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June, 2025: Israel’s ongoing attacks on Iranian nuclear sites, generals and scientists killed 78 people and wounded more than 320 on Friday, Iran’s ambassador told the U.N. Security Council, but he said “the overwhelming majority” of victims were civilians.

The ambassador spoke shortly after Iran retaliated with a barrage of long-range missiles targeting Israel’s commercial capital, Tel Aviv, wounding at least 34 people, Israel’s paramedic service said.

Israel launched the attacks on Iran amid simmering tensions over Tehran’s rapidly advancing nuclear program. For years, Israel had threatened such a strike and successive American administrations had sought to prevent it, fearing it would ignite a wider conflict across the Middle East and possibly be ineffective at destroying Iran’s dispersed and hardened nuclear program.

As Iranian projectiles and Israeli interceptor rockets left trails of smoke and flame across the night sky, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed not to let Israel “escape safely from this great crime.”

Israel struck nuclear sites and killed top military leaders: Nuclear enrichment sites and a refinery were hit, killing leading nuclear scientists. Additionally, Iran's arsenal of ballistic missiles was targeted, resulting in the deaths of three senior military leaders. Attack comes after weeks of escalating tensions: Iran said on Thursday it would activate a third nuclear enrichment facility shortly after a U.N. watchdog censured Iran for failing to comply with nonproliferation obligations. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government survived an attempt to dissolve Israel’s parliament Thursday, the most serious challenge to his government since the Oct. 7 attack.

What international leaders are saying: Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei vowed revenge saying Iran would not allow Israel to “escape safely from this great crime they committed.” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his military planned for months “to roll back the Iranian threat to Israel’s very survival.” U.S. President Donald Trump urged Iran to make a deal “before it is too late.”
"Peace and diplomacy must prevail," declares UN chief, calling for an end to the escalation. Share
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged Israel and Iran to halt their attacks on one another, while calling for diplomacy.
Attacks by Israel on Iranian nuclear facilities. Attacks by Iranian missiles on Tel Aviv Enough escalation. Time to stop. Peace and diplomacy must prevail,” Guterres wrote on X on Saturday.

Rescue effort underway in Ramat Gan after Iran’s missile hit building trapping residents.

Iranian media reports a fire at Tehran’s airport

A video of a column of smoke and orange flames rising from what the outlet claimed to be the airport was posted on X by Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency, which is reporting a fire at Tehran's Mehrabad International Airport. A handful of light injuries reported from second wave of Iranian missiles.

Ichilov hospital in Tel Aviv said it has treated seven people hurt by the second Iranian barrage; six had light injuries and the seventh was moderately wounded.
US official warns Iran and its proxies not to target Americans or US interests
McCoy Pitt, the highest-ranking American official. State Department Bureau of International Organization Affairs told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council Friday that “the consequences for Iran would be dire.”

“Let me be crystal clear,” he said, “no government, proxy, or independent actor should target American citizens, American bases, or other American infrastructure in the region.”

He said Trump wants an end to violence and for Iran to reach a nuclear deal.
“The United States will continue to seek a diplomatic resolution that ensures Iran will never acquire a nuclear weapon or post a threat to stability in the Middle East,” he said. “Iran’s leadership would be wise to negotiate at this time.”