Here are the key events of the sixth day of the Israel-Iran conflict.
Here is where things are on Monday, June 18:
Struggle
- The Israeli army continued to Launch of attacks Through Iran, targeting the capital Tehran, where explosions were reported throughout the day, in the central province of Isfahan as well as near Kahraj.
- Israel said that it had struck 40 sites in Iran, including arms facilities. Other strikes have targeted two centrifuge production facilities – one in Tehran and one in Kahraj, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
- The Israeli army said it was “freely operating” in the Iranian sky, while confirming that one of its unmanned planes has been shot in Iranian territory. Iranian state media said Iranian forces have shot down an Israeli drone and a fighter plane.
- An Iranian drone that has entered the airspace on the heights of Golan occupied by Israeli in Syria was also intercepted, said Israel, adding later that a second drone was intercepted in the south of the territory.
- Iran has also launched a wave of missile attacks against Israel. The Corps of the Islamic Revolution (IRGC) said that long -range sejjil missiles were used in its 12th wave of layoffs in Israel.
- The IRGC warned that the sky above “occupied lands” is open to Iranian missiles and drones, adding that the attacks will be “concentrated and continuous”.
- Explosions have been reported in the Grand Tel Aviv region and east of the city. Israel said he had intercepted eight missiles in this salvo in the evening.
Victims and disruptions
- An Israeli strike on an Isfahan Najafabad vehicle killed six people, including a pregnant woman and two children, according to local media.
- Israel did not report any death on Wednesday.
- The Iranian Ministry of Communications said that it would temporarily limit internet access to prevent “the enemy from threatening the life and property of citizens”.
- The London -based Netblocks Internet watch dog also said that there was an “almost total internet waterproofing”.
- A spokesperson for the Ministry of Roads and Urban Development in Iran announced the extension of the cancellations of indoor and international flights until the beginning of Thursday.
- Public security guidelines in Israel according to which highly limited activities have been attenuated. Limited rallies and working operations are now authorized in areas where people can quickly reach a “standard protected place” until Friday evening.
Diplomacy
- Iranian supreme chief Ali Khamenei delivered his First television address Since Israel began his attacks on Friday, warning that any military intervention in the United States in the conflict would meet with “irreparable consequences”.
- ESMAEIL BAGHAEIIran’s Ministry of Foreign Ministry spokesman warned in an interview with Al Jazeera that any American intervention would be “a recipe for a total war in the region”.
- US President Donald Trump spoke to journalists about the White House lawn, and when he was asked if the United States got closer to Iran striking, he said: “I can do it. I may not be.”
- Trump also said that Iranian officials contacted him and suggested visiting the White House. Iran has denied this, saying: “The only more despicable thing than its lies is his loose threat to” withdraw “the supreme leader of Iran”.
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Trump for his “support in the defense of the sky of Israel”, describing him as a “great friend of the State of Israel”.
- Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated his country’s desire to help ensure the mediation of the crisis.
- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his country wanted to see the crisis resolved diplomatically and that Ankara could play a constructive role, but accused Israel of carrying out “crazy” attacks against Iran which represent “state terrorism”.
- France provides for European partners to suggest a negotiated solution to put an end to the conflict between Iran and Israel, said the country’s presidency, after President Emmanuel Macron presided over a meeting of the Security and National Security Council.
- Macron said that the change of military regime in Iran is a strategic error, according to the spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
- Iran’s mission to the United Nations has requested an emergency meeting from the United Nations Security Council, saying that the situation “dangerously degenerated due to an undeniable assembly and evidence of direct involvement in the United States”.
- The UN chief Antonio Guterres said that he remained “deeply alarmed” and reiterated calls for an “immediate de-escalation leading to a cease-fire”.
- The German Chancellor Friedrich Merz defended his comments, which attracted indignation in certain quarters, calling the attacks of Israel against Iran as “a dirty work that Israel does for all of us”.
- Iran has always denied in search of a nuclear weapon, and the head of the IAEA, Rafael Grossi, told Al Jazeera that the UN nuclear watchdog had found no evidence that Iran was building one.
- The United Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Friday. Iran asked for the meeting, saying that the situation “dangerously degenerated due to an undeