Iran-Israel developments (14-Jun-2025) (update 3)
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(SPECIAL EDITION) Pepe Escobar: Iran STRIKES BACK After Israeli Attack!
Nima interviews Pepe Escobar, a very intelligent, informed and well-connected geopolitical analyst. This is an important episode.
Third F-35 fighter jet downed in Iranian territory, two Israeli pilots now in custody - Tehran Times
A statement by the Army added that the pilot was captured after ejecting over western Iran.
With this latest downing, Iran has neutralized three F-35 fighter jets since Israel began its aggression on Friday. Of the two others, one pilot is believed liquidated, and another too captured by Iranian forces.
Note that the F-35 is supposed to be a highly stealthy aircraft. It seems Iran was able to bring at least some its air defenses back on-line very quickly following lat nights devastating and illegal attack by Israel.
Iran Claims Its Missiles Hit Israeli Nuke Facility of Dimona | Republic World
Tel Aviv: Iran has claimed its missiles hit Israeli nuclear facility of Dimona after it fired a rain of missiles and drones towards Tel Aviv, in retaliation to Israeli strikes over nuclear facilities in Tehran.
Israeli missile strike kills Iranian engineering student and his wife - Tehran Times
The attack, part of a wider wave of Israeli missile strikes targeting multiple Iranian cities, has left a number of civilians-including women, children, and students-dead or severely injured. Iranian authorities have strongly condemned the aggression, calling it a blatant act of terrorism and a violation of international law.
This latest act of violence has intensified public mourning and calls for accountability. Images of the young couple, circulated on Iranian social media, have prompted an outpouring of sympathy and renewed demands for international condemnation of Israel's cross-border military actions.
US covertly armed Israel with hundreds of missiles ahead of aggression on Iran: Report - Tehran Times
The transfer, executed on Tuesday under a pre-approved $7.4 billion arms package, highlights Washington's direct complicity in Tel Aviv's aggressive strikes that began on Friday, targeting residential areas in Tehran as well as nuclear and military sites.
The regime's attacks have reportedly resulted in the deaths of over 100 Iranian nationals, including civilians, senior military officials, and nuclear scientists.
Iran penetrates Israel with drones after five waves of missile strikes pummel occupied territories - Tehran Times
TEHRAN - Iran's Army confirmed that several Arash kamikaze drones successfully penetrated the occupied territories and struck their targets, following at least five rounds of ballistic missile attacks that rained down on Israeli sites across occupied Palestine, leaving massive trails of destruction in their wake.
Alert sirens have blared continuously in Israel since midnight and into the early hours of Saturday. Footage shows widespread wreckage across the occupied territories, with Israeli media calling the devastation unprecedented in the regime's history.
After the first volleys of Iranian ballistic missiles struck Israel, the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) stated that at least 150 military and intelligence sites, as well as arms manufacturing facilities, had been hit. While no further statements followed subsequent missile strikes, reports indicate the assaults intensified over time. Some Israeli media outlets described the warheads hitting the Zionist entity as "terrifying."
UPDATE 3:
The Zionists are Crying, "Uncle Sam"
Israel's initial euphoria over its Friday morning strikes on Iranian targets is fading as Israeli inhabitants get a taste of their own medicine. Israel's much touted Iron Dome is a total bust. I have posted a couple of videos below that show the Iranian missiles arriving unimpeded.
In his latest video, BORZZIKMAN reports that the Iranian strike yesterday on the IDF version of the Pentagon destroyed a THAAD air defense system that was deployed to "protect" the building.
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The Potemkin Village propaganda generated by Israel and spread by Western media is coming apart at the seams. While many in the West still believe that Israel has struck a fatal blow on Iran and that Iran is just days away from a collapse, the Iranian missile force is alive and well and bombing the shit out of Israel.
Video: Iranian Missiles Strike Tel Aviv 15 June 2025
Video: Hypersonic Missiles Hitting Tel Aviv
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Ritter's Rant Ep. 2 - Real Scott Ritter
Missile Defense, and why Iron Dome doesn't, and Golden Dome won't, work
Israel Attacks Key Iranian Gas Facility In New Escalation (Video)South Front
In a new escalation, Israel attacked on June 14 a key gas facility in southern Iran, forcing a shut down of production there.
A massive barrage of Iranian missiles hits Zionist entity as Yemen strikes Tel Aviv
The fresh wave of Iranian missile strikes targeted the heart of the Zionist entity in the early hours of Sunday as the Yemeni military reportedly struck the Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.
IRGC says it struck Israeli fighter jet fuel production and energy supply sites with missiles, drones
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says it has struck the Israeli regime's fighter jet fuel production facilities and energy supply lines with a massive barrage of missiles and drones.
