Israeli air strikes have struck a key nuclear site in the Iranian province of Isfahan. An Israeli army spokesperson said the Air Force “had struck the central installation with the buildings used to produce centrifugal.”
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that a centrifuge manufacturing workshop on the site had been affected, adding that there was no nuclear material on the site and therefore no radiological consequences.
The Isfahan sub-government said that the cities of Lanjan, Mobarakeh, Shahreza and Isfahan were targeted.
The Iranian media reported a drone attack on Isfahan later.
Israeli forces also struck a military installation in Shiraz.
The FARS news agency reported attacks on two cities in the Khuzestan oil-rich province, saying that “frightening explosions” were heard in the provincial capital of Ahvaz and a large smoke chronicle was exceeded above the port city of Mahshahr.
In other Israeli attacks, defense systems have been activated on Najafabad, while explosions have been reported in the Malard. He was also reported on attacks on Tehran.
The Israeli army-in-chief spokesman said the army had been invited to prepare for an “prolonged campaign” to destroy Iranian targets.
The Iranian army said that the seventh and eighth stages of the launch of dozens of “destructive” drones towards Israel had been made, with a report saying that “most drones have reached the expected targets”.
Iran’s armed forces have threatened to strike military aid expeditions to Israel, warning that “any military equipment or boat or plane radar from any country to help the Zionist regime” would be considered a “legitimate target”.
The Israeli army said it had shot down around 40 drones from Iran.
The German newspaper Bild reported that the Israeli Foreign Minister said that attacks against Iran had delayed the country’s prospects to create a nuclear bomb “at least two or three years”.
Explosions were heard above Tel Aviv, where buildings were seen on fire. In the center of Israel, the emergency services have published images showing fires on the roof of a residential building with several taxes.
A spokesperson for the Yemen Houthi group in a statement, threatened to tackle us “War ships” in the Red Sea if Washington is involved in the Israel campaign against Iran.
Victims and disruptions
The Israeli Defense Minister said the Israeli forces had killed three main commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC).
IRGC said five of its members died in Israeli attacks.
At least five people were killed in Israeli attacks in the Iranian city of Khorramabad.
An Israeli plane struck a residential building in Qom, killing a 16 -year -old and injuring two people.
Hussein Khalil, a former bodyguard of the chief killed from Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, killed in an Israeli strike on Tehran.
The Fars Iranian news agency quoted the Minister of Health, Mohammadreza Zafarghandi, saying that Israel had struck six ambulances and three hospitals, killing two health workers and a child in the attacks.
The Iranian health minister said that the ministry was preparing to deal with any victim suffering from the effects of the country’s nuclear capacity of Israel, “in the event that nuclear reactors are targeted”.
The Tasnim news agency reported that Iran’s Minister of Information said that “international” Internet access should be fully restored across the country at 8 pm on Saturday.
The Iranian Ministry of Health said that Israeli strikes in the last nine days had killed at least 430 people and injured around 3,500.
In Israel, Iran strikes killed at least 25 people.
The head of the intelligence police in Qom province said that the force had arrested 22 people “to be linked to the espionage services of the Zionist regime” since the Israeli aggression against the country began on June 12.
Demonstrations
In Berlin, more than 10,000 people gathered in the center of the city to support Gaza.
More than 1,000 demonstrators joined a rally in front of the Berlin Reichstag, seat of the German Bundestag, to call leadership in Iran to be deposited.
In London, pro-Palestine demonstrators walked in the city center by waving Iranian flags and calling on the British government to stop authorizing arms exports and military cooperation with Israel.
A pro-Palestine walk also took place in Stockholm.
A mass gathering took place in the Baghdad Shiite district in Kadhimiya, under the slogan “Iran is not alone”.
A girl holds an Iranian flag while the Iraqi people come together to show solidarity with Iran in the Shiite district of Kadhimiya, Baghdad, Iraq, June 21, 2025 [Ahmed Saad/Reuters]
Politics and diplomacy
The Iranian president spoke with his French counterpart, warning of “more devastating” reprisals if the Israeli bombing campaign continued, saying that Iran would not stop its nuclear program “under no circumstances”.
Macron said that the pair had agreed to “accelerate” nuclear negotiations between European powers and Iran. Iran should never acquire nuclear weapons, and it is up to it to provide each assurance that its intentions are peaceful, “he said.
The spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry said that no country had violated international human rights more than Israel, which “has always felt total immunity of punishment for his crimes”.
Attending a meeting of the Islamic Cooperation Organization (OCI) in Istanbul, the Iranian Foreign Minister said that the United States had been involved in the “first day assault”, despite Washington’s refusals.
Addressing the OCI top, the president of Turkiye said that Netanyahu was “bigger obstacle to regional peace ”and that Israel’s attacks against Iran aimed to sabotage nuclear talks with the United States.
The Qatar State Agency reported that the Gulf Cooperation Council ambassadors expressed their concerns to the UN Nuclear Supervisory Chief Grosi about the “dangerous repercussions” of Israel targeting Iranian nuclear installations near their country.
An official of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that the country had temporarily moved the staff of its embassy in Tehran abroad.
The Embassy of India in Iran said that it “evacuated all Indian nationals in Iran”.
Hundreds of American citizens have left Iran using land roads in last week.