iran share a 750km (466 miles) border in Pakistan’s southwest and Iran’s southeast.

Iran’s army says it air defence systems hit another Israeli F-35 fighter jet.

Citing the army’s public relations department, IRNA news agency said the incident occurred in the country’s west. The pilot reportedly ejected from the jet but his current whereabouts remain unknown.

Israeli army spokesman Avichay Adraee denied “fake publications by Iranian media outlets that the Iranian military succeeded in shooting down Israeli fighter jets”.

Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty denounced Israel’s strikes on Iran as a “serious escalation” that could push the region to “a state of instability and chaos”.

Abdelatty’s comments came in phone calls with his Italian and Spanish counterparts, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Israel’s military said its fighter jets are resuming striking targets in Tehran. “The way to Iran has been paved,” the military’s chief of staff was quoted as saying in a statement. The army “is proceeding according to its operational plans”.

The move is a result of the heightened conflict between Israel and Iran, according to a domestic order by the interior minister.

“Special vigilance” must be given “to all sites that could be targeted by terrorist or malicious acts by a foreign power”, interior minister Bruno Retailleau said in a message to French regional security chiefs.

Security should be boosted near “places of worship, schools, state and institutional buildings, sites with high traffic”, including “festive, cultural or religious gatherings”.

The order applied also to “Israeli and US interests as well as to establishments in the Jewish community”. France is home to the biggest Jewish community in Europe.