Israel says dozens of people have been injured in fresh attacks by Iran. Meanwhile, Donald Trump has been speaking to reporters about the conflict and the prospects for ending it. Listen to Trump 100 as you scroll.
Saturday 21 June 2025 01:25, UK
Israel has launched a fresh wave of attacks in Iran against missile storage and launch infrastructure, its military has said.
It appears the threat from the latest Iranian attack is over as the Israeli military is telling residents they are now permitted to leave protected areas.
Just a few minutes ago, we told you about reports of explosions in Tel Aviv and missiles being launched on Israel from Iran.
Several explosions have been heard over Tel Aviv, a Reuters witness has said, as Israeli military reported more missiles being launched on Israel from Iran.
A statement by the IDF says: "A short while ago, sirens sounded in several areas across Israel following the identification of missiles launched from Iran toward the State of Israel."
Operations are under way to intercept and strike "where necessary to eliminate the threat", the statement adds.
Ireland is temporarily relocating its embassy staff from Tehran, the country's foreign minister has said.
"In light of the deteriorating situation, following consultation with my officials and in close consultation and coordination with EU partners, I have decided to temporarily relocate our personnel from Tehran," Simon Harris said.
He added that arrangements have been put in place for the embassy to continue its operations from Dublin.
It comes after the UK said it was temporarily withdrawing its staff from its embassy in Iran.
Foreign countries have been scrambling to evacuate their citizens from the Middle East over the past few days.
Here's a roundup:
The Australian government evacuated around 1,200 Australians from Israel on Wednesday with another 1,500 having registered for assistance.
Around 48 Austrians have left Israel or neighbouring Jordan out of the 200 who reported to the Tel Aviv embassy.
Bulgaria has evacuated 17 diplomats and their families from Iran to Azerbaijan.
More than 1,600 Chinese citizens have been evacuated from Iran, with hundreds more from Israel.
State media reports there are several thousand Chinese nationals in Iran.
Defence minister Jana Cernochova said a flight with 66 Czech nationals had left Israel and landed in Prague.
Yesterday, France said it was arranging a convoy by the end of the week from Iran to the Turkish or Armenian borders.
Berlin meanwhile has laid on charter flights that saw 345 German citizens leave the Middle East.
Operation Sindhu is what India called its efforts to get its nationals out, with more than 100 Indian students evacuated from northern Iran into Armenia on 17 June.
And the likes of Greece, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, South Korea, Taiwan and more have all evacuated their people.
We've brought you comments from Donald Trump this evening, who was asked about the assessment of his own intelligence agencies that they had no evidence Iran was building a nuclear weapon.
But the US president said that assessment is "wrong" (see 22.25 post).
So, how close is Iran to producing a nuclear weapon? Our US correspondent Mark Stone takes a look...
A container shipping company said it has paused calling at Israel's Haifa port.
Danish company Maersk made the decision amid ongoing back-and-forth strikes between Israel and Iran.
Haifa itself has been targeted by attacks. We've reported today on more strikes targeting the city.
Yesterday, Iran's Revolutionary Guards said it had launched a missile and drone attack at military and industrial sites in Haifa and Tel Aviv.
Over in Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu has been visiting the intelligence directorate base today, along with a number of officials.
Israeli minister Ron Dermer, military secretary Major General Roman Gofman, the chief of the national intelligence service and the head of the intelligence directorate were also in attendance.
He said the soldiers and servicemen at the base are doing a "sacred job to give us the intelligence that wins wars".
"I cannot overstate the importance of the work that has been done and the importance of the work that is being done right now to achieve absolute victory," he added.
While speaking to reporters earlier this evening, Donald Trump was asked why he disagreed with the assessment of his own intelligence agencies, who said they had no evidence Iran was building a nuclear weapon.
"Well, then my intelligence community is wrong," he replied.
He then asked "who in the intelligence community said that?"
When told it was the director of national intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, he said "she's wrong".
Watch the moment in the video below.
By Dominic Waghorn, international affairs editor
After hours of talks, the ayatollah's chief diplomat emerged giving little away. All eyes were on Abbas Aragchi. Would he give ground in the face of Israel's fierce bombardment of his country?
Yes, but only if Israel stops that bombardment which is not going to happen. Especially after a day when two of Israel's big cities suffered direct hits from Iranian missiles.
The best that can be said for almost four hours of talks is they happened and might again. There were no breakthroughs to report, no ground shifting on either side.
The talks were flawed in concept from the beginning.
The countries meeting Aragchi here are not involved in the conflict. Israel and America were absent.
Watch: Lammy warns of 'perilous moment'
The US did send a message, via Britain's foreign secretary David Lammy. We want to talk but we're serious about getting involved with military force if you do not.
But the UK was delivering an American ultimatum and threat of force it does not itself believe to be a good idea.
Britain and its European partners want de-escalation and oppose any idea of Donald Trump and his military getting involved.
Iran is embattled, beleaguered and bombarded. But if its government is worried, its calm and collected foreign minister was showing none of it.
The Iranians know Trump may send in the bombers and bunker busters within two weeks, but do they believe him?
The president for whom they coined the acronym 'Trump Always Chickens Out' has a credibility gap.
And if he takes action that leads to a chain of events where Americans end up dying, he will be crucified for it by his own MAGA movement.
Rather than buckling to concessions with an Israeli gun to their head, might the ayatollahs just take their chances in the belief this president is all talk?
