Israel-Iran live updates: Israel, Iran trade strikes as conflict enters 9th day
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Israel-Iran War Live Updates Day 9: 430 Killed In Iran Since Start Of Conflict; Israel Strikes Isfahan Site Again
The conflict between Iran and the West has entered its ninth day. At least 19 people have been killed in the conflict so far. The conflict is expected to continue for at least a few more days. The U.S. has threatened to strike Iran if it does not accept a cease-fire.
Last Updated: June 21, 2025, 17:16 IST
A missile launched from Iran is intercepted as seen from Ashkelon. (Reuters)
Iran-Israel War Day 9 Live Updates: The conflict between Israel and Iran continues to escalate as relentless attacks continued for the ninth consecutive day. An Iranian missile struck a premier research institute known for its work in life sciences and physics, causing heavy damage.
The Israeli Air Force launched a new wave of airstrikes on missile facilities in central Iran as Israeli Army chief warned that his country could be engaged in a “prolonged campaign” against Tehran. Israel’s military said it struck missile launchers in Iran.
At least 19 people were injured in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa after Iran launched two missile barrages.
Meanwhile, Iran ruled out nuclear talks with US President Donald Trump as top diplomats from Britain, France and Germany met with their Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in Geneva. Several countries have withdrawn their embassy staff from Tehran.
Trump, who has given two weeks’ time before deciding on military action, said it would be “very hard to stop” Israel’s strikes on Iran in order to negotiate a possible ceasefire.
Meanwhile, the Indian government initiated Operation Sindhu and brought back 290 stranded Indian students, primarily from Jammu and Kashmir, from Iran.
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Israel-Iran Attacks Live Updates: Iran, Israel Launch Fresh Attacks As Tehran Rules Out Nuclear Talks
Israel attacked Iran on June 13 in what it said was aimed at preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Iran, which says its nuclear program is peaceful, has retaliated with its own strikes on Israel. Iran is a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, while Israel is not.
The developments came as US President Donald Trump on Friday said he may support a ceasefire in the week-old aerial conflict between US ally Israel and its regional rival Iran “depending on the circumstances”.
The air war began on June 13 when Israel attacked Iran, in what it said was aimed at preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons – an ambition Tehran denies. The attack raised alarms in a region that has been on edge since the start of Israel’s war in Gaza in October 2023.
Israel is the only country in the Middle East widely believed to have nuclear weapons, and said it struck Iran to prevent Tehran from developing its own nuclear weapons.
Iran, which says its nuclear program is peaceful, has retaliated with its own strikes on Israel. Iran is a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, while Israel is not.
Here are the live updates on the Israel-Iran conflict:
Israel-Iran Conflict Day 9 LIVE: Iran vows ‘proportional response’, Israel targets military site in Shiraz
The 24 Italians are the second group to evacuate via Azerbaijan’s Baku. The first group that arrived in Italy in recent days had 34 Italian nationals. Another convoy from Iran could depart from Tehran as early as Monday.
“After about nine hours of travel and a very long wait at the border, the group was welcomed by representatives of the Italian Embassy in Baku, and then moved to the airport of the Azerbaijani capital to wait to return to Italy with the first available flights,” the ministry said.
The group included an Italian doctor and his partner, an Iranian woman, and their 18-month-old child, the ministry said.
Another convoy from Iran could depart from Tehran as early as Monday.
The first group that arrived in Italy via Baku in recent days had 34 Italian nationals.
Italy’s foreign ministry also said it chartered a flight to help evacuate its citizens from Israel via Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on Sunday.
Israel-Iran conflict LIVE: Israel aims to sabotage nuclear talks between US and Iran, says Turkey’s Erdogan
Israel and Iran traded strikes a week into their war on Friday (June 20, 2025) Key European ministers met with Iran’s top diplomat in Geneva in a scramble to de-escalate the conflict. But the first face-to-face meeting between Western and Iranian officials in the weeklong war concluded after four hours with no sign of an immediate breakthrough.
But the first face-to-face meeting between Western and Iranian officials in the weeklong war concluded after four hours with no sign of an immediate breakthrough.
To give diplomacy a chance, Mr. Trump said he would put off deciding for up to two weeks whether to join Israel’s air campaign against Iran. U.S. participation would most likely involve strikes against Iran’s underground Fordo uranium enrichment facility, considered to be out of reach to all but America’s “bunker-buster” bombs.
Whether or not the U.S. joins, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel’s military operation in Iran would continue “for as long as it takes” to eliminate what he called the existential threat of Iran’s nuclear program and arsenal of ballistic missiles.
Meanwhile, Tehran is ready to “consider diplomacy” again only once Israel’s “aggression is stopped”, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said following talks in Geneva with his European counterparts on Iran’s nuclear programme.
Erdogan says he’s ‘optimistic victory will be Iran’s’ in blistering speech as strikes continue
Erdogan says he’s ‘optimistic victory will be Iran’s’ in blistering speech as strikes continue. Turkish President accuses Israel of sabotaging the nuclear talks between Iran and the US. He urged diplomats at the OIC meeting to increase pressure on Israel on the basis of international law and UN resolutions. Israel said its strikes had targeted Iran’s nuclear site in Isfahan, and that it had killed three senior commanders.
Erdogan says he’s ‘optimistic victory will be Iran’s’ in blistering speech as strikes continue
As the conflict between Israel and Iran enters its ninth consecutive day, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he’s “optimistic that victory will be Iran’s” in a blistering speech at a gathering of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) foreign ministers in Istanbul.
Erdogan accused Israel of sabotaging the nuclear talks between Iran and the US — which were ongoing when Israel first launched strikes last Friday, June 13 — adding that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu does not want to “resolve issues through diplomatic means.”
He urged the diplomats at the OIC meeting to increase pressure on Israel on the basis of international law and UN resolutions.
Erdogan’s harsh rhetoric comes days before he’s due to join a meeting of leaders of the NATO Alliance this week, including US President Donald Trump, who has dismissed a European-led effort to steer parties to the negotiating table.
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“Iran doesn’t want to speak to Europe. They want to speak to us,” Trump told reporters in New Jersey late on Friday. “Europe is not going to be able to help in this one.”
Meanwhile, Israel said its strikes had targeted Iran’s nuclear site in Isfahan, and that it had killed three senior commanders of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
Israel’s foreign minister Gideon Saar said in an interview published in Germany’s Bild newspaper on Saturday that Israel has already delayed Iran’s nuclear programme by “at least two or three years.”
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