Two large oil tankers collided near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, causing a fire and forcing an emergency crew evacuation.

The incident happened around 15 nautical miles off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman, an area that has become increasingly tense due to ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel.

The tankers involved were the Front Eagle, operated by the Oslo-listed company Frontline, and the Adalynn, a Suezmax-class ship owned by India-based Global Shipping Holding Ltd.

According to maritime tracking service TankerTrackers.com, Front Eagle was carrying 2 million barrels of Iraqi crude oil and heading to Zhoushan, China. The Adalynn had no cargo on board and was on its way to the Suez Canal in Egypt.

After the collision, a fire broke out on Front Eagle, but it was quickly extinguished. Frontline confirmed there were no injuries among the crew and no oil pollution detected. The company also said it was aware of reports of a fire on the Adalynn, though further details were not provided.

The United Arab Emirates coastguard carried out a rescue operation and evacuated 24 crew members from the Adalynn. They were brought safely to Khor Fakkan port, and no casualties were reported.

British maritime security company Ambrey said the incident was “not security-related” even though it happened during a time of high regional tension. Since Friday, Iran and Israel have been exchanging missile strikes, raising serious concerns about the safety of shipping in the area.

TankerTrackers.com said on X (formerly Twitter) that the Front Eagle was moving south at a speed of 13.1 knots when it made a starboard (right) turn. This maneuver led to a collision with the aft port (rear-left) side of the Adalynn, which was moving southeast at 4.8 knots.

The Strait of Hormuz is a crucial passage linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. It handles about one-fifth of the world’s oil trade, with an estimated 17.8 million to 20.8 million barrels of crude, condensates, and fuel products passing through daily, based on data from Vortexa.

Recently, commercial ships in the region have been experiencing electronic disruptions affecting navigation systems. The U.S.-led Combined Maritime Forces’ JMIC (Joint Maritime Information Center) issued an advisory saying that reports of such interference were traced to areas near Iran’s Port of Bandar Abbas and other parts of the Gulf.

Iran has previously threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz in response to pressure from Western countries. Since open hostilities began with Israel, Iranian officials have again raised that possibility.

However, Iran has not commented on the latest tanker collision or on the reports of electronic interference.

Since 2019, multiple ship attacks in the region have been blamed on Iran, particularly after the U.S. pulled out of the 2015 nuclear deal under President Donald Trump.

Experts believe that while Iran is likely to continue applying pressure in the region, it may try to avoid direct conflict with the United States due to its limited military strength.

References: Aljazeera, Reuters

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British security firm Ambrey says the incident involving an oil tanker was not security related.

Two oil tankers have collided in the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most critical oil checkpoint just off the coast of Iran.

British maritime security monitor Ambrey said that the collision on Tuesday of the Adalynn and the Front Eagle is “not security-related,” despite the proximity of the accident to the war raging between Israel and Iran and concerns over its impact on navigation.

Shipping company Frontline said a fire was extinguished on the Front Eagle tanker, 15 nautical miles (28km) off the UAE’s Gulf of Oman coast. It added that no pollution had been detected.

The United Arab Emirates coastguard said it had evacuated 24 people from the Adalynn oil tanker.

The Front Eagle was loaded with 2 million barrels of Iraqi crude oil and was en route to Zhoushan in China, according to monitoring service TankerTrackers.com.

The Adalynn, a Suezmax-class tanker owned by India-based Global Shipping Holding Ltd, had no cargo and was sailing towards the Suez Canal in Egypt, the monitoring service said.

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The Hormuz Strait is the strategic maritime entryway to the Gulf, and about a fifth of the world’s oil passes through it, according to the United States Energy Information Administration.

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However, as Israel and Iran engaged in massive air strikes against one another for a fifth day, maritime experts say shipowners are increasingly wary of using the waterway, with some ships having tightened security and others rerouting.

Commercial ship navigation systems have been experiencing electronic interference around the strait and wider Gulf region, according to naval sources.

The multinational, US-led Combined Maritime Force’s JMIC information centre said in an advisory this week that it had received reports of electronic interference stemming from the vicinity of Iran’s Port of Bandar Abbas.

Tehran has in the past threatened to close the strait to traffic in retaliation for Western pressure. Since the start of the open hostilities with Israel, Iranian officials have reiterated the possibility.

A wave of attacks on ships in the area has been attributed to Iran since 2019, following President Donald Trump’s decision to unilaterally withdraw the United States from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

Such a move would affect global energy markets, but would likely draw a swift response from the US. Tehran is believed to be keen to avoid direct confrontation with the US due to its limited military capacity.

Iran has not commented on the collision or the earlier reports of electronic interference.

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The Israeli flag carrier was referring to people who had flights to Israel cancelled when its air space was closed. It said it expects to operate flights on Wednesday from Larnaca, Athens, Rome, Milan and Paris to bring people to Israel.

El Al said that no flights from Israel to foreign countries had yet taken place since flights were grounded.

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Xi says China ‘deeply worried’ about Israel-Iran conflict, urges de-escalation China is “deeply worried” about Israel’s military operation against Iran that has escalated tensions in the Middle East, President Xi Jinping said on Tuesday, in his first public comments on the conflict that erupted last Friday.

Xi, speaking on the sidelines of a summit with five Central Asian nations in the Kazakh capital of Astana, said China opposes any actions that infringe upon the sovereignty, security, and territorial integrity of other countries.

“All parties should work to de-escalate the conflict as soon as possible and prevent the situation from worsening further,” Xi said, in comments quoted by Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.

China is ready to play a constructive role in restoring peace and stability in the Middle East, he added.

Earlier on Tuesday, the Chinese foreign ministry said China had begun evacuating its citizens from Israel and Iran and was pushing for a ceasefire, as fighting continued for a fifth day.

UN nuclear watchdog says signs of ‘direct impacts’ on underground part of Iran’s Natanz facility

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Trump says all of Tehran should evacuate ‘immediately’ U.S. President Donald Trump posted an ominous message on his social media site, calling for the immediate evacuation of Tehran but later denied reports he had rushed back to Washington to work on a ceasefire.

Israel’s air campaign on the Iranian capital appeared to broaden an intensifying conflict after it issued warnings on Monday for about 300,000 people in Tehran to evacuate ahead of airstrikes.

People were seen leaving the city Tuesday morning — the fifth day of the intensifying conflict — as shops and the historic Grand Bazaar were closed. Iranian authorities insist everything is under control and no guidance has been issued.

