Israel braces for new waves of Iranian missiles as UN ambassador says 78 killed, 320 wounded in Israeli strikes – live | Iran

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A top-level UN conference on a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians scheduled for next week has been postponed amid surging tensions in the Middle East, French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday.

Associated Press reports:

France and Saudi Arabia were due to co-chair the conference hosted by the UN General Assembly in New York on June 17-20, and Macron had been among leaders scheduled to attend. The Palestinian Authority hoped the conference would revive the long-defunct peace process.

Macron expressed his “determination to recognize the state of Palestine” at some point, despite the postponement. France has pushed for a broader movement toward recognizing a Palestinian state in parallel with recognition of Israel and its right to defend itself.

After Israel’s strikes on Iran on Friday, Macron said that France’s military forces around the Middle East are ready to help protect partners in the region, including Israel, but wouldn’t take part in any attacks on Iran.

Macron told reporters that the two-state conference was postponed for logistical and security reasons, and because some Palestinian representatives couldn’t come to the event. He insisted that it would be held “as soon as possible” and that he was in discussion with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman about a new date.

The UN ambassadors from France and Saudi Arabia said in a letter to the 193 UN member nations that the delay is “due to the current circumstances in the Middle East that prevent regional leaders from attending the conference in New York.”

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Canadian prime minister Mark Carney said he had convened the National Security Council to ensure that “all necessary steps” will be taken to protect Canadian nationals amid the escalation in the Middle East.

In a statement on X, he said:

“Iran’s nuclear program has long been a cause of grave concern, and its missile attacks across Israel threaten regional peace.

Today, I convened our National Security Council to receive an update on the situation and to ensure that all necessary steps will be taken to protect our nationals and our diplomatic missions in the region.

Canada reaffirms Israel’s right to defend itself and to ensure its security. We call on all parties to exercise maximum restraint and move towards a diplomatic resolution.”

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Iran’s Tasnim News Agency has reported that several loud explosions have been heard in the Hakimiyeh and Tehranpars neighbourhoods in eastern Tehran.

This follows earlier reports that two projectiles hit the Mehrabad airport area in the Iranian capital.

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The president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, said she had spoken with Israeli President Isaac Herzog about the escalating situation in the Middle East.

“I reiterated Israel’s right to defend itself and protect its people. At the same time, preserving regional stability is vital. I urge all parties to act with maximum restraint and work to de-escalate the situation. Diplomatic efforts are crucial to preventing further escalation,” she wrote in an update on X.

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UN chief Antonio Guterres called for Israel and Iran to halt their escalating conflict, after the two countries exchanged a barrage of missiles.

“Israeli bombardment of Iranian nuclear sites. Iranian missile strikes in Tel Aviv. Enough escalation. Time to stop. Peace and diplomacy must prevail,” Guterres wrote on X.

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The Israeli military’s home front command has said citizens can leave shelters across the country but should remain near them after the army intercepted a new wave of Iranian missile attacks on Israel.

“It is now permitted to leave protected spaces in all areas across the country and to remain near them,” the command said on Saturday.

Agence France-Presse also reported the military as saying in a separate statement that dozens of missiles had been fired in the latest salvo from Iran.

“Some of the missiles were intercepted,” it said.

Search and rescue forces are currently operating in a number of locations across the country in which reports of fallen projectiles were received.

The trace of a projectile is seen before hitting Tel Aviv early on Saturday. Photograph: Léo Corrêa/APShare

Two projectiles hit the Mehrabad airport area in the Iranian capital, AFP reports Iran’s Fars news agency as saying.

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Fire and heavy smoke was billowing from Mehrabad airport in Tehran early on Saturday, an Agence France-Presse journalist said, as local media reported an explosion in the area.

The local ISNA news agency shared a video showing columns of heavy smoke rising from the area of the airport in the Iranian capital’s west, AFP said, while the Mehr news agency reported a “blast” there.

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A woman has been killed in Iran’s ballistic missile attack on Israel earlier tonight, the Times of Israel is reporting, citing Hebrew media outlets.

The woman was critically injured and later succumbed to her wounds, the Times cited the reports as saying.