Israeli regime's spy chief steps down as Iranian missiles pound occupied territories
The head of the Israeli regime's Shin Bet spy agency has stepped down amid Iran's large-scale retaliatory military operation against the Zionist entity late on Saturday.
His resignation comes months after he warned the regime officials about the Islamic Republic "infiltrating" deeply into the Israeli intelligence affairs.
Explainer: What are Emad, Ghadr, and Kheibar Shekan missiles Iran unleashed on Israel
According to Iranian media reports, the aerospace division of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) deployed various advanced missile systems during the latest wave of 'Operation True Promise III' on Saturday.
Embattled Netanyahu urges US to join Israeli regime's war against Iran: Report
The Israeli regime has urged the United States to join its war against the Islamic Republic of Iran to achieve the "elimination" of the country's nuclear energy program, according to a report.
The request was made within the past 48 hours, intending to supplement the Israeli regime's efforts with American capabilities amid the ongoing war with Iran, according to a report by the American news website Axios published early on Sunday.
Factbox: Key Israeli targets Iranian missiles hit on day one of Op. True Promise III
After a series of Israeli aggressor and terrorist attacks on Iranian cities, with yesterday's retaliatory attack, the Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) once again taught the aggressor Israeli regime a lesson and embarrassed their air defense systems.
Israel bombs residential buildings in Tehran
In the deadliest attack on Tehran's residential neighborhoods since the 1980s, Israeli airstrikes have left at least 78 civilians dead and more than 300 injured.
Explainer: How Iran outsmarted Israel and downed F-35 fighter jets for the first time
The Iranian armed forces have reportedly shot down at least three Israeli F-35 fighter jets, marking the first time a fifth-generation stealth aircraft has been successfully downed.
Thick smoke over Haifa as Iran begins second night of attacks against Israel - Tehran Times
TEHRAN - Sirens blared north of the occupied territories late Saturday as Iran launched its second night of missile strikes against Israel, retaliating after the regime murdered Iranian civilians, officials, and scientists in unprovoked and unprecedented airstrikes.
All extra IAEA monitoring in Iran to be suspended : Iran MP - Tehran Times
TEHRAN- Ebrahim Azizi, the head of the National Security Committee of the Iranian Parliament, strongly criticized the recent actions of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its Director General, stating: "The IAEA's wrongful conduct and the biased report of its Director General, which was presented despite Iran's full cooperation, clearly demonstrate an abuse of our goodwill."
Saudi Arabia warns Israel is trying to drag U.S. into conflict with Tehran in call to Pezeshkian - Tehran Times
TEHRAN - During a phone call with Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian on Saturday, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman warned that Israel is making every effort to draw the United States into a conflict with Iran.
10 Israeli aircraft downed across Iran - Tehran Times
TEHRAN - Brigadier General Alireza Sabahifard, Commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Air Defense Base, announced that within the past hour, 10 hostile aircraft belonging to the Zionist regime were shot down in various parts of the country.
Al-Qassam destroys two Israeli APCs, detonates minefield south of Gaza - SabaNet
Al-Qassam Brigades on Saturday announced that they carried out a complex ambush destroying two Israeli APCs and detonating a minefield targeting an Israeli enemy force, resulting in casualties and injuries east of Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip.
IRAN WILL NOT RELENT: 'Iranians Unified in Retaliation Against Israel' -Prof. Mohammad Marandi
Israel's defense minister has declared that "Tehran will burn," if Iran continues the retaliation it kicked off on Friday, which consisted of hundreds of ballistic missiles and drones targeting Israel, and inflicted significant damage on Israel's equivalent of the Pentagon.
Prof. Seyed Mohammad Marandi, of the University of Tehran, noted that the unprecedented attacks against Iran that were carried out by Israel, and supported directly by the U.S., have only served to unite the Iranian people in their demands for retaliation.
UPDATE 2:
Israel kills 60, including 29 children, in attack on residential building in Tehran
An Israeli airstrike on a residential high-rise in the Iranian capital, Tehran, has killed at least 60 people, including 29 children, according to authorities.
Fires reported at two Iranian refineries due to Israeli attacks
Israeli attacks have caused fires in two refineries in the southern Iranian province of Bushehr, according to a report published in the local media.
Iranian army stops British spy destroyer, forces it to change course - SabaNet
The Public Relations Department of the First Naval Region stated in a statement carried by the Iranian Tasnim News Agency that "a British destroyer entered the northern Indian Ocean last night with the aim of directing missiles belonging to the Zionist regime toward Iranian territory, and was detected in a timely manner by the Iranian Navy's reconnaissance systems."