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Qatar foreign ministry spokesperson on gas production in the north field: We can confirm production is steady reports Reuters

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Iran missiles have hit both civilian and military targets in Israel, military official says reports Reuters

Israel struck dozens of targets tied to Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programme overnight, Israeli military official says reports Reuters

At least 10 Iranian scientists essential to nuclear programme have been killed, Israeli military official says reports Reuters

Israel ‘attacks’ on Iran a threat to Middle East ‘and beyond’: Jordan king Jordan’s King Abdullah II warned in an address to the European Parliament Tuesday that Israel’s “attacks” on Iran threatened “a dangerous escalation of tensions in my region and beyond.”

“With Israel’s expansion of its offensive to include Iran, there is no telling where the boundaries of this battleground will end,” Abdullah told lawmakers. “And that, my friends, is a threat to people everywhere.”

(reports AFP)

Qatar foreign ministry spokesperson: Escalation between Israel and Iran delays a ceasefire agreement in Gaza reports Reuters

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In a statement aired on state television, the Guards said they “struck the military intelligence centre of the Zionist regime’s army, Aman, and the Zionist regime’s terrorist operations planning centre, the Mossad, in Tel Aviv”, adding it was “currently on fire”.

(Source: AFP)

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reports Reuters

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“I’m not looking for a ceasefire, we’re looking at better than a ceasefire,” Trump told reporters on board Air Force One before arriving back in the United States from a G7 summit in Canada.

The president said he was looking for “an end, a real end, not a ceasefire,” adding that he wanted a “complete give-up” by Iran.

(Source: AFP)

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“Since the start of the military escalation between Israel and Iran, more than 600 citizens of 17 countries have been evacuated from Iran via Azerbaijan,” the government source told AFP on Tuesday.

“Evacuees are transported from the border to Baku International Airport and flown to their home countries on international flights.”

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“We are ready to evacuate people and have coordinated with the military to prepare planes to bring them home from Israel and Iran,” government spokesperson Jirayu Houngsub told reporters after a cabinet meeting.

(reports AFP)

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Iran destroyed strategic targets in Israel with drones: military official Iran said it destroyed strategic targets in Israel overnight using drones, as intense strikes between the arch-foes raged for a fifth day on Tuesday.

“Various types of destructive drones, equipped with precise destruction and targeting capabilities, destroyed strategic positions of the Zionist regime in Tel Aviv and Haifa,” General Kioumars Heidari, commander of the army’s ground forces, was quoted as saying by state television.

(reports AFP)

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China accuses Trump of ‘pouring oil’ on Iran, Israel conflict China on Tuesday accused President Donald Trump of “pouring oil” on the mounting conflict between Iran and Israel, after the US leader warned Tehran residents to “immediately evacuate”.

“Fanning the flames, pouring oil, making threats and mounting pressure will not help to promote the de-escalation of the situation, but will only intensify and widen the conflict,” foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said when asked about Trump’s remarks at a regular news conference.

(reports AFP)

Frontline oil tanker front eagle involved in ship collision near Strait of Hormuz Norway Business Daily DN reports, citing the company

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“Two explosions occurred in Tabriz five minutes apart,” the Ham Mihan newspaper reported. “Thick smoke was seen around Tabriz Tuesday morning after the explosion,” Mehr news agency reported, publishing a video from the city, which lies more than 600 kilometres (375 miles) from Tehran and is home to a major air force base targeted by Israel in recent days.

(reports AFP)

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(reports AFP)

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Embassy of India in Iran asks all Indian nationals who are in Tehran and not in touch with the Embassy to contact the Embassy immediately Embassy of India in Iran asks all Indian nationals who are in Tehran and not in touch with the Embassy to contact the Embassy immediately and provide their location and contact numbers.

The contact numbers are +989010144557, +989128109115 and +989128109109

All Indian nationals and PIOs (Persons of Indian Origin) who can move out of Tehran using their own resources, are advised to move to a safe location outside the City – Embassy of India in Iran

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Trump’s helicopter lifted off from the summit venue in the Canadian Rockies to take him to his plane, shortly after he warned residents to evacuate the Iranian capital Tehran.

(reports AFP)

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Israel’s strikes have killed at least 224 people, including top military commanders, nuclear scientists and civilians, according to Iranian authorities.

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Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Control Room established in MEA, helpline numbers issues for stranded Indians in Iran A 24×7 Control Room has been established in Ministry of External Affairs in view of theongoing developments in Iran and Israel. The contact details of the control room are as under:

1800118797 (Toll free)

+91-11-23012113

+91-11-23014104

+91-11-23017905

+91-9968291988 (Whatsapp)

situationroom@mea.gov.in

In addition, the Embassy of India in Tehran, Iran has set up a 24×7 emergency helpline with contact details below

For call only :

1. +98 9128109115, +98 9128109109

For WhatsApp:

2. +98 901044557, +98 9015993320, +91 8086871709.

3. Bandar Abbas: +98 9177699036

4. Zahedan: +98 9396356649

cons.tehran@mea.gov.in

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Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel’s El Al Israel airlines says it has extended its flight suspension through June 23rd due to the security situation.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel PM Netanyahu says the Israeli Air Force is in control of the skies over Tehran.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Netanyahu says, we are tell citizens of Tehran to ‘evacuate, and we are taking action. He went on to say that Israel is on its way to achieve two main objective, eliminating the nuclear threat and eliminating the missile threat.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Pakistan shuts border with Iran as Tehran trades strikes with Israel Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Pakistan has closed all its border crossings with neighbouring Iran for an indefinite period, provincial officials said on Monday, as Israel and Iran trade intense strikes and threaten further attacks.

“Border facilities in all five districts — Chaghi, Washuk, Panjgur, Kech and Gwadar — have been suspended,” Qadir Bakhsh Pirkani, a senior official in Balochistan province, which borders Iran, told AFP.

Crossing into Iran “has been suspended until further notice”, said Atta ul Munim, an official at one of the crossings in Chaghi district.

However, there was “no ban on trade” activities at the border and Pakistani nationals needing to return to their the country from Iran can cross, he added.

“We’re expecting around 200 Pakistani students coming today,” Atta said.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Putin, Erdogan urged ‘immediate’ end to Israel-Iran conflict in call: Kremlin

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Russia has “zero credibility” as a potential mediator in Israel-Iran conflict, says EU Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: The EU on Monday said Russia had “zero credibility” as a potential mediator between Iran and Israel, after US President Donald Trump suggested Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin could play a role.

“There has been a recent Russia-Iran partnership agreement, which signals deepening cooperation across multiple areas, including foreign policy and defence. In light of such, Russia cannot be an objective mediator,” EU spokesman Anouar El Anouni said. (AFP)

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Turkey, Russia agree that conflict must end Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Turkish President Erdogan and Russian President Putin agree in phone call that Israel-Iran conflict must end and room must be made for diplomacy, Turkish presidency said.

Erdogan tells Putin that it is highly possible Israel will resort to fait accompli in region.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Pakistan shuts border with Iran Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Amid ongoing tensions between Israel and Iran, Pakistan shuts border with Iran.

