🚨‘Good News of Victory’: What's known about Iran’s retaliation against US

On June 23, Iran carried out a series of strikes against US assets in the Middle East in response for the US attacks on Iranian nuclear sites

🔶Iran launched strikes against US military bases in Iraq and Qatar. The operation was dubbed “Good News of Victory”, according to Iranian media

🔶The target of these strikes was the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar

🔶At least six missiles were launched by Iran during these strikes, with five of them launched at the Al Udeid Air Base and one at some target in Iraq, claims Israeli broadcaster Kan

🔶 Air defense systems have been activated at the US Al-Asad Airbase military base in Iraq over fears of a potential attack by Iran

🔶Qatar’s Foreign Ministry has condemned the Iranian attack, branding it as a blatant violation of Qatar's sovereignty, airspace, and international law

🔶Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar was attacked by Iranian short- and medium-range ballistic missiles, Pentagon said

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🚨Iranian, Russian Defense Ministers hold phone call

Iran intends to “punish the aggressor” by any means necessary and does not intend to accept any kind of forced peace, Iranian Minister of Defense Aziz Nasirzadeh told his Russian counterpart Andrey Belousov.

It is clear that Iran is not fighting just against Israel, Nasirzadeh remarked, pointing out that the United States and some other countries support Tel Aviv.

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🇮🇷Iranians are gathering at Valiasr Square in Tehran to celebrate Iran’s strikes on the US base in Qatar.

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An eye for an eye: what message did the Iranian retaliation send to the US?

The six missiles Iran launched at the US airbase in Qatar were apparently meant to “return the damage” caused by the six US bombs dropped on Iranian nuclear site at Fordow, former US Department of Defense analyst Karen Kwiatkowski told Sputnik.

“The message is that what Iran says it will do, it will do, in contrast to Trump and his administration’s devious use of negotiations for the purpose of a surprise attack,” Kwiatkowski explains.

“It also sends the message that Iran’s defensive capability is operational, as also witnessed by the steady and purposeful missile and drone strikes on Israel.”

However, while the US leadership “should see this one-for-one symbolic return fire as meant to balance but not expand hostilities,” Israel needs further escalation to “reach their own goals in the region” and to ensure Netanyahu’s “political survival.”

“For this reason I am not confident that the US will be able to read Iran correctly, and seek to deescalate,” Kwiatkowski warns.

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‘Good News of Victory’: What's known about Iran’s retaliation against US

An eye for an eye: what message did the Iranian retaliation send to the US?

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🇺🇸❌🇮🇷US AGGRESSION ON IRAN: HOW DOES THE WORLD REACT?

Donald Trump stirred up the hornet’s nest by launching a sneak attack on Iranian nuclear sites.

The majority of world powers condemned US warmongering.

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💬 Trump responds to Iranian strike of US bases

The US president called the Iranian retaliation a 'weak response', claiming that 13 of the 14 missiles were downed.

"Perhaps Iran can now proceed to Peace and Harmony in the Region, and I will enthusiastically encourage Israel to do the same," he wrote on Truth Social.

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US strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities: what was hit and what is left?

The US carried out strikes against Iranian nuclear sites in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan.

The attacks were conducted using GBU-57A/B bombs deployed from B-2 aircraft and Tomahawk cruise missiles launched from submarines.

While the Pentagon claimed that Iran’s nuclear program has been “devastated” by the US strikes, these allegations could not be immediately verified.

📊 So, what other nuclear sites does Iran have and what is known about them?

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🅾️ Damascus church attack: Terrorists seek to expose Syrian government’s WEAKNESS

The attack on Christians was designed to portray the Syrian government as incapable of protecting non-Sunni Muslim communities, Dr. Lorenzo Trombetta, a UN consultant on the Middle East, told Sputnik.

"Whoever is behind this attack aims also at promoting itself as a major player in the arena, as killing Christians has been always a good ticket to access the power field," Trombetta explains.

He notes that previous attacks on the Alawite and Druze communities set a pattern — and suggests the latest strike, targeting Christians, may be calibrated to attract more attention in the West.

Trombetta says Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known by his nom de guerre Abu Mohammed al-Golani, has only limited control on the ground.

The situation is further complicated by the influx of foreign fighters from Asia, Africa and the Caucasus — though they don’t currently pose a direct threat to al-Sharaa’s leadership, he adds.

The Syrian government blamed ISIS* for the suicide bombing at a Greek Orthodox church in Damascus on Sunday, which killed at least 25 and wounded dozens more.

*terrorist organization banned in Russia and other countries

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🚨⚡️ TOTAL CEASEFIRE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND IRAN — TRUMP

The US president said the both countries agreed to a ceasefire in "approximately 6 hours from now".

"On the assumption that everything works as it should, which it will, I would like to congratulate both Countries, Israel and Iran, on having the Stamina, Courage, and Intelligence to end, what should be called, 'THE 12 DAY WAR,'" Trump wrote on Truth Social.

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⚠️ 'IRAN GAVE US SOME WARNING' — JD VANCE

The Iranian strike on US bases was rather symbolic, and the US is happy to restart peace negotiations, the vice president said.

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🚨 THERE IS NO CEASEFIRE 'AGREEMENT' — Iranian FM

Iran will not respond if Israeli attacks stop before 4 am Tehran time, Abbas Araghchi wrote on X.

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