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Israel and Iran Continue Intense Strikes as Trump Warns of US Involvement

World powers are pressing for de-escalation to avert a broader Middle East war

Smoke billows following an explosion in central Tehran on Sunday.
Israeli soldiers search through the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by an Iranian missile strike in Bat Yam, central Israel, on Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)
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Overview

  • Israel’s surprise campaign began Friday with airstrikes that killed senior generals and nuclear scientists and struck the Natanz enrichment plant
  • Iran has launched multiple waves of ballistic missiles and drones, inflicting civilian casualties in Tel Aviv, Bat Yam and Haifa
  • Israeli raids have severely damaged Iran’s uranium-conversion facility in Isfahan and sparked fires at major oil and gas depots
  • President Trump warned the US could intervene militarily if Iran targets American assets and vetoed an Israeli plot to assassinate Ayatollah Khamenei
  • Tehran withdrew from scheduled nuclear talks in Oman this weekend in response to the ongoing hostilities