(AFP cited provincial officials)

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran accuses Israel of targeting hospital Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran accused Israel of targeting a hospital in the country’s west, condemning it as a “war crime”.

“Farabi Hospital in the city of Kermanshah in western Iran was targeted by the Israeli regime’s aggressive attacks,” said foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei, adding that “attacking hospitals alongside attacks on residential areas is a gross violation of international law and a war crime”.

A previous media report said a workshop near the hospital was the target of the Israeli attack. (AFP)

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Tehran’s largest marketplace shut amid ongoing Israeli attack Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Tehran’s Grand Bazaar, city’s largest and most prominent marketplace, has been shut amid ongoing Israeli attacks.

The main gate of the bazaar was fully shut, with streets largely deserted and most shops across the capital also closed except for a few grocery stores, reported AFP.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Tehran’s voluntary commitments to the NPT is ‘unjustified’, says Iran Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Tehran’s continuation of voluntary commitments to the NPT is ‘unjustified’ when its rights under the treaty are not respected, said Iran’s mission to the UN in Vienna.

(Source: Reuters cited IRNA)

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Turkish President offers to be facilitator role in nuclear negotiations Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Turkey’s president Erdogan told the Iranian president that Turkey can play the role of a facilitator in nuclear negotiations.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: IDF eliminates 4 senior Iranian intelligence officials, including the Head of the IRGC’s Intelligence Organization

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: France blocks access to 5 Israeli arms stands at Paris Air Show Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: France has blocked access to the stands of five Israeli arms manufacturers at the Paris Air show for displaying “offensive weapons”, according to a French government source.

The stands were blocked off by black tarps for showing “offensive weapons” which allegedly violated terms made with Israel, said the source.

The Israeli government condemned the “scandalous” decision in a statement, calling it a form of “segregation” against Israeli companies. (AFP)

US Republican Governor Huckabee Sanders said, “pretty absurd”.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Russia condemns actions that led to conflict Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Russia condemns the actions that have led to such a dangerous escalation.

Source: Reuters

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Russia is in contact with the main parties of Israel-Iran conflict, said Kremlin (Reuters)

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Russia is ready with possibilities of Putin’s mediation Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: If necessary, Putin will mediate in Israel-Iran conflict, said Kremlin.

Russia’s previous proposals remain on the table but the outbreak of hostilities has complicated the situation, said Kremlin.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran arrested dozens of alleged spies Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran arrested dozens of alleged saboteurs, ‘spies’ linked to Israel since the start of conflict on Friday, reported Reuters citing state media.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel claims it has achieved “aerial superiority” over Tehran and has control of skies from western Iran to capital, reports AP

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israeli strike on Iran’s west damages hospital Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iranian media reported that a hospital in the country’s west suffered serious damage after an Israeli strike in the area.

“Following the Zionist criminal regime’s attack on a nearby workshop in Kermanshah city, Farabi Hospital also suffered serious damage,” the Tasnim news agency reported.

Fars news agency carried a video of the hospital showing shattered glass, collapsed ceilings, and extensive damage in patient rooms.

Official information awaited.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: 8 drones shut down in Western Iran Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iranian official said that eight advanced drones, including MQ-9 drone, were shut down in western Iran.

Source: Reuters citing Tasnim

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Tens of drones successfully hit Israel Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran’s ground forces commander Heydari said that tens of drones successfully hit targets in Israel. (Reuters cited IRNA)

There is no intention to physically harm the residents of Tehran. Residents of Tehran will be forced to pay the price of dictatorship and evacuate their homes from areas where it will be necessary to attack regime targets. – Israeli Defence Minister

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel will continue to push East to hit Iran’s nuclear threat and missile program Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: “Will continue to push East to hit Iran’s nuclear threat and missile program,” said Israeli military spokesperson

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: IAEA chief shares 4 buildings attacked in Tehran Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: IAEA Chief said, “At Isfahan, 4 buildings were damaged in Friday’s attack – the central chemical laboratory, a Uranium conversion plant, Tehran reactor fuel manufacturing plant and UF4 to EU mental processing facility.”

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: IAEA chief is in touch with inspectors on ground in Iran Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: “I am in touch with the inspectors on the ground; their safety remains our top priority, and all necessary actions are being taken to ensure they are not harmed,” said IAEA Chief Grossi.

“Military escalation delays indispensable work towards a diplomatic solution for the long-term assurance that Iran does not acquire a nuclear weapon,” added IAEA Chief.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: ‘We have achieved aerial superiority over Iran,’ says Israeli military spokesperson

We have achieved aerial superiority over Iran

Targets included nuclear program HQ located in multi-storey buildings

The agency is will and remain present in Iran. Safeguards inspections in Iran will continue as soon as safety conditions allow, as is required under iran’s NPT safeguards obligations.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israeli military spokesperson issues statement amid Israel-Iran conflict.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: No damage at Iran’s Natanz fuel enrichment plant site, says IAEA Chief Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Chief Grossi confirmed that there has been no damage at Iran’s Natanz fuel enrichment plant site since the Friday attack.

Source: Reuters

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel struck more than 20 targets in Iran overnight Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israeli military spokesperson said that Israel struck more than 20 targets in Iran overnight, reported Reuters.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: UKMTO receives reports of increasing electronic interference within Gulf waters and strait of Hormuz Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) said that it received multiple reports of increasing electronic interference within the Gulf waters and Strait of Hormuz.

The levels, intensity inside Gulf have significant impact on vessels’ positional reporting through autmated systems, said UKMTO.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran urges IAEA to condemn Israeli strikes on nuclear sites at urgent meeting

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israeli military killed 4 senior Iranian intelligence officials Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israeli military said that it killed four senior Iranian intelligence officials, including head of IRGC intelligence organization. (Reuters)

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Poland ready to assist in citizen evacuation from Israel Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Poland is ready to evacuate citizens from Israel via Jordan, said Polish deputy foreign minister.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran urges European countries to stop Israeli ‘aggression’ Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran on Monday urged Britain, France and Germany to pressure Israel to stop its deadly attacks on Iran as fighting raged between the two foes for a fourth day.

“Germany, France and England should have very clearly condemned the Zionist regime’s crimes, especially against the Natanz nuclear facility,” said foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei, adding that European powers should focus on “stopping the aggression” and holding Israel “accountable”. (AFP)

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights calls for de-escalation Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk said that the escalation between Israel and Iran is deeply worrying, calls for de-escalation.

“Israel has weaponized food, repeat calls for investigations into deadly attacks near food distribution sites,” added Turk.

