US President Donald Trump said Washington supports Israel, called Israeli strikes on Iranian territory a "successful attack" and urged Tehran to return to the negotiating table.
"They need to make a deal before it's too late. It's going to be too late. The people I did business with are dead," the American leader said in a telephone comment to CNN. He did not specify who exactly he was talking about.
Asked if they died as a result of the attack by the Jewish state, Trump said: “They did not die of the flu, they did not die of Covid“.
The Iranian military intends to intensify attacks on Israel and is ready to strike the bases in the Middle East of those countries that decide to defend the Jewish state, CNN reported, citing an Iranian official.
“Any country that tries to protect this regime from Iran's actions will see its regional bases and positions become new targets,“ he said.
Iran launched a new series of strikes against Israel, the Iranian Fars news agency reported.
The population of the Jewish state was ordered to hide.
The Israeli The military has recorded a new missile salvo of "dozens of missiles" from Iran, the army press service reported.
The military has begun intercepting enemy air targets. An air alert has been declared in many areas of the country, including Tel Aviv, and the population has been ordered to take shelter in shelters.
According to the military, reports of falling rocket debris and injuries have been received from a number of areas in Israel. Rescuers are currently heading to these places.
Iran's air defense systems have been activated again in Tehran.
A series of explosions and a fire near Tehran's Mehrabad Airport, located in the central part of the capital, Mehr news agency reported.
The footage published by the agency shows thick smoke. No damage was reported to the airport.
Bright anti-missile plumes and flashes that occur after intercepting targets are visible in the sky above the city.
Jordan has completely closed its airspace again, the control service at Amman International Airport reported.
Previously, the Jordanian aviation authorities had partially resumed air traffic, which was suspended due to the escalation of the situation in the region. The special regime implies the operation of flights to Amman and back with prior permission.
US President Donald Trump is an accomplice in Israel's strikes against Iran. This is stated in a letter distributed by the team of the American journalist Tucker Carlson.
„Donald Trump admitted that he knew in advance about the Israeli attack on Iran when he told Fox News journalist Brett Baier that he was aware of the plan of the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to carry out preemptive strikes and that the attack did not come as a surprise to him. As an accomplice in these military actions, the president hopes that the events of last night will help his negotiations with Iran on the nuclear program“, the message says.“Although the US military may not have been physically involved in the attack, years of funding and arms sales to Israel have undoubtedly placed the US at the center of the events of last night. Washington knew these attacks would happen. The US helped Israel carry them out“, the letter says. "It is worth taking a step back and asking how any of this helps the United States. We have not been able to find a single answer", the letter's authors conclude.
On the night of June 13, Israel launched Operation Rising Lion, targeting Iran's nuclear program. The Israel Defense Forces reported that 200 warplanes attacked more than 100 targets in Iran, including nuclear facilities. On the evening of June 13, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reported that Iran had responded by attacking dozens of targets in Israel with missiles, including military installations and air bases, as well as the Defense Ministry building in Tel Aviv. The Jewish state's authorities acknowledged that some targets were hit, but assured that most of the missiles were intercepted.
Iran also announced the closure of its airspace. The airspace over Iraq and Syria is also closed.