Facilities at the Haifa oil refinery were shut down after the Iranian attack, and after Israeli forces targeted the building of Iran's state-run Irib TV station in Tehran, Iran warned Israel to evacuate the headquarters of Israel's Channel 12 and Channel 14 television stations.

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Strong explosions in Tehran

Iran's state news agency (IRNA) announced that"continuous and intense explosions" are currently being heard in the west of Tehran.

A video of the alleged attack was published on social networks.

The senior commander of the Iranian army called for an immediate evacuation

The senior commander of the Iranian army called on the residents of Haifa and Tel Aviv to evacuate immediately, reports Reuters, citing the semi-official Iranian news agency Mehr.

Sanders: Congress decides whether we go to war, not Trump

In an apparent response to Donald Trump's recent social media post, Senator Bernie Sanders said the president"must not take illegal military action against Iran."

" The Constitution of the United States is very clear. There is no ambiguity. Congress decides whether we go to war, not the president," Sanders wrote on social media.

The Vermont Independent's announcement comes just one day after Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine introduced a war powers resolution that would bar the U.S. military from taking direct action against Iran without express authorization from Congress or a declaration of war.

Axios: Trump is seriously considering an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities

US President Donald Trump is seriously considering a US military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities, including the Fordow underground uranium enrichment facility, Axios reported, citing three US officials.

According to the report, today at 1 pm local time, Trump will hold a meeting with his national security team in the Situation Room of the White House, where he is expected to make a decision on the US policy towards the war between Israel and Iran.

Vance: Trump consistent with position that Iran must not enrich uranium

The Vice President of the United States of America J.D. Vance announced today that the American President Donald Trump has remained consistent with the position that Iran must not enrich uranium, and that Trump has repeatedly spoken about the fact that preventing Iran from doing so will happen"in an easier way or in another way".

"Maybe (Trump) will decide that he needs to take further action to end Iran's uranium enrichment." That decision ultimately belongs to the president. And of course, people are right to be concerned about outside interference after the last 25 years of idiotic foreign policy. But I believe the president has earned some credit on this issue,'' Vance wrote on his X Network account.

The US is sending additional fighter jets to the Middle East

The US is deploying additional fighter jets to the Middle East to boost its military presence in the region amid an escalating war between Israel and Iran, Reuters reported, citing three US officials.

One of the sources said the planes they are sending include F-16s, F-22s and F-35s.

Two other officials emphasized that it was a defensive deployment, given that the aircraft are already being used to shoot down drones and missiles.

Trump:"We know where the supreme leader of Iran is"

US President Donald Trump announced on social networks that The United States knows the location of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, but that"they will not kill him for now".

China accused Trump:"You are adding fuel to the fire"

China accused US President Donald Trump of "adding fuel to the fire" in the conflict between Israel and Iran and called for de-escalation.

Iran fired a new wave of rockets at Israel

Iran launched a new wave of rocket attacks on Israel this evening local time, the Iranian state news agency IRNA reported.

According to their statements, the rockets were fired from different parts of the country.

Trump: We now have control of the skies above Iran

US President Donald Trump once again spoke on the"Truth" network about the situation in the Middle East.

"We now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran. Iran has had good sky trackers and other defense equipment, and plenty of it, but it doesn't compare to the stuff that the Americans have made, designed and manufactured. Nobody does it better than the good old USA," Trump wrote.

Trump called a meeting in the crisis room

The President of the United States of America Donald Trump will meet today in the Crisis Room at the White House with his national security team regarding the war between Israel and Iran, two sources told the Axios portal.

Mertz: If Tehran does not give in, the complete destruction of the nuclear weapons program is possible

German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz said today that the complete destruction of Iran's nuclear weapons program could be on the agenda if Tehran does not relent and return to the negotiating table.

"The Israeli military is clearly not able to achieve the complete destruction of Iran's nuclear program because it lacks the necessary weapons. But the Americans have such weapons," Mertz said in an interview with ZDF television on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Canada.

Starmer: Trump gives no indication that the US will get involved in the conflict

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that current US President Donald Trump has not said anything to indicate that the US is preparing to intervene in the conflict between Israel and Iran.

Starmer and Trump met, along with other leaders, at the G7 summit in Canada, but the US president left the summit early due to developments in the Middle East.

The Guardian: About 600 people have fled Iran to Azerbaijan so far, including Serbs

More than 600 people of 17 nationalities, including Serbs, fled to Azerbaijan from Iran in the five days since the start of the conflict between Israel and Iran, an unnamed Azerbaijani source told The Guardian today.

