Iran says US should 'obtain a response' to strikes – DW

[ad_1] Skip next section IAEA head warns of 'unthinkable levels' of destruction if diplomacy fails 06/23/2025 June 23, 2025 IAEA head warns of 'unthinkable ranges' of destruction if diplomacy fails

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi has appealed to all events concerned to return to dialogue and diplomacy.

"If that window closes, violence and destruction may attain unthinkable ranges, and the worldwide non-proliferation regime as we all know it may crumble and fall," he informed the UN Safety Council emergency assembly.

He mentioned it hasn’t been attainable to evaluate the harm on the Fordo facility, though craters have been seen on the well-fortified underground uranium enrichment facility.

Grossi mentioned the entrances to tunnels in Isfahan that had apparently been used to retailer enriched materials had been hit, in addition to a gas enrichment facility in Natanz.

Iran knowledgeable the company that there was no improve in radiation exterior the three services, Grossi informed the council.

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Skip next section What's the significance of the Strait of Hormuz? 06/22/2025 June 22, 2025 What is the significance of the Strait of Hormuz?

The battle has put renewed deal with safety within the Strait of Hormuz, with Iran reportedly contemplating blocking it after the US strikes on its nuclear websites.

The important thing waterway lies between Oman and Iran, and connects the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.

The US Vitality Info Administration (EIA) describes it because the "world's most vital oil transit chokepoint."

Massive volumes of crude extracted by OPEC international locations like Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Iraq from oil fields throughout the Persian Gulf area and consumed globally move by way of the strait.

Round 20 million barrels of crude, condensate and fuels are estimated to move by way of the waterway each day, in accordance with knowledge from Vortexa, an power and freight market marketing consultant.

However specialists say Iran is unlikely to maneuver forward with closing it, and exporters produce other choices to fall again on if it does. Learn DW's full evaluation here .

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Skip next section UN chief warns of 'rathole of retaliation' 06/22/2025 June 22, 2025 UN chief warns of 'rathole of retaliation'

United Nations Secretary-Common Antonio Guterres warned towards "one other cycle of destruction" throughout an emergency assembly of the UN Safety Council following the US bombing of nuclear websites in Iran.

"I've repeatedly condemned any army escalation within the Center East," the UN chief mentioned. "And but, we now danger descending right into a rathole of retaliation after retaliation."

Guterres mentioned the bombing of Iranian nuclear services marks a "perilous flip in a area already reeling."

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Skip next section US must 'receive a response' to strikes Iranian president says 06/22/2025 June 22, 2025 US should 'obtain a response' to strikes Iranian president says

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian mentioned america should "obtain a response" to its assaults on nuclear websites in Iran.

"The People should obtain a response to their aggression," Pezeshkian informed French President Emmanuel Macron, in accordance with the official IRNA information company.

In a put up on X, Macron mentioned that throughout the dialog with Pezeshkian, he "referred to as for de-escalation and for Iran to train the utmost restraint on this harmful context, to permit a return to diplomatic channels."

Pezeshkian referred to as on Iranians to unite within the face of the assaults from Israel and the US. He joined a march in Tehran the place demonstrators chanted slogans towards Israel and the US, the Fars information company reported.

Iran's international minister, Abbas Araghchi, mentioned earlier Sunday that there can be "eternal penalties" for the US assaults.

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Skip next section US orders non-essential diplomats to leave Lebanon 06/22/2025 June 22, 2025 US orders non-essential diplomats to go away Lebanon

The State Division has ordered all non-essential personnel and the households of employees on the US Embassy in Lebanon to go away as considerations mount about Iranian retaliation for US strikes in Iran.

In a discover issued on Sunday, the State Division mentioned it had taken the step "as a result of unstable and unpredictable safety scenario within the area."

The discover made no point out of any potential evacuation flights or different help for personal US residents wanting to go away Lebanon however mentioned they need to attempt to use present industrial providers to depart.

The US has already organized a number of evacuations of Americans from Israel and is advising Americans in Iran on how one can go away the nation.

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Skip next section Iran considers closing Strait of Hormuz, Press TV reports 06/22/2025 June 22, 2025 Iran considers closing Strait of Hormuz, Press TV stories

Iran's Supreme Nationwide Safety Council should make the ultimate determination on whether or not to shut the Strait of Hormuz following US bombing raids, Iran's Press TV mentioned on Sunday.

Parliament is reported to have backed the measure, with Iran having lengthy used the specter of closing the Strait, by way of which round 20% of worldwide oil and fuel demand flows, to fend off stress from the West.

Tensions are at their highest following the in a single day US strikes on its nuclear services. A choice to shut the strait just isn't but last.

