Trump: ‘Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!’
Blasts rock Tehran, Tel Aviv; Iran warns Israel of ‘devastating’ attacks
BREAKING: Massive explosion in Parchin. Iran produces missiles and warheads there while traces of uranium were found there in 2015, indicating that Iran is using the site for its nuclear weapons program.![Smoke billows from the Shahran oil depot, northwest of Tehran, Iran, on June 16, 2025 [Photo by AFP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/AFP__20250616__62J2962__v2__HighRes__IranIsraelConflict-1750069465.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
- Blasts rock Tehran and air raid sirens go off in Tel Aviv as Iran says it is preparing for what it calls the largest and most intense missile attack in history on Israeli soil, after a strike on Iranian state television.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that killing Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would not escalate hostilities, but would “end the conflict”.
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- The capital, Tehran, and military sites in the surrounding area.
- The city of Natanz, where explosions were reported at the main uranium enrichment facility.
- The city of Tabriz, where explosions have been reported near a nuclear research centre and two military bases.
- The city of Isfahan, south of Tehran.
- The city of Arak, southwest of Tehran.
- The city of Kermanshah, west of Tehran, where an underground facility storing ballistic missiles was hit near the Iraqi border.
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Who has been killed?
The attacks on Friday killed several senior military leaders, including:- Hossein Salami, the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)
- Mohammad Bagheri, chief of staff of Iran’s Armed Forces
- Gholamali Rashid, commander of Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters
- Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the IRGC Aerospace Forces
- Six prominent Iranian nuclear scientists were also killed
Syria
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