Apart from citizens of Serbia, among them are citizens of Russia, the United States, Germany, Spain, Italy, Romania, Portugal, China, Vietnam, the United Arab Emirates, Georgia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

A single plane over Iran

The airspace of a number of countries in the Middle East, including Israel, Iran, Iraq, Syria and Jordan, has been closed due to the flaring conflict between Tehran and Tel Aviv. However, data from the website Flight radar shows that yesterday a plane flew over the territory of Iran.

Sirens in Israel, Iran fires ballistic missiles

Sirens blared across central Israel following the launch of ballistic missiles from Iran.

Civilians in areas where sirens are sounded have been ordered to enter bomb shelters and remain there until further notice. The Israeli military issued a warning about five minutes before the sirens went off.

According to initial estimates by the Israeli military, less than 10 rockets were launched in the attack.

A fire broke out again in the building of the Iranian state television after the Israeli attack

A fire broke out in the building of the Iranian state television (IRIB) in Tehran today, after an Israeli attack on Monday damaged one of the buildings and killed three people.

"The smoke seen in the Iranian Radio and Television building is the result of a fire that was rekindled by the wind," Iranian television station Ansa reported. After the Israeli attack on Monday, IRIB said several people were killed, but did not specify how many.

American intelligence denied Israel

Israel issued a series of alarming warnings when it launched attacks on Iran, suggesting that Tehran is rapidly approaching the creation of nuclear weapons, but US intelligence assessments have come to a different conclusion, reports CNN today.

According to these estimates, Iran not only did not actively seek to produce nuclear weapons, but was three years away from that goal, well-informed sources said.

IDF: Israel carried out strikes on ballistic missile launchers in Iran

The Israeli Air Force carried out a series of airstrikes against Iranian ballistic missile launchers in the western part of that country, the Israeli army announced today.

An IDF statement said the warplanes hit dozens of ballistic missile launchers and other objects. The Israeli military also says it has been targeting Iranian air defense systems and radar sites in western Iran since this morning, the Times of Israel reports.

An image of Iranian state television anchor Sahar Emami, who was targeted live on air during the Israeli attack, is displayed on a banner in Tehran's Veliasr Square.

Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports that her image, with a finger raised in defiance, was paired with a verse by the Persian poet Ferdowsi, celebrating the courage of women"on the battlefield".

The presenter was declared a"hero" in the country. Iranian media reported that she was buried in rubble and her studio filled with dust in a live broadcast when an Israeli strike hit Iran's state-run IRIB television station.

Israel's Defense Minister, Israel Katz, warned today that Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, could suffer a fate similar to that of former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein.

Tasnim: A large number of Israeli officers were killed in an Iranian attack on the Mossad headquarters

A large number of senior officers and commanders of Israel's intelligence and espionage services were killed in an Iranian attack on the Mossad headquarters in Tel Aviv and the military intelligence organization Amman, the Iranian Tasnim agency reported today.

The agency states that Israel introduced"strict censorship" on the deaths of military and intelligence officers and commanders, as well as accurate statistics on the victims of Iranian attacks, and Israel has not yet commented on these allegations.

Earlier today, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRCG) announced that it had carried out strikes on the"operations planning center" of the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad in Tel Aviv, where a fire broke out.

The IAEA believes that the Israeli attacks in Natanz had an impact on the underground halls

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said today that it believes that Israeli airstrikes on Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment facility had a"direct impact" on the facility's underground centrifuge halls.

"Based on continued analysis of high-resolution satellite images collected after Friday's attack, the IAEA has identified additional elements that point to direct impacts on the underground enrichment facilities at Natanz," the agency said, AP reports.

In the attacks, the above-ground enrichment hall was already destroyed, as well as the electrical equipment that powered the facility.

Iran: 1,800 people, mostly civilians, injured in Israeli attacks

Iranian Health Minister Mohammad-Reza Zafargandi said today that a total of around 1,800 people were injured in Israeli attacks on Iran. Zafargandi said that most of the injured were civilians, reports the Iranian news agency IRNA.

Israel forced Iran's military leadership to flee, military official says

Israel struck dozens of targets linked to Iran's nuclear and ballistic missile programs between Monday and Tuesday,"putting the Iranian army to flight," an Israeli military official said Tuesday.

The official, who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity, confirmed that the Israeli air force had not attacked Iran's underground Fordov nuclear site, but added that it could still happen. He stressed that Israel is taking precautions to avoid a nuclear disaster.

Media: Explosions resounded in the central and northern part of Tehran

Two explosions resounded in the central and northern parts of Tehran, Iranian state media reported.

The media previously reported that the Israeli Air Force had launched a new wave of airstrikes in western Iran. At the same time, Iranian state media reported that air defense was activated in the western part of Tehran.