Iran’s Parliament is preparing bill to leave Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson said that Iran’s parliament is preparing bill to leave Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

‘Tehran remains opposed to weapons of mass destruction,’ said the spokesperson.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran vows quick trials for suspected Israel collaborators Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran’s CJI Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei said, “If someone is arrested for having ties to and collaborating with the Zionist regime, their trial and punishment should be carried out and announced very quickly, in accordance with the law and given the war conditions.”

Reported Reuters quoting Tasnim news agency

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Paris Airshow engaging in dialogue trying to resolve dispute over presence of Israeli companies Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Paris Airshow organizers said that they are engaging in dialogue to try to resolve dispute over presence of Israeli companies.

The organizers had shut down four main Israeli company stands at the event.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran’s attack on Israel has killed 24 people since Friday Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iranian missiles have killed at least 24 people in Israel since Friday, Israeli prime minister’s office said in an updated toll following the latest attacks.

This includes 11 deaths recorded since midnight, including four in Petakh Tikva near Tel Aviv, three in Haifa and one in the Bnei Brak suburb of Tel Aviv.

It also includes two bodies retrieved following a previous strike on Bat Yam and one more killed in an unspecified location.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Baghaei calls upon UN Security Council to adopt resolution condemning Israeli attack on Iran Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson calls upon UN Security Council to adopt resolution condemning Israeli attack on Iran. (Reuters)

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Yemen-based missile fell before entering Israeli territory Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel’s military said a missile launched from Yemen on Monday fell before entering Israeli territory, after sirens sounded in several areas of the country. (AFP)

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel identifies a Yemen-based missile, working to intercept Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israeli military said that it has identified a missile launched from Yemen towards Israeli territory.

The military is working to intercept the attack.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: China willing to play a constructive role in helping to de-escalate situation Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: China’s foreign ministry said that China is willing to continue to maintain communication and coordination with all parties concerned in the Israel-Iran conflict.

China is willing to play a constructive role in helping to de-escalate the situation between the two countries, reported Reuters.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel intercepted 8 unmanned aerial vehicles from Iran last night Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israeli military announced that Navy’s missile ships intercepted eight unmanned aerial vehicles from Iran last night.

This was the first time when an interception was carried out using the Barak Magen Air Defense System, said Israeli military.

(Source: Reuters)

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israeli currency becomes 2.1% stronger Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel’s Shekel became 2.1% against U.S. dollar at 3.54 amid Israel-Iran attacks

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran hung Israel’s Mossad agent arrested in 2023 Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran’s judiciary hanged a man arrested in 2023 and convicted of being an agent for Israel’s Mossad spy agency.

“Esmaeil Fekri, a Mossad agent convicted of the capital offences of ‘corruption on earth’ and ‘moharebeh’ (waging war against God) was hung after going through the full process of criminal procedure,” the judciary’s Mizan Online news website said. (AFP)

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: The residents of Tehran will pay the price, and soon, said Israeli Defense Minister Israeli Defense Minister warns the citizens of Tehran saying that they will pay the price, and soon.

“The boastful dictator from Tehran has turned into a cowardly murderer, deliberately firing at Israel’s civilian home front in an attempt to deter the (Israeli military) from continuing the offensive that is crippling his capabilities,” Katz wrote on his Telegram channel. “The residents of Tehran will pay the price — and soon.”

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Pezeshkian urges citizens to unite against Israel, put differences aside Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iranian President Pezeshkian urged the citizens to put aside differences and unite against Israel as conflict rages between the two arch-foes.

“Every difference, issue, and problem that has existed must be put aside today and we must stand strong against this genocidal criminal aggression with unity and coherence,” Masoud Pezeshkian said, addressing parliament.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran executes 1 person for spying for Israel’s Mossad Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran executed an individual charged with spying for Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad, Reuters cited Fars News.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: ‘Tehran does not seek nuclear weapons,’ said Pezeshkian Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iranian president Pezeshkian says Tehran does not seek nuclear weapons. (AFP)

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: ‘We were not seeking war nor initiated it,’ says Iranian President Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran’s President Pezeshkian said, “We were not seeking war nor initiated it,”

Iran does not intend to develop nuclear weapons but will pursue its right to nuclear energy and research, President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Monday, reiterating Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s religious edict against weapons of mass destruction.

Reuters cited IRNA

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: US Embassy in Israel will remain closed today Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: US Embassy in Israel and consulate will officially remain closed today as shelter in place still in effect, reported Reuters citing US Ambassador to Israel.

He also said that some minor damage from concussions of Iranian missile hits near Embassy branch in Tel Aviv but no injuries to US personnel.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran strikes Israel with a salvo of missiles, Israeli rescuers report 3 deaths Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran said it “successfully” struck Israel with a salvo of missiles on Monday, as Israeli rescuers reported three deaths and damage to residential buildings in multiple cities.

A new wave of air-to-air missile attacks by the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps… enabled missiles to successfully and effectively hit” targets in Israel, the Guards said in a statement quoted by the official IRNA news agency.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran launches a new missile towards Israel

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran vows to hit more ‘vital targets’ in Israel Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran vows more ‘devastating’ operations against Israel’s ‘vital targets’ – AFP

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel attacks Iran’s IRGS Qods Force HQ in Tehran Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel’s military said that it attacked Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Qods headquarters in Tehran.

Source: Reuters)

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israeli rescuers says 3 dead, 74 wounded after Iranian strikes

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Search operations underway in Haifa Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Search and location operations were underway in the northern city of Haifa where around 30 people were wounded, emergency authorities said, as dozens of first responders rushed to the strike zones. Fires were seen burning at a power plant near the port, media reported.

Live video footage also showed several missiles over Tel Aviv and explosions could be heard there and over Jerusalem. Some residential buildings in Tel Aviv had been struck, Reuters witnesses said.

Tehran has launched several waves of attacks on Israel in retaliation for Israel’s pre-emptive strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs that began on Friday.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iranians fleeing Tehran, claims NYT Quoting Iranian media, NYT said that the “roads leading out of the Iranian capital were packed Sunday…Residents described long lines forming at gas stations and neighbors with suitcases trying to flag down taxis.”

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran finds chinks in Israel’s armour Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran’s revolutionary guards today said that new wave of missile strike ‘disrupted the enemy’s multilayered defense systems’ by employing ‘new methods’.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Oil prices rise further as Israel-Iran extends into fourth day Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Oil prices extended gains Monday as Israel and Iran pounded each other with missiles for a fourth day and threatened further attacks, stoking fears of a lengthy conflict that could reignite inflation.

Gold prices also rose back towards a record high thanks to a rush into safe havens, but while most equity markets dropped further into the red the losses were limited on hopes that the conflict does not spread through the Middle East.