Iranian official: We are seriously considering closing Strait of Hormuz - SabaNet
The Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) quoted Ismail Kowsari, a member of the parliament's Security Committee, as saying that Iran is seriously considering closing the Strait of Hormuz, located between Oman and Iran and considered the world's most important oil shipping gateway.
The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow shipping lane in the Gulf region and is an important outlet for oil to the world, with two-thirds of the world's oil production passing through it.
Israel doesn't go rogue - it goes with Pentagon's green light - RT World News
Having been carrying out its ongoing genocide of the Palestinians for almost two years, wrecking Lebanon and Syria, repeatedly assaulting Iran and Yemen, and using subversion of Western political, economic, intellectual, and media elites to stifle its opponents wherever they speak up, Israel has now launched its most serious effort yet to either cripple or destroy Iran, its last remaining opponent with the potential to do it serious harm.
"Satanic acts": Iran's Dr. Foad Izadi on Israel's new regime change war
The Grayzone's Max Blumenthal interviews Dr. Foad Izadi, professor of world politics at the University of Tehran, amid Israeli airstrikes on Iran which assassinated nuclear scientists and military officials while killing many civilians.
Mark Sleboda: Israel-Iran WAR Begins - Massive Retaliation Underway!
Nima interviews Mark Sleboda, security analyst
Update 1:
Brian Berletic: Iran Retaliates Against US-Israeli Missile Strikes - Global South
-Iran has retaliated against US-backed Israeli strikes on Iran;
-Waves of 100s of missiles have struck targets across Israel;
-Iran is calibrating its retaliation to raise the cost of continued Israeli aggression;
-Iran seeks to avoid wider war and will only escalate if it is imposed upon it;
-Iranian leaders are taking a number of factors into consideration regarding policies before and after US-Israeli aggression and are focused primarily on a strategy of survival, not revenge;
Secret documents seized by Iran expose IAEA chiefs close cooperation with Israel
Thousands of sensitive documents on Israel's nuclear program recently obtained by the Iranian intelligence reveal direct cooperation between Tel Aviv and the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, against Iran.
Iran's Arabic-language television news network al-Alam TV said in a report on Thursday that leaked documents revealed a major intelligence breakthrough against the Israeli regime.
The newly released documents show that the IAEA chief has been closely cooperating with Israeli officials and has carried out their directives and orders in full, the report said.
Continuation of Iran-US talks amid Israel's savagery 'unjustifiable': FM Araghchi
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says the continuation of indirect talks between Iran and the United States amid Israel's savagery is "unjustifiable."
Araghchi made the remarks in a phone conversation with the European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas on Saturday, a day after the Israeli regime launched deadly aggression on various civilian and military areas and residential neighborhoods in the capital, Tehran, and other major cities.
The barbaric onslaught claimed dozens of innocent lives, including a number of the Islamic Republic's top military officials and commanders.
Azerbaijan's territory will not be used for strikes against Iran: FM Bayramov
Azerbaijan says it will never allow its territory to be used against a third country, including neighboring and friendly Iran.
Pakistan expresses support for Iran, urges Muslim unity against Israel
Pakistan has pledged full support for Iran at international forums and called on the Muslim world to unite against Israel amid its aggression against the Islamic Republic.
Kashmir stands in solidarity with Iran
Israel's attack on Iran has drawn widespread condemnation across the world. In Kashmir, protests were held after Friday prayers, with demonstrators denouncing the attacks and calling for unity across the Muslim world.
Yemeni protesters condemn Israel's aggression on Iran
Yemenis have taken to the streets of the capital Sana'a, voicing support for the Iranian people and condemning Israel's aggression. Yusef Mawry reports.
25 Palestinians martyred, 175 others injured in massacre of aid recipients in Gaza - SabaNet
Twenty-five Palestinian citizens were martyred and 175 others injured on Saturday by Israeli enemy forces near the so-called "aid distribution center" overseen by Israeli enemy forces near Netzarim axis in the central Gaza Strip.
Death toll from Israeli aggression on Gaza rises to 55,297. - SabaNet
The death toll from the Israeli enemy aggression on the Gaza Strip rose on Saturday to 55,297 martyrs and 128,426 injuries since October 7, 2023.
Israeli shelling kills at least 23, wounds dozens across Gaza Strip - SabaNet
Approximately 23 Palestinian citizens were martyred and dozens wounded early Saturday morning as Israeli enemy shelling targeted various areas of the Gaza Strip, with a heavy concentration in the central region.
Israeli airstrike claims 60 lives in Tehran apartment block - media - RT World News
At least 60 people, including 20 children, have been killed in an Israeli strike on an apartment block in the Iranian capital Tehran, according to local broadcaster IRIB News.