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Iran: Israel cannot defend itself against our modern weapons

The spokesman of the Ministry of Defense of Iran, General Alireza Talaji Nik, stated that the Israeli aggression against Iran has four key characteristics, the first of which is the imposition of war.

- The enemy is trying to damage our capabilities, and the imposition of this war puts us in a position of defense. However, in this war we will use all our offensive capabilities against the enemy - said Talaji-Nik, adding that the operation carried out by members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is one of the indicators of the strength of the armed forces of Iran, as well as superiority in the intelligence field.

He pointed out that the security and intelligence center of the Israeli regime was hit by a guided missile, despite complex anti-aircraft systems, reports the Iranian news agency Tasnim.

Jordan's King Abdullah II in EP: The world is in moral decay, most visible in Gaza

Jordanian King Abdullah II said today that the world is in moral decay, which is most visible in the"cruel" war in the Gaza Strip.

- Rules are being abandoned, truths are changing every hour, hatred and divisions are spreading, and moderation and universal values are being lost in the face of ideological extremes - Abdullah II said at the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, reports Hina.

According to him, the world today is in moral decline, while a shameful version of our humanity is unfolding before us in real time.

- Nowhere is this clearer than in Gaza - the King of Jordan pointed out, recalling that in 2023 the first Israeli attacks on hospitals in that Palestinian enclave were met with mutual condemnation, and that the World Health Organization has recorded 700 more similar attacks since then.

Two tankers collided and caught fire near the UAE

Two oil tankers collided and caught fire on Tuesday near the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of the United Arab Emirates due to heightened electronic interference during the standoff between Iran and Israel, the UAE coast guard said. It is added that there were no injuries, nor was there an oil spill.

The disruption disrupted navigation systems near the key sea route between Iran and Oman, which transports about a fifth of the world's oil.

IDF: Iran's military emergency headquarters destroyed in attack

In an Israeli air attack, the Iranian military emergency headquarters was destroyed, said today the head of the Directorate of Operations of the Israeli army, Oded Basiuk.

According to an IDF statement, the remaining members of Iran's military leadership fled after the attack, which took place overnight. Basiuk said that the Israeli army"is ready to continue the elimination of terrorists in Iran, one by one", reports"The Times of Israel".

An Israeli hacking group claims to have destroyed the data of Iran's Sepah bank

The hacker group Gonyeshka Daranda, connected to Israel, announced today that it destroyed data belonging to an Iranian bank, which is under US sanctions.

Gonješke daranda (predatory sparrow), announced that it"carried out cyber attacks that destroyed the data" of Bank Sepah.

"Bank Sepah was an institution that circumvented international sanctions and used the money of the Iranian people to finance the regime's terrorist intermediaries, its ballistic missile program and its military nuclear program," Gonjeshke Darande said in a post on X.

Iran shot down the fourth Israeli F-35 fighter jet in Tabriz

The director of the crisis headquarters of the East Azerbaijan province in Iran, Majid Farshi, said that the air defense of the Iranian armed forces in Tabriz successfully shot down an Israeli fighter jet F-35. This is reportedly the fourth Israeli F-35 intercepted and destroyed by Iranian air defenses, the Iranian news agency IRNA reported today.

Media: Israel launched new attacks on Iran, air defense activated in Tehran

The Israeli Air Force has launched a new wave of airstrikes in western Iran, reports The Times of Israel.

At the same time, Iranian state media report that air defense has been activated in the western part of Tehran.

Iranian cities, including Tehran, have no shelters or air raid warning systems, and fuel is becoming a scarce commodity as residents of the country's capital try to evacuate following a warning from US President Donald Trump.

Iran: We hit Mossad's operational center

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it had attacked Israel's Military Intelligence Directorate and Mossad operations center, reports Iran International.

Trump: I will not cease fire, but the real end

US President Donald Trump spoke about the conflict between Israel and Iran and said that Washington wants"something better than a ceasefire".

Trump told reporters on the plane"Air Force One" that he was not asking for a ceasefire, but that"he was looking for something better than that".

When asked what was better than a ceasefire, he replied:"A real end. Not a ceasefire. The end".

Explosions near the air base in Tabriz

Local state media reports that two explosions were heard in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabriz.

- Two explosions took place in Tabriz five minutes apart - the Mehr news agency reported, publishing a video from the city, which is located more than 600 kilometers from Tehran and is home to a large air base targeted by Israel in recent days.

Iranian MP: Israeli infiltrators killed people in Lorestan province

According to Iran's ILNA news agency, an Iranian lawmaker announced that 21 people were killed in Lorestan province in western Iran.