It said shortly beforehand that seven people had been hurt in the Iranian missile barrage, according to Hebrew media.

ShareIsraeli media reports suspected Iranian missile impact in Tel Aviv

Israeli media reports monitored by Reuters say that a suspected Iranian missile struck Tel Aviv.

Images on a live video stream from the Associated Press appeared to show a huge explosion in the Israeli city about 45 minutes ago.

A clip of what appeared to be the same strike at about 1.14am local time, taken from Israel’s Channel 12 livestream, was posted on social media by a Palestinian photojournalist.

According to the New York Times visual investigation team, some social media images posted on Telegram showed “a strike hitting a part of central Tel Aviv where a number of military facilities are located, including the headquarters of the Israeli Defense Forces”.

Prominent in footage of the strike was the Marganit Tower in the Kirya area of Tel Aviv, a landmark in the center of the city that is close to the Israeli military’s headquarters.

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Updated at 01.07 CEST

Séamus Malekafzali, a freelance journalist who writes about the Middle East, points to video uploaded to social media just more than an hour ago that is said to show Iranians cheering as they watch anti-aircraft guns responding to the Israeli attack on Tehran.

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Updated at 00.58 CEST

Israel braces for new waves of missiles from Iran

Iran’s Fars news agency, which has links to the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards, says that Iran has launched a new wave of missiles at Israel, Reuters reports.

That seems to match a report from a Times of Israel military correspondent, Emanuel Fabian, who posted on X minutes ago: “Sirens are sounding now sounding across Israel after Iran launched a fresh barrage of ballistic missiles.”

According to Fabian, the Israeli military said it had detected “a new barrage of ballistic missiles launched from Iran at Israel”.

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Updated at 00.57 CEST

Summary

Here’s a look at where things stand:

Iran’s UN ambassador said that 78 people were killed and 320 were wounded in Israel’s airstrikes on Iran. The death toll comes after Israel’s attacks across Iran, which hit dozens of targets in and around Tehran, including nuclear facilities and official headquarters.

The US military has helped shoot down Iranian missiles that were headed toward Israel, according to US officials. The US interceptions have so far been carried out by ground-based systems, Reuters is reporting, citing one of the officials.

Benjamin Netanyahu has said the public is permitted to leave sheltered places following a fresh wave of retaliatory missiles flown over Israel from Iran. In an address on Saturday night, the Israeli prime minister said that “the Iranian regime has never been weaker”, adding: “This is an opportunity for the Iranian people to stand up against the regime.”

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said that they carried out attacks against dozens of targets in Israel on Friday night. Speaking to Reuters, one Iranian senior official said: “Our revenge has just started. They will pay a high price for killing our commanders, scientists and people.”

The British foreign minister, David Lammy, said on Friday he spoke to his Iranian counterpart and urged calm following Israel’s airstrikes on Iran, which he described as a “unilateral act”. “I spoke to my Iranian counterpart today to urge restraint at this time, and calm. I recognise that this is a moment of grave peril in the Middle East,” he told Sky News.

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, delivered a separate address in which he said that Iranian armed forces would leave Israel “helpless”. Khamenei also said that Israel “will not remain unscathed” and that Tehran “will not go for half measures in its response”.

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Updated at 00.56 CEST

Here are some images coming through the newswires from Israel and Iran:

Rescue personnel work at an impact site following a missile attack from Iran on Israel, in Ramat Gan on 13 June 2025 Photograph: Itai Ron/ReutersIn this photo released by the Iranian Red Crescent Society, rescuers work at the scene of an explosion after an Israeli strike in Tehran, Iran, on 13 June 2025. Photograph: APPictures of those killed in Israeli strikes on Iran are displayed on a street in Tehran, Iran,13 June 2025. Photograph: Majid Asgaripour/ReutersSecurity personnel at an impact site following a missile attack from Iran on Israel, in Tel Aviv, Israel, on 13 June 2025. Photograph: Itai Ron/ReutersPeople gather on a street in the aftermath of Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran, on 13 June 2025. Photograph: Majid Asgaripour/ReutersShare

Updated at 00.36 CEST