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Iranian Missiles Hit Tel Aviv in Retaliatory Attack
More than 30 injuries reported as Tel Aviv was hit by Iran’s retaliatory strikes. The U.S. is assisting Israel in shooting down missiles, a U.S. official said.
Smoke rises from a location allegedly targeted in Israel's wave of strikes on Tehran, Iran, on early morning of June 13, 2025. (Photo by SAN / Middle East Images via AFP) Photo by SAN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
Smoke rises from a location allegedly targeted in Israel's wave of strikes on Tehran, Iran, on early morning of June 13, 2025. (Photo by SAN / Middle East Images via AFP) Photo by SAN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
The head of the United Nations’ nuclear agency has confirmed that an Iranian nuclear facility was damaged during widespread Israeli strikes in Tehran overnight.
International Atomic Energy Agency Director Mariano Grossi said in a statement on Friday that attacks carried out by Israel on nuclear facilities were confirmed to him by Iranian officials and that the “Natanz enrichment site has been impacted,” but that radiation levels are not elevated.
“This development is deeply concerning. I have repeatedly stated that nuclear facilities must never be attacked, regardless of the context or circumstances, as it could harm both people and the environment,” the U.N. official said.
UN Nuclear Watchdog Gives Update on Iranian Nuclear Facilities
Debris and rubble are pictured at the scene of a building that was hit by an Israeli strike in Tehran on June 13, 2025. Meghdad Madadi/ Tasnim News/AFP via Getty Images
This picture shows a building damaged in an Israeli strike on Tehran on June 13, 2025. Israel hit about 100 targets in Iran on June 13. Atta Kenare /AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House on June 12, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
President Donald Trump in the East Room of the White House on June 12, 2025. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images
In his first comments since Israel launched a wave of strikes against Iran’s nuclear facilities on Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump urged the Islamic Republic to reach a nuclear deal “before it is too late.”
In a post on Truth Social, Trump said that he had given Iran “chance after chance” to make a deal, but “they just couldn’t get it done.”
“I told them it would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told, that the United States makes the best and most lethal military equipment anywhere in the World, BY FAR, and that Israel has a lot of it, with much more to come - And they know how to use it,” he wrote.
Ayatollah Appoints New Chief of Staff of Iranian Armed Forces
People look over damage to buildings—following Israeli airstrikes on nuclear and military facilities across the country—in Nobonyad Square in Tehran, Iran on June 13, 2025. Majid Saeedi/Getty Images
Smoke rises from a location allegedly targeted in Israel's wave of strikes on Tehran, Iran, on the early morning of June 13, 2025. SAN/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images
UN Secretary General Condemns Israel’s ‘Military Escalation’
A picture taken on June 13, 2025, shows a partial view of a destroyed apartment in a building targeted by an Israeli strike on the Iranian capital Tehran early in the morning. -/AFP via Getty Images
Iranian Military Vows US and Israel Will Pay a ‘Heavy Price’
A firefighter calls out his colleagues at the scene of an explosion in a residence compound in northern Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. AP Photo/Vahid Salemi
Residents watch a damaged apartment in Tehran, Iran, early on June 13, 2025. Israel attacked Iran's capital early Friday, with explosions booming across Tehran.AP Photo/Vahid Salemi
Airspace Around Tehran Airport Closed: Iranian Media
Israel launched a preemptive strike on Iran in the early morning hours of June 13.
The attack was confirmed by Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz, who declared a state of emergency throughout the entire country.
“Following the State of Israel’s preemptive strike against Iran, a missile and drone attack against the State of Israel and its civilian population is expected in the immediate future,” he said.
“Therefore, and in accordance with his authority under the Civil Defense Law, Defense Minister Israel Katz has now signed a special order, according to which a special state of emergency will be imposed in the home front throughout the entire State of Israel.”
This action comes after the United States ordered the departure of nonessential personnel from its embassy in Iraq, and authorized the voluntary departure of nonessential personnel from U.S. embassies in Bahrain and Kuwait.