Investors were also gearing up for key central bank meetings this week, with a particular eye on the US Federal Reserve and Bank of Japan, as well as talks with Washington aimed at avoiding Donald Trump’s sky-high tariffs.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Several injured in Haifa Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel’s public broadcaster Kan today said that several persons have been injured in Iran’s missile strike on Haifa and that there is an active fire at the scene.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: EU chief says told Netanyahu ‘negotiated’ solution on Iran best ‘in long term’ Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen said she told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a telephone call Sunday that diplomacy was ultimately best on Iran, but stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire. “Iran should not have a nuclear weapon, without any question. Of course I think a negotiated solution is, in the long term, the best solution,” she said at a press briefing.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israeli police reports missile fall in coastal area causing damage but no injuries so far ”

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Rocket falls in Tel Aviv Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel police says rockets reported to have fallen in Tel Aviv area causing damage. However, so far there are no reported injuries.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel military instructs public it is safe to leave protected shelters, signaling threat from current Iranian missile attack is over

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Loud explosions heard in Jerusalem, says AFP journalist Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Loud explosions rang out in Jerusalem early Monday, an AFP journalist heard. It came shortly after Israel’s army warned of a new missile salvo from Iran and advised the public to take cover until further notice.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel army warns of new missile salvo from Iran

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran confirms deaths of 3 IRGC officials in Israeli strikes Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iranian state media officially confirmed that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ intelligence chief, Brigadier General Mohammad Kazemi and his deputy, Hassan Mohaqiq, were killed in an Israeli strike, The Times of Israel reported.

The Times of Israel, while quoting state media, also said on Monday that a third IRGC intelligence officer, Mohsen Bagheri, was also killed in the strike in Tehran.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran wants to kill US President Trump, says Israeli PM Netanyahu Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday (local time) claimed that Iran’s Islamic regime had pinpointed US President Donald Trump as a threat to its nuclear program and actively worked to assassinate him. “They want to kill him. He’s enemy number one,” he said, as quoted by Fox News.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran’s Supreme leader evacuated to underground bunker Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran’s Supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, was evacuated to an underground bunker in northeastern Tehran hours after Israel began its strikes on Friday.

Khamenei is together with all of his family at the shelter in Lavizan. He sought shelter in the bunker when Iran launched its attacks on Israel in April 2024 and October, too.

Additionally, Israel did not assassinate Khamenei on the first night of the operation to give him a final chance to completely ditch his uranium enrichment program, The Times of Israel reported, citing its sources.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: War enters fourth day Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel unleashed a new wave of attacks against Iran on Monday, targeting missile sites after Tehran carried out deadly overnight strikes and both sides threatened more devastation.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: US Embassy in Baghdad warns Americans against travelling to Iraq Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: The US Embassy in Baghdad on Sunday (local time) issued a security alert for American citizens in Iraq due to increased potential for foreign terrorist organisation-inspired violence or attacks against US businesses and locations frequented by its citizens.

The embassy urged US citizens to avoid travel to Iraq for any reason.

“We urge all U.S. citizens in Iraq to avoid locations frequented by foreigners and any large gatherings or crowds. We will continue to assess the situation and provide additional information as needed,” the statement said.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Air defence systems activated in southwest Iran: local media

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran’s armed forces warn Israeli’s to leave the vicinity of ‘vital areas’ in video statement: State TV.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Britain’s Starmer, UAE President discuss Iran-Israel conflict Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer spoke to UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan on Sunday and discussed the “grave situation” in the Iran-Israel conflict, according to a Downing Street statement. “The Prime Minister reiterated that his priority is diplomacy and dialogue, in order to de-escalate as quickly as possible,” it said.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israeli military: Missiles launched from Iran towards Israel.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel ‘got’ Iran intelligence chief, Netanyahu says on Fox

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Netanyahu says regime change in Iran could be result of Israel’s attacks Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Regime change in Iran could be a result of Israel’s military attacks on the country, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Fox News on Sunday, saying Israel would do whatever is necessary to remove the “existential threat” posed by Tehran.

Israel launched “Operation Rising Lion” with a surprise attack on Friday morning that wiped out the top echelon of Iran’s military command and damaged its nuclear sites, and says the campaign will continue to escalate in coming days. Iran has vowed to “open the gates of hell” in retaliation.

Israel’s military has said the current goal of the campaign is not a change in regime, but the dismantling of Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.

Asked by Fox’s Bret Baier on his “Special Report” program if regime change was part of Israel’s military effort, Netanyahu said: “Could certainly be the result because the Iran regime is very weak.”

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israeli military says it has begun a wave of strikes against dozens of surface-to-surface missile targets in Western Iran.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: G7 leaders plan to issue a joint statement on Iran calling for descalation: Senior G7 official.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Trump vetoed an Israeli plan to kill Iran’s supreme leader, said US officials as reported by Reuters.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: ‘Urgent action’ needed to prevent Iran-Israel conflict enflaming region: Turkey’s Erdogan

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel’s strikes have killed at least 406 people in Iran and wounded another 654, according to a human rights group

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: US embassy in Iraq warns of increased potential for violence or attacks targeting Americans Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: The U.S. Embassy in Iraq said on Sunday it was aware of an increased potential for violence or attacks against U.S.-owned businesses and locations frequented by Americans.

“We urge all U.S. citizens in Iraq to avoid locations frequented by foreigners and any large gatherings or crowds,” the embassy said in a statement.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran media report Israel attacks on northeastern city of Mashhad

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel military says air force struck Iran’s Mashhad airport

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran media report Israel attacks on eastern city of Mashhad

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Emmanuel Macron hopes Iran-Israeli conflict will ‘calm’ in ‘coming hours’ Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: French President Emmanuel Macron said Sunday he hoped for a return to calm “in the coming hours” in the Iran-Israel conflict and called for a resumption of nuclear talks with Iran.

Israel bombed military sites and fuel depots in Iran on Sunday on the third day of a conflict between the two countries, with Tehran retaliating with missile strikes.

“I hope that the coming hours will bring calm and a road forward for discussion, to avoid any escalation of nuclear capabilities, acquisition of nuclear capacities in Iran, and to prevent any unrest in the region,” Macron said while on a visit to Greenland.

The French president reiterated his call for negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme, despite the ongoing conflict.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel eases air raid warning, allows people to leave shelters Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: The Israeli military said citizens could leave shelters after being told to take cover during a fresh barrage of Iranian missile attacks on Sunday.

“Following the situational assessment, the Home Front Command published that it is now permitted to leave protected spaces in all areas across the country”, the military said in a statement.

The army had called on the population to take shelter after detecting missiles launched from Iran, and alert sirens had sounded in parts of the country.

Israel launched an unprecedented attack on the Islamic republic Friday.

Its strikes hit nuclear and military facilities, killed top commanders, nuclear scientists and dozens of civilians, and sought to destroy the country’s defence capabilities.

