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🚨 BREAKING: Initial reports suggest a targeted assassination strike has taken place in Tehran, possibly involving a senior Iranian official.

🚨 BREAKING: A senior Iranian official tells Reuters that a ceasefire agreement has been accepted by Iran.

BREAKING | The Deputy Chief of Staff for Joint Operations of the Qatari Armed Forces stated that one of the 14 missiles launched by Iran on its attack earlier tonight landed at the US Al-Udeid Air Base. No casualties were reported.

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Legislator from Netanyahu’s Likud party opposes Iran truce

There’s already pushback to the Israel-Iran ceasefire.

Dan Illouz, a member of Netanyahu’s Likud Party, has said that the only deal the government must signed is Iran’s “surrender agreement”.

In a statement posted on X, Illouz said the “regime in Iran is not a regime with which agreements are made – but a regime that must be defeated”.

Illouz said that “if not defeated”, Iran will find new means against Israel.

This comes as Netanyahu faces pressure from right-wing members of his fractious coalition, as well as hardliners from his own party, to continue forceful action against Iran.

In recent days, Netanyahu has hinted that he will support a regime change in Iran, while Israeli media are advocating a partition of Iran along ethnic lines.

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Netanyahu says Israel has achieved ‘all objectives’ of operation against Iran

Here are the details from the Israeli statement.

It said Netanyahu met his cabinet along with the minister of defence and the head of the Mossad last night “to report that Israel had achieved all of the objectives of Operation Rising Lion, and much more”.

“Israel has removed a dual immediate existential threat – both in the nuclear and ballistic missile fields,” the statement said.

The Israeli military “achieved full air control over Tehran’s skies, inflicted severe damage on the military leadership, and destroyed dozens of central Iranian government targets”, it said.

“In light of the achievement of the operation’s objectives, and in full coordination with President Trump, Israel has agreed to the president’s proposal for a bilateral ceasefire,” it added.

“Israel will respond forcefully to any violation of the ceasefire.”

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Watch for false flags on this one

Nobody seems to know wtf is going on

🇮🇷 Iranian Supreme Leader:

“We didn't harm anyone. And we will not accept any harassment from anyone under any circumstances. And we will not submit to anyone's harassment; This is the logic of the Iranian nation.”

—❗️🇺🇸/🇬🇧/🇫🇷/🇮🇷 BREAKING: American, British and French jets have been scrambled in the entire Persian Gulf region

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—❗️🇺🇸/🇮🇷/🇮🇱 BREAKING: President Trump says Israel and Iran have agreed to a ceasefire, to take effect in 6 hours, with some additional complicated details

Iran has not made any comment.

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🇰🇵 🇮🇷 Pyongyang, June 23 (KCNA)

A spokesperson for the Foreign Ministry of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea gave the following answer to a question raised by KCNA on June 23 as regards the U.S. military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities:

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea strongly denounces the attack on Iran by the U.S. which severely violated the UN Charter with respect for sovereignty and non-interference in internal affairs as the basic principle and norms of other international laws and violently trampled down the territorial integrity and security interests of a sovereign state.

Opposing the threat and exercise of the force blocking the territorial integrity and political independence of a country in international relations is the purpose, principle and fundamental spirit of the UN Charter reflecting the general will of the international community.

The present situation of the Middle East, which is wholly shaking the basis of international peace and security, is an inevitable product brought by the reckless valor of Israel which has promoted its unilateral interests through ceaseless war moves and territorial expansion and by the Western-style free order that has tolerated and encouraged it.

Israel’s and the U.S. acts of further aggravating the tension in the Middle East and causing serious negative consequences to the global security structure by dint of physical strength under the pretext of the so-called "peacekeeping" and "threat removal" are amplifying serious concerns.

The just international community should raise the voice of unanimous censure and rejection against the U.S. and Israel's confrontational acts.

Man why do these things need to happen at night mostly lol

Like, I got to bed and wake up and spend an hour reading what has happened

—❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇱 BREAKING: New launches from Iran against Central and Southern Israel

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇮🇱 BREAKING: Semi-official Iranian state media, Fars News, reports that the news about Iran agreeing to a ceasefire is false, and that Iran will show this fact 'on the ground' in the next few hours

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I'm reading that israel attacked a radar station. So the war is back on?

Al Mayadeen's correspondent:

Preliminary reports indicate that the explosions that were heard in the surroundings of the Taji camp north of Baghdad were the result of a attack carried out by an unknown drone

The explosion hit a radar as well as an electrical technical department in the Taji Camp north of Baghdad

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🇮🇷🇾🇪🇷🇺| Iranian MP, in reaction to Medvedev’s tweet of willing to give Iran nukes:

“Russia & other countries that have such intentions should give their nuclear warheads to the commanders of the Yemeni AnsarAllah instead.”

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China: The US has tarnished its reputation by attacking Iran

China's Permanent Representative to the United Nations stated:

🔹The US attacks on Iran have caused damage to that country, but at the same time have seriously damaged the reputation and credibility of the United States on the international stage

—❗️🇮🇱/🇮🇷 CONFIRMED: Electrical substation directly hit by Iranian missile in Ashdod

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Explosions reported at Camp Taji, north of Baghdad, amid claims of possible airstrikes targeting Iranian-backed forces in Iraq.

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Multiple large explosions reported in al-Taji, just north of Baghdad.

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Netanyahu to ministers after the meeting: "Please remain completely silent and refrain from giving any interviews or commenting on recent developments."

🔻 Sources now suggest the Iranian attack may have already begun.

🔻 Widespread GPS disruptions are being reported in Qatar and across multiple Gulf countries.

🔻 Saudi Arabia has placed its Air Force on maximum high alert.

🔻 Iran has positioned missile launchers for a potential strike on U.S. forces in the Middle East, according to U.S. officials speaking to the Wall Street Journal.

At least four waves of missiles were fired at Israel from Iran today, but not many in total – about 10 or so maximum.

Having monitored these missile launches for the past week, there seems to be a slight change in tactics: less missiles but much more disruption, launched over different periods of time.

Today, raid alert sirens sounded for up to 40 minutes in parts of Israel. One damaged an electricity substation, knocking out electricity to 8,000 residents in the Ashdod port area. It’s now been restored.

And this is coming at a financial cost to Israel. According to the tax authority director, so far, 40,000 claims for compensation have been made by Israelis, totalling $1.3bn. Thirty buildings will have to be demolished.

“We’ve never seen so much damage,” says the tax director.

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— 🇪🇬/🇮🇷 NEW: Egyptair has announced the suspension of all flights to Persian Gulf countries until 'the situation in the region stabilizes'

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Israeli media: Two missiles fired from Iran, intercepted.

Israeli media: Powerful explosions heard in North.

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—❗️🇮🇷/🇺🇸/🇰🇼 BREAKING: Kuwait closes its airspace

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Israel looking rough

Iranian authorities say they have seized a truck carrying a large number of drones and arrested a Mossad agent in western Tehran.

According to Fotros Resistance, now the Israelis claim they have 12h to attack Iran after the ceasefire, but Iranian FM said any attack on Iran will result in more attacks.

We’ll see.

At the start of the Israeli attacks on the 13th, Mossad reportedly contacted IRGC commanders, warning them to resign from the Islamic Republic within 12 hours or be killed—urging them to record videos saying things like: “We won’t sacrifice our lives for those who ruined our country for 46 years.”

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