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Israel Intensifies Strikes on Ghom and Isfahan as Diplomacy Fails

Iran has rejected negotiations until strikes cease, prompting stalled European mediation as the US weighs military support.

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Overview

  • Israeli air force targeted rocket depots and a residential building in Ghom overnight, killing a 16-year-old and wounding two others while explosions were reported near Isfahan’s nuclear research site.
  • Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghtschi reiterated that Tehran will not resume talks unless Israel halts its air campaign against Iranian territory.
  • Diplomats from Germany, France, Britain and the EU ended a Geneva meeting on June 20 without securing a ceasefire or commitments on Iran’s nuclear activities.
  • President Donald Trump has set a June 29 deadline to decide on US military intervention and has redeployed the USS Gerald R. Ford closer to the Middle East.
  • Germany carried out its first evacuation of citizens from Israel since the conflict began, and Israeli officials claim their strikes have delayed Iran’s bomb program by two to three years.