Iranian missile fire targeting Israel in response killed at least 10 people overnight, according to authorities, pushing the death toll up to 13 since Iran began its retaliatory strikes Friday, with 380 reported injured.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Etihad Airways says flights between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv cancelled until June 22 Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Etihad Airways has cancelled flights between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv until June 22, it said on Sunday. “This remains a developing situation, and some disruption and delays may be expected in the coming days,” it said in a statement.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Trump says Iran and Israel will have peace ‘soon’ Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran and Israel will have peace “soon”, U.S. President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Sunday, adding that there were many unspecified meetings happening and that the two countries should make a deal.

Israel and Iran launched fresh attacks on each other overnight into Sunday, killing scores.

“Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal,” Trump said on Truth Social, adding that “we will have PEACE, soon”.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iraq’s Kataib Hezbollah warns US against intervening in Israel-Iran conflict Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran-aligned Iraqi armed group Kataib Hezbollah warned on Sunday it would resume attacks on U.S. troops in the region if the United States intervenes in the conflict between Israel and Iran.

“We are closely monitoring the movements of the American enemy’s army in the region,” Kataib Hezbollah Secretary-General Abu Hussein al-Hamidawi said in a statement. “If America intervenes in the war, we will act directly against its interests and bases spread across the region without hesitation.”

Founded in the aftermath of the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq, Kataib Hezbollah is one of the elite Iraqi armed factions closest to Iran. The group, a key pillar of Iran’s network of regional proxy forces, has claimed responsibility for dozens of missile and drone attacks targeting Israel and U.S. forces in both Iraq and Syria.

Early last year, Kataib Hezbollah announced the suspension of all its military operations against U.S. troops in the region in response to efforts by the Iraqi government.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: At least 14 nuclear scientists killed in Israeli strikes on Iran Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: At least 14 Iranian nuclear scientists have been killed in Israeli attacks since Friday, including in car bombs, two sources in the Gulf said on Sunday.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran state media says ballistic missiles launched from across Iran towards Israel.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran media says at least 128 people killed in Friday-Saturday Israel attacks

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran’s President Pezeshkian says if Israel’s hostile actions continue, Tehran’s responses will also be ‘more decisive and severe’: IRNA

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran media reports blast in central Tehran

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran says mosques, metro stations, schools to serve as shelters from Israel attacks

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran’s foreign ministry spokesperson Baghaei says Tehran did not send any message to Israel via a third country.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Netanyahu says Iran will pay ‘very heavy price’ for Israeli civilian deaths Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Iran would pay “a very heavy price” for killing Israeli civilians, as the two foes kept up intense fighting.

“Iran will pay a very heavy price for the premeditated murder of civilians, women and children,” Netanyahu said during a visit to the site of a missile strike on a residential building in the coastal city of Bat Yam, near Tel Aviv.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran must ‘never have nuclear weapons’: Merz

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Turkish and Russian ministers discuss Israel-Iran conflict, Turkish source says Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: The foreign ministers of Turkey and Russia have discussed the conflict between Israel and Iran in a phone call, a Turkish foreign ministry source said on Sunday.

Hakan Fidan told Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov that the only way to resolve the “worrying” conflict and nuclear dispute is diplomacy, the source added.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: UK advises citizens against ‘all travel’ to Israel amid Iran conflict Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Britain’s Foreign Office on Sunday issued updated guidance to citizens advising “against all travel to Israel” following the outbreak of conflict with Iran.

“This is a fast-moving situation that poses significant risks. The situation has the potential to deteriorate further, quickly and without warning,” the Foreign Office guidance added.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Death toll grows as Israel and Iran trade attacks for third day Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: The death toll grew Sunday as Israel and Iran exchanged missile attacks for a third consecutive day, with Israel warning that worse is to come. Israel targeted Iran’s Defense Ministry headquarters in Tehran and sites it alleged were associated with Iran’s nuclear program, while Iranian missiles evaded Israeli air defenses and slammed into buildings deep inside Israel, causing civilian causalities.

The region braced for a drawn-out conflict after Israel’s strikes hit nuclear and military facilities, killing several senior generals and top nuclear scientists.

President Donald Trump said the U.S. had “nothing to do with the attack on Iran” and warned Tehran to expect “the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces” if it retaliates against the United States.

Israel, which views a nuclear-armed Iran as an existential threat, launched its attacks after weeks of escalating tensions over Iran’s progressing nuclear program. Iran announced Thursday that it planned to activate a third nuclear enrichment facility shortly after the U.N. nuclear watchdog censured Iran for failing to comply with nonproliferation obligations.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: UK advises citizens against ‘all travel’ to Israel amid Iran conflict

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel military says struck over 80 targets in Tehran overnight

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: French FM comments on Israel Iran conflict French Foreign Minister Barrot said that Iran nuclear programme is a threat to the security of Europe and of Israel.

‘The only way to avoid escalation is diplomacy, added Barrot.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel’s EL AI airlines cancels services to many European cities Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: EL AI Israel Airlines announces cancellation of flights to and from many European cities as well as Tokyo and Moscow until June 23, owing to the Israel-Iran conflict, reported Reuters.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel has a large list of targets in Iran still to hit Israel’s military official said that Israel has a large list of targets in Iran still to hit.

Israel still has a large list of targets it plans to hit in Iran, an Israeli military official on Sunday, as both nations continued to exchange missile attacks that started on Friday.

He declined to say how long strikes against Iran would continue, adding the military had attacked around 80 targets in Tehran on Saturday evening.

The targets included two “dual-use” Iranian fuel sites that supported military and nuclear operations, he said.

He said they also targeted the chief of staff of Yemen’s Houthis group overnight.

Source: Reuters

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iranians can seek shelter in mosques, schools and metro, says Iran’s govt spokesperson Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran govt spokesperson Mohajerani said that there is no problem with the provision of food, medicine, fuel.

Adding to it, she told Iranians that they can seek shelter in mosques, schools, subway systems and metro.

These facilities will be open at all times from tonight, government spokesperson Fatemeh Mohajerani told state TV on Sunday.

(Source: Reuters citing state TV)

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran arrests 2 members of Israel’s intelligence agency Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran says it has arrested two members of Israel’s intelligence agency, reports Tasnim

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel attacks defence ministry facility in Iran Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel attacked defence ministry facility in country’s centre, reported AFP citing Iran media.

There was no incident at Isfahan refinery, operations continue without disruption – Iran’s oil ministry – Reuters cited state news agency

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Pipelines and transmission lines in Haifa damaged by Iran Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iranian missile attacks have damaged pipelines and transmission lines in Haifa, said Israel’s oil refineries.

The refining facilities continue to operate but some downstream operations have been shut down

No injuries or casualities reported in Israel’s oil refineries.