He is reportedly blaming"infiltrators" rather than direct Israeli actions.

- The Zionist regime used infiltrators, and most of the actions we see across the country are carried out by these individuals, not the Zionist regime - he said, without further explanation.

Tehran is emptying, reported Israeli attacks and casualties

The center of Tehran is visibly emptying, and many shops, including the famous Grand Bazaar, are closed, which in the past only happened during mass anti-government protests or the coronavirus pandemic.

Traffic jams were reported on roads from the capital to the west of Iran, while long queues formed at gas stations.

Iran announces drone attack

Iran has warned that a wave of drones will hit Israel in the coming hours.

At least 45 dead and around 300 wounded in Khan Yunis

Reuters reports that Israeli fire killed at least 45 Palestinians as they waited for humanitarian aid in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Employees at Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis reported nearly 300 wounded.

Dr. Mohamed Saker said that people arriving at the hospital were attacked by"tanks" while they were waiting for food.

India urged citizens to leave Iran

India has urged its citizens to leave Tehran, while Indian nationals have already fled Iran as the country comes under Israeli bombardment.

Mazut: Some of the citizens of Serbia were successfully evacuated from Israel

Prime Minister Đuro Macut said that a part of Serbian citizens who were staying in Israel was successfully evacuated. The Government has announced that further measures are being taken to evacuate citizens of Serbia from Israel and Iran.

Three dead in an attack on an Iranian city

According to Iranian media, three people were killed in an Israeli attack on the city of Kashan in central Iran.

- In the brutal aggression of the Zionist regime against our Islamic homeland, the checkpoint in Kashan was hit by a missile this morning - said Akbar Salehi, deputy security commander of the governor of Esfahan province, who added that four people were injured in the attack.

The Israelis claim to have killed the head of the Iranian army

The Israeli army claims to have killed the Chief of General Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces. If this news is confirmed, it will be the latest in a series of assassinations of senior Iranian military officials.

- After a surprise opportunity during the night, fighter jets of the Air Force attacked the headquarters in the heart of Tehran. And, thanks to accurate intelligence, they killed Ali Shadmani, the highest military commander and the man closest to the Iranian leader Ali Khamenei - the announcement reads.

Israeli army: Iran launched about 20 ballistic missiles

According to the initial estimates of the Israeli army, about 20 ballistic missiles were launched in the latest Iranian attack on Israel.

Black smoke spreads across Israel

Footage on social media shows fires and black smoke in parts of central Israel after an Iranian missile attack.

A witness confirmed to Reuters that there were reports of explosions in Herzliya, a city north of Tel Aviv.

Israeli media: A building was hit in the greater Tel Aviv area

An Iranian missile directly hit a building in the greater Tel Aviv area, Israel's KAN announced.

There have been reports of ballistic missile strikes in the central part of Israel. The Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom confirmed that they went to the scene and checked if there were any injuries.

Two powerful explosions in an Iranian city

Two powerful explosions were heard in the northwestern Iranian city of Tabris, reports"Nour News". The explosions reportedly happened five minutes apart.

Trump has spoken out again.

The President of the United States of America Donald Trump has rejected French President Emmanuel Macron's claim that he left the G7 summit in Canada to return to Washington because of his alleged involvement in a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.

- French President Emmanuel Macron, seeking publicity, wrongly said that I left the summit to work on a"ceasefire". Error! He has no idea why I came back, but that certainly has nothing to do with it. It is about something much bigger - wrote Trump on the social network"Truth Social".

Explosions echo through Tehran

According to local media and international reports, strong explosions rang out in Tehran during the night and morning.

Air raid sirens in Israel

Sirens sounded over several parts of Israel in the early hours of Tuesday morning.

Trump called for the evacuation of Tehran, then left the G7 summit

US President Donald Trump, who warned Iranians on social networks to evacuate Tehran, left the G7 summit early last night and returned to the US.

Iran attacked all night.

Iran launched a new wave of missile attacks on Israel last night.

- A few moments ago, the ninth wave of a joint attack with drones and missiles began, and the attacks will continue continuously until the morning - the Iranian military announced.

Netanyahu: Killing Khamenei will end the conflict

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not rule out an attack on Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in an interview with ABC News.

- His murder will not escalate the conflict, but will end it - he said.

Iranian TV building hit

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) carried out an attack on the information network of the Islamic Republic of Iran, which is managed by the state media company IRIB. A video of the attack was also published on social networks.

A state television reporter says that they"worked until the last moment before the attack". In the video, Younes Shadlu says that he is not sure how many of his colleagues died in the attack.

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