🇮🇷⚔️🇮🇱KEY UPDATES ON IRAN-ISRAEL CONFLICT

As Israel and Iran continue to trade strikes, here’s what has happened as of June 19:

🟠 60 fighter jets struck over 20 targets in Tehran, with one attack hitting anti-tank missile production facilities in Iran, the IDF said.

🟠 Israel attacked Iran’s heavy water reactor at the Arak Nuclear Complex in northwest Iran, per state media agency IRIB. The facility was not seriously damaged and there is no radiation, it added.

🟠 One attack by the Israeli Air Force hit Karaj, west of Tehran, per Iranian media.

🟠 Iran used its Sejjil missiles with a 2,000 km range for the first time against Israel, Tasnim reported.

🟠 Videos of Iran unleashing a “new generation of missiles” in a fresh wave of attacks on Israel were widely posted online.

🟠 Iranian missiles struck Tel Aviv, with six explosions heard in the city, including in the Holon area, SNN reported.

🟠 The “main target” of Iran’s morning ballistic missile attack “was the large [Israeli Army] Command and Intelligence (IDF C4I) headquarters and the military intelligence camp in the Gav-Yam Technology Park,” IRNA, reported. The facility is located next to Soroka Hospital in Be’er Sheva.

🟠 IRGC missiles hit Israel’s stock exchange, Al Jazeera reported.

🟠 Iran’s Tasnim News Agency shared a list of US military bases in the region that lie within range of Iranian missiles.

🟠 Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei warned the US against joining Israel’s war, saying that it would be “a recipe for an all-out war in the region.”

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💥💥💥 SpaceX's Starship explodes before its 10th test launch, US media reports

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✅Iran's Atomic Energy Organization CONFIRMS Israeli strikes on nuclear complex in Arak

🇮🇷Tehran has notified the IAEA about today’s Israeli attack on the country’s nuclear facilities.

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🗣Israel used CIVILIAN STRUCTURES AS COVER, placing missiles in urban centers – IRGC

🇮🇷Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says that Israeli military forces evacuated their bases and deployed their "ineffective missile and air defense systems" in residential areas.

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🇷🇺🚫🇩🇪Russia intends to withdraw from Russian-German agreement on military-technical cooperation – Russian MFA

💬"The German leadership ideologically influences the German population in an anti-Russian manner, and provokes an aggravation of the military-political situation," the statement read.

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🗣Russia awaits US proposals for continued bilateral talks on irritants in relations - Russian MFA spox

💬 "The third round of these consultations was supposed to take place now, but unfortunately, the Americans said they could not make it on those dates. So, we are waiting for their proposals," Maria Zakharova said at the SPIEF.

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🇷🇺🪖 RUSSIAN DEFENSE BRIEFING: CRUCIAL STRIKES & ENEMY LOSSES

⚡️NOVONIKOLAYEVKA (DPR) LIBERATED

▫️ Russian forces conducted precision strikes on Ukrainian drone production and storage facilities.

▫️ Heavy Ukrainian losses: Over 1,365 troops eliminated in the special military operation zone in the past 24 hours.

▫️ Air defense superiority: 7 JDAM bombs and 234 enemy drones shot down.

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🪖❌ Pentagon’s super bomb might be POWERLESS to crack Iran’s nuke bunkers

America’s GBU-57 A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb – known as a bunker buster, “can only reach a depth of 200 ft, but Iran’s facilities are 300ft deep, so it’s possible the US can’t even destroy Iran’s nuclear material,” warns former American intelligence officer Matthew Shoemaker.

Even if it did succeed, the ensuing fallout would pose “a significant chemical hazard to anyone in the area,” and could be spread further by the wind, the military expert said.

👉America’s B-2 Spirit stealth bombers would need to be used to deliver these giant munitions to the intended targets – dragging the US DIRECTLY into the conflict.

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🚨🇷🇺🇺🇸 Statement to press by Robert Agee, President of American Chamber of Commerce in Russia

📍SPIEF sidelines

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🇷🇺🇮🇷🇮🇱Russia maintains partnership relations with Iran and trusting relations with Israel – Kremlin

➕Israel promised Russia that Russian specialists at the Bushehr nuclear facility in Iran would not be at risk of attack, Dmitry Peskov added.

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📞Putin and Xi discuss Middle East, bilateral relations and G7 summit aftermath

🇷🇺🇨🇳Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed key international issues by phone, Kremlin Aide Yuri Ushakov said.

Here's a breakdown of their conversation:

🟠Russia and China strongly condemn Israel’s actions, which violate the UN Charter, and share identical views on the Middle East situation

🟠Both Moscow and Beijing agree that the situation in the Middle East cannot be resolved through forceful means

🟠Putin reiterated Russia’s readiness to mediate in the Middle East if necessary

🟠Putin and Xi also discussed strengthening Russia-China bilateral ties

🟠They touched on the recent G7 summit, with Putin noting internal disagreements among participants and no success for Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky

🟠The leaders agreed their respective ministries and services would begin exchanges and further collaboration on the Middle East situation in the coming days

🤝 Full-scale talks between the two leaders are scheduled for September 2 in China

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🚨Russia ready to return to talks with Ukraine after June 22

The Russian delegation is set to arrive in Istanbul after June 22 to continue negotiations with Ukraine, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said.

Exact dates for the new round of talks will be announced soon

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📹🎉The grand opening of the International Economic Forum just took place in St. Petersburg

Big names, big discussions and even bigger deals are about to unfold.

👉Stay tuned for all the key highlights!

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🇮🇶📹Workers in Iraq filmed one of the Iranian missile launches targeting Israel

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🚨Russia's strong warning to Israel

🇷🇺Moscow condemns Israel’s attacks on Iran's peaceful nuclear facilities, urging Tel Aviv to stop its strikes immediately.

🔊Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stresses concern for the safety of the Bushehr nuclear plant, where Russian specialists are working.

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🇷🇺🇮🇩PUTIN & SUBIANTO START TALKS

The Russian leader called Indonesia’s president the main guest of this year’s SPIEF

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🚨 BREAKING: Group of Russian soldiers returns from Kiev-controlled territory as per Istanbul agreements - 🇷🇺MoD

In exchange, a group of Ukrainian POWs was handed over.

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🚀 RUSSIA LAUNCHES ANGARA-A5: Heavy-lift rocket takes flight

The Russian MoD has released stunning footage of the Angara-A5’s successful launch, marking another milestone in Moscow’s space achievements, while the Americans are coping with failure.

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