Israel’s oil refineries said that they will examine impact of damage on its operations and implications on its financial results.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israeli Defense Min instructed military to issue evacuation orders in Iran Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israeli Defense Minister said that he instructed the military to issue evacuation warnings to residents in Tehran near weapons production facilities, reported Reuters citing statement.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel sought to ‘derail’ nuclear talks with attacks, says Iran FM Araghchi Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iranian Foreign Minister said that Israel sought to ‘derail’ nuclear talks with attacks.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel has ‘crossed a new red line’ by attacking nuclear sites, says Iran FM Abbas Araghchi Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi said that Israel ‘crossed a new red line’ by attacking nuclear sites.

He also said that next round of nuclear talks with U.S. could have opened way for an agreement, but Israel is againat that.

Araghchi has rejected any nuclear deal that would compromise ‘rights’.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israeli airspace remains closed for 3rd day in a row Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel says airspace remains closed for third day amid conflicts with Iran.

(Source: AFP)

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran FM says has ‘solid proof’ US forces supported Israel in attacks, AFP reports

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel signals possible new strikes, sends warning of evacuation Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel’s military warns Iranians to evacuate weapons production factories, signalling possible new strikes immediately, reports AP.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran’s top diplomat says that if Israeli attacks stop, ‘our responses will also stop’, reports AP

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel reports 10 deaths overnight from Iran strike Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel police recovered two bodies after Iran strike, overnight toll at 10 deaths, as reported by AFP.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel intercepts 7 drones Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel has intercepted seven drones, stated AFP citing Israel military.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Operations at Tehran’s refiner continue with disruption, says Iran’s SNN Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Amid Istaeli attacks, Iran’s SNN said that Tehran’s refinery is operating without disruptions.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Jordon reopens airspace amid Israel Iran conflict Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Jordon has reopened its airspace after a brief suspension amid Israel-Iran tensions

(Source: Reuters citing state news agency)

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel confirms series of strikes on Iran Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel military said that it completed additiional series of strikes on storage, missile launch infrastructures sites in Western Iran over the past hour, reported Reuters.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Yemen targets Israel with ballistic missiles Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Yemen Houthis said that they targeted Israel with several ballistic missiles in the last 24 hours in coordination with Iran, reported Reuters.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Trump warns Iran Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Donald Trump warned Iran of any attacks on U.S., stating that full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on the country at levels never seen before.

The U.S. had nothing to do with the attack on Iran, tonight. If we are attacked in any way, shape or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before. However, we can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict!!! – US President Donald Trump posted on TruthSocial

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Iran says Shahran oil depot targeted in Israeli attack

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israeli military spokesperson says Iran has an arsenal that can cause ‘grave damage’ to Israel

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel’s military says it has targeted Iran’s Defense Ministry headquarters

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Israel police say several civilians report explosions in northern Israel Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: There has been no confirmation of damage or casualties yet.

Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Sirens activated in northern Israel Israel Iran War News LIVE updates: Sirens activated due to ‘hostile aircraft intervention’, Israeli military says.

Israel orders 300,000 people in Tehran to evacuate while Trump issues ominous warning

TEL AVIV, Israel: Israel warned hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate the middle of Iran’s capital as Israel’s air campaign on Tehran appeared to broaden on the fourth day of an intensifying conflict.

An Iranian television anchor fled her studio during a live broadcast as bombs fell on the headquarters of the country’s state-run TV station.

US President Donald Trump posted an ominous message on his social media site later Monday calling for the immediate evacuation of Tehran.

“IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON,” Trump wrote, adding that “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!”

The warning affected up to 330,000 people in a part of central Tehran that includes the country’s state TV and police headquarters. The military has issued similar evacuation warnings for civilians in parts of Gaza and Lebanon ahead of strikes.

Israel says killed top Iran commander and aide to supreme leader

The Israeli military said Tuesday it killed Iran’s top military commander, Ali Shadmani, in an overnight strike, calling him the closest figure to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Ali Shadmani was apparently killed over Monday night. (Internet)

In a statement, the military said following “a sudden opportunity overnight, the (Israeli air force) struck a staffed command center in the heart of Tehran and eliminated Ali Shadmani, the war-time Chief of Staff, the most senior military commander, and the closest figure to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.”

The Israeli military said Shadmani had commanded both the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Iranian armed forces.

Trump team proposes Iran talks this week on nuclear deal, ceasefire

The US is discussing with Iran the possibility of a meeting this week between US envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi to discuss a nuclear deal and an end to the war between Israel and Iran, Axios reported on Monday citing four sources briefed on the issue.

Trump to depart the G7 early as conflict between Israel and Iran shows signs of intensifying

President Donald Trump is abruptly leaving the Group of Seven summit, departing a day early Monday as the conflict between Israel and Iran intensifies and the US leader has declared that Tehran should be evacuated “immediately.”

World leaders had gathered in Canada with the specific goal of helping to defuse a series of global pressure points, only to be disrupted by a showdown over Iran’s nuclear program that could escalate in dangerous and uncontrollable ways. Israel launched an aerial bombardment campaign against Iran four days ago.

At the summit, Trump warned that Tehran needs to curb its nuclear program before it’s “too late.” He said Iranian leaders would “like to talk” but they had already had 60 days to reach an agreement on their nuclear ambitions and failed to do so before the Israeli aerial assault began. “They have to make a deal,” he said.

Asked what it would take for the US to get involved in the conflict militarily, Trump said Monday morning, “I don’t want to talk about that.”

White House says US forces remain in ‘defensive posture’ in Middle East

US forces in the Middle East remain in a “defensive posture, and that has not changed,” the White House said Monday as Israel and Iran traded heavy strikes for a fourth day.

“We will defend American interests,” White House spokesperson Alex Pfeiffer added in a post on social media.

China tells citizens in Israel to leave ‘as soon as possible’

China’s embassy in Israel on Tuesday urged its citizens to leave the country “as soon as possible,” after Israel and Iran traded heavy strikes.

“The Chinese mission in Israel reminds Chinese nationals to leave the country as soon as possible via land border crossings, on the precondition that they can guarantee their personal safety,” the embassy said in a statement on WeChat.

“It is recommended to depart in the direction of Jordan,” it added.

Airports close across the Mideast as the Israel-Iran conflict shutters the region’s airspace

Israel has closed its main international Ben Gurion Airport “until further notice,” leaving more than 50,000 Israeli travelers stranded abroad. The jets of the country’s three airlines have been moved to Larnaca.

In Israel, Mahala Finkleman was stuck in a Tel Aviv hotel after her Air Canada flight was canceled, trying to reassure her worried family back home while she shelters in the hotel’s underground bunker during waves of overnight Iranian attacks.