Esmail Kosari, a member of parliament's nationwide safety fee, was quoted on Iranian media as saying: "For now, [parliament has] come to the conclusion we should always shut the Strait of Hormuz, however the last determination on this regard is the duty of the Supreme Nationwide Safety Council."

The Strait of Hormuz sees 20% of oil and fuel calls for transfer by way of it Picture: Hamad I Mohammed/REUTERS

Kosari, who can be a Revolutionary Guards Commander, had earlier informed the Younger Journalist Membership that closing the strait was on the agenda and can be executed "every time needed."

Iranian International Minister Abbas Aragchi had dodged the query when he was pressed, replying: "A wide range of choices can be found to Iran."

The strait lies between Oman and Iran and hyperlinks the Mideast Gulf north of it with the Gulf of Oman to the south and the Arabian Sea past. It's 21 miles (33 kilometers) large at its narrowest level, with the transport lane simply two miles large in both course.

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Skip next section Israel says it carried out 'dozens of strikes' in Iran 06/22/2025 June 22, 2025 Israel says it carried out 'dozens of strikes' in Iran

Israel mentioned that it deployed round 30 fighter jets to hold out huge assaults in Iran on Sunday.

With the transfer, Israel has expanded its offensive launched greater than per week in the past, a army spokesman mentioned in a press release.

The assertion mentioned Israel had "struck dozens of army targets all through Iran," together with "the 'Imam Hussein' Strategic Missile Command Heart within the Yazd space, the place long-range Khorramshahr missiles have been saved."

The Israeli army additionally confirmed strikes on missile launchers within the Bushehr province, the place a "huge explosion" was reported by Iranian media. It additionally confirmed strikes in Ahvaz within the southwest and central Isfahan, which is home to a uranium conversion facility focused by greater than two dozen missiles fired from a US submarine within the Center East in a single day.

Israeli army spokesman Effie Defrin mentioned there can be no interruption within the offensive towards Iran after in a single day US strikes.

"We're persevering with and are decided to realize the goals of the operation: eliminating the existential menace to the state of Israel, damaging Iran's nuclear programme and destroying its missile programs," Defrin mentioned.

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Skip next section IAEA head says too early to assess damage at Fordo 06/22/2025 June 22, 2025 IAEA head says too early to evaluate harm at Fordo

The UN's nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi informed CNN on Sunday that it was not but attainable to evaluate the harm executed after US strikes hit Iran's Fordo enrichment website, which is buried in a mountain.

Grossi, the pinnacle of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) , additionally referred to as on all sides to return to the "negotiating desk as quickly as attainable." He added that "inspectors want to have the ability to return to Iran's nuclear websites."

Inspectors haven't been in a position to examine Iran's nuclear services for the reason that first strikes on them by Israel on June 13.

Grossi added the UN nuclear physique would maintain an "emergency assembly" on the group's headquarters in Vienna on Monday in response to the US strikes.

In the meantime, the IAEA wrote on the social media platform X that it had not detected any improve in radiation ranges at key nuclear websites in Iran after the US strikes.

"Following assaults on three nuclear websites in Iran... the IAEA can verify that no improve in off-site radiation ranges has been reported as of this time," the watchdog mentioned on X.

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Skip next section Rubio says Iranian retaliation would be 'worst mistake' 06/22/2025 June 22, 2025 Rubio says Iranian retaliation can be 'worst mistake'

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio mentioned the world was "safer" after the US strikes on Iran. He spoke concerning the strikes on US broadcaster Fox Information' present "Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo."

Rubio warned Iran towards retaliating towards the US, saying such an motion can be "the worst mistake they've ever made."

"I feel the world in the present day is safer and extra steady than it was 24 hours in the past," he mentioned, warning Iran that it risked additional reprisals if it insisted on sustaining a "secret" nuclear program.

Iran has mentioned its nuclear program serves completely civilian functions.

Rubio accused Iran of getting into into "faux negotiations" forward of the strikes in a bid to "play" US President Donald Trump.

Officers from the US and Iran had been scheduled to fulfill on June 15, however that assembly was canceled after Israel launched assaults on Iran on June 13.

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Skip next section Vance calls strikes a chance for 'reset' between Iran and US 06/22/2025 June 22, 2025 Vance calls strikes an opportunity for 'reset' between Iran and US

US Vice President JD Vance mentioned his nation was solely at conflict with Iran's nuclear program , including that this system had been pushed again following US airstrikes ordered by President Donald Trump .

"We're not at conflict with Iran. We're at conflict with Iran's nuclear program," Vance mentioned in an interview on NBC's "Meet the Press with Kristen Welker."

"I feel that we have now actually pushed their program again by a really very long time," Vance mentioned. "I feel that it is going to be many, a few years earlier than the Iranians are going to have the ability to develop a nuclear weapon."

The US had been in diplomatic talks with Iran about Tehran's nuclear program, however Vance accused Iran of not negotiating in good religion, which he mentioned served as a catalyst for US strikes.

"We do not desire a regime change," Vance added. "We don't wish to protract this... We wish to finish the nuclear program, after which we wish to discuss to the Iranians a couple of long-term settlement right here.

"I really suppose it gives a chance to reset this relationship, reset these negotiations and get us in a spot the place Iran can determine to not be a menace to its neighbors, to not a menace to america and in the event that they're prepared to try this, america is all ears," Vance mentioned.

Vance defined that Trump made the ultimate determination to strike Iran proper earlier than the strikes came about and that Washington has obtained some "oblique" messages from Tehran for the reason that strikes. He didn't elaborate on the content material of the messages.

Iranian International Minister Abbas Araghchi mentioned that by bombing nuclear program websites in Iran, the US had "blown up diplomacy." (See entry under)

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Skip next section Top US general describes 'Operation Midnight Hammer' 06/22/2025 June 22, 2025 High US basic describes 'Operation Midnight Hammer'

America's prime army officer, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Employees Common Dan Caine, informed reporters on Sunday that in a single day US strikes on Iranian nuclear services had included 14 huge ordnance penetrator or "bunker-buster" bombs, greater than two dozen Tomahawk missiles and over 125 army plane.

Caine referred to as "Operation Midnight Hammer" the most important B-2 operational strike in US historical past, explaining that seven B-2 stealth bombers had flown 18 hours from the US mainland to Iran and refueled mid-air a number of instances alongside the best way to hold out the mission.

Regardless of claims from President Trump and Secretary of Protection Hegseth that Iran's nuclear program was "obliterated", Caine mentioned a battle harm evaluation was nonetheless ongoing.

He mentioned US troops within the area got no superior warning and stay on excessive alert. The final mentioned preliminary assessments indicated "excessive harm and destruction" at three Iranian nuclear websites.

Caine mentioned the US troops had used misleading ways and accomplished their mission of delivering some 75 precision-guided weapons to targets inside Iran undetected — sustaining the component of shock all through.

Including that "no different army on the earth may have executed this," Caine suggested Iran to chorus from placing again towards the US, saying that to take action can be "a poor selection."

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Skip next section Iran's Revolutionary Guards warn US military bases in Middle East 06/22/2025 June 22, 2025 Iran's Revolutionary Guards warn US army bases in Center East

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) issued a warning to US army bases within the Center East after in a single day US airstrikes on the nation's nuclear websites.

"By attacking the peaceable nuclear services, [US forces] have de facto put themselves in direct hazard," the IRGC mentioned, in accordance with the Fars information company.

Iran, it mentioned, would "use choices past the understanding... of the agressor entrance, and the aggressors of this land should anticipate regrettable responses."

The in a single day US airstrikes ordered by US President Donald Trump focused nuclear services in three areas in Iran, together with the well-fortified uranium enrichment plant at Fordo.

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The IRGC additionally mentioned it could proceed to focus on Israel, which has been hit by a number of waves of missile and drone assaults since Israel struck Iran on June 13.

The US has many bases across the Persian Gulf, together with in Bahrain and Qatar. Some are positioned comparatively near Iran, which may make them targets of retaliation.

Round 40,000 members of the US army are at the moment stationed within the area.

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Skip next section US Defense Secretary Hegseth praises Trump for Iran strikes 06/22/2025 June 22, 2025 US Protection Secretary Hegseth praises Trump for Iran strikes Picture: Alex Brandon/AP Picture/image alliance US Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth on Sunday referred to as army strikes towards Iranian nuclear services "an unimaginable and overwhelming success" that had "obliterated Iran's nuclear ambitions."

Hegseth mentioned neither Iranian troops nor civilians had been focused within the US operation.

Simply hours after the airstrikes on Iran, Hegseth echoed President Trump, claiming the US "seeks peace." He went on to say, "We'll act swiftly and decisively when our individuals, our companions or our pursuits are threatened."

Hegseth praised Trump for the operation, which he mentioned had been months within the making: "The operation President Trump deliberate was daring and it was good, exhibiting the world that American deterrence is again. When this president speaks, the world ought to pay attention."

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Skip next section 'Massive' blasts reported in Bushehr 06/22/2025 June 22, 2025 'Large' blasts reported in Bushehr

Iran's solely nuclear reactor is located in Bushehr (photograph from 2021) Picture: Iranian Presidency/Zuma/image alliance Iranian media have reported "huge" blasts within the southern metropolis of Bushehr, residence to Iran's solely nuclear reactor.