“We hear the booms. Sometimes there’s shaking,” she said. “The truth, I think it’s even scarier … to see from TV what happened above our heads while we were underneath in a bomb shelter.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office warned Israelis not to flee the country through any of the three crossings with Jordan and Egypt that are open to the Israeli public. Despite having diplomatic ties with Israel, the statement said those countries are considered a “high risk of threat” to Israeli travelers.

Iran on Friday suspended flights to and from the country’s main Khomeini International Airport on the outskirts of Tehran. Israel said Saturday that it bombed Mehrabad Airport in an early attack, a facility in Tehran for Iran’s air force and domestic commercial flights.

Israel says strikes have set back nuclear program

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israeli strikes have set Iran’s nuclear program back a “very, very long time,” and told reporters he is in daily touch with Trump.

“The regime is very weak,” he added.

Israel says its sweeping assault on Iran’s top military leaders, uranium enrichment sites and nuclear scientists, is necessary to prevent its longtime adversary from getting any closer to building an atomic weapon. The strikes have killed at least 224 people since Friday.

Iran maintains that its nuclear program is peaceful, and the US and others have assessed that Tehran has not had an organized effort to pursue a nuclear weapon since 2003. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has repeatedly warned that the country has enough enriched uranium to make several nuclear bombs should it choose to do so.

Iran has retaliated by launching more than 370 missiles and hundreds of drones at Israel. So far, 24 people have been killed in Israel and more than 500 injured.

The back-and-forth has raised concerns about all-out war between the countries and propelled the region, already on edge, into even greater upheaval.

Israel’s military issues evacuation warning affecting up to 330,000 people

Earlier Monday, Israel’s military issued an evacuation warning to 330,000 people in a part of central Tehran that houses the country’s state TV and police headquarters, as well as three large hospitals, including one owned by Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard. The city, one of the region’s largest, is home to around 9.5 million people.

Israel’s military has issued similar evacuation warnings for civilians in parts of Gaza and Lebanon ahead of strikes.

State-run television abruptly stopped a live broadcast after the station was hit, according to Iran’s state-run news agency. While on the air, an Iranian state television reporter said the studio was filling with dust after “the sound of aggression against the homeland.” Suddenly, an explosion occurred, cutting the screen behind her as she hurried off camera.

Heavy traffic on the Karaj-Chalus road as vehicles move westwards in a direction leading out of Tehran, Iran. (Reuters)

The broadcast quickly switched to prerecorded programs. The station later said its building was hit by four bombs.

An anchor said on air that a few colleagues had been hurt, but their families should not be worried. The network said its live programs were transferred to another studio.

Israel claims ‘full aerial superiority’ over Tehran

Israeli military spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said Monday that his country’s forces had “achieved full aerial superiority over Tehran’s skies.”

The military said it destroyed more than 120 surface-to-surface missile launchers in central Iran, a third of Iran’s total, as well as two F-14 planes that Iran used to target Israeli aircraft and multiple launchers just before they launched ballistic missiles toward Israel.

Israeli military officials also said fighter jets had struck 10 command centers in Tehran belonging to Iran’s Quds Force, an elite arm of its Revolutionary Guard that conducts military and intelligence operations outside Iran.

Smoke and fire rise at an impacted facility site following missile attack from Iran on Israel, at Haifa, Israel. (Reuters)

The Israeli strikes “amount to a deep and comprehensive blow to the Iranian threat,” Defrin said.

One missile fell near the American consulate in Tel Aviv, with its blast waves causing minor damage, US Ambassador Mike Huckabee said on X. He added that no American personnel were injured.

Explosions rock Tel Aviv, Petah Tikva and Haifa oil refinery

Powerful explosions rocked Tel Aviv shortly before dawn Monday, sending plumes of black smoke into the sky over the coastal city.

Authorities in the central Israeli city of Petah Tikva said Iranian missiles hit a residential building there, charring concrete walls, shattering windows and ripping the walls off multiple apartments.

Iranian missiles also hit an oil refinery in the northern city of Haifa for the second night in a row. The early morning strike killed three workers, ignited a significant fire and damaged a building, Israel’s fire and rescue services said. The workers were sheltering in the building’s safe room when the impact caused a stairwell to collapse, trapping them inside.

Firefighters rushed to extinguish the fire and rescue them, but the three died before rescuers could reach them.

No sign of conflict letting up

Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, appeared to make a veiled outreach Monday for the US to step in and negotiate an end to hostilities between Israel and Iran.

In a post on X, Araghchi wrote that if Trump is “genuine about diplomacy and interested in stopping this war, next steps are consequential.”

“It takes one phone call from Washington to muzzle someone like Netanyahu,” Iran’s top diplomat wrote. “That may pave the way for a return to diplomacy.”

The message to Washington was sent as the latest talks between the US and Iran were canceled over the weekend after Israel targeted key military and political officials in Tehran.

On Sunday, Araghchi said that Iran will stop its strikes if Israel does the same.

The conflict has also forced most countries in the Middle East to close their airspace. Dozens of airports have stopped all flights or severely reduced operations, leaving tens of thousands of passengers stranded and others unable to flee the conflict or travel home.

Health authorities reported that 1,277 people were wounded in Iran. Iranians also reported fuel rationing.

Rights groups such as the Washington-based Iranian advocacy group Human Rights Activists have suggested that the Iranian government’s death toll is a significant undercount. The group says it has documented more than 400 people killed, among them 197 civilians.

Ahead of Israel’s initial attack, its Mossad spy agency positioned explosive drones and precision weapons inside Iran. Since then, Iran has reportedly detained several people and hanged one on suspicion of espionage.

A vessel collided with two other ships sailing near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday, shipping sources told Reuters, after British maritime security firm Ambrey reported an incident off the United Arab Emirates coast.

Ambrey said the cause of the incident, which took place 22 nautical miles east of Khor Fakkan in the UAE, was not security-related.

The maritime incident unfolded as arch foes Iran and Israel exchanged attacks for a fifth day following Israel’s widescale strikes on Friday aimed at preventing Tehran from building an atomic weapon.

Naval sources have told Reuters that electronic interference with commercial ship navigation systems has surged in recent days around the Strait of Hormuz and the wider Gulf, which is having an impact on vessels sailing through the region.

The Strait of Hormuz lies between Oman and Iran and links the Gulf north of it with the Gulf of Oman to the south and the Arabian Sea beyond.

About a fifth of the world’s total oil consumption passes through the strait. Between the start of 2022 and last month, roughly 17.8 million to 20.8 million barrels of crude, condensate and fuels flowed through the strait daily, according to data from Vortexa.

There was no immediate response to Reuters’ request for comment from the Emirati foreign ministry or Khor Fakkan container terminal in the early hours of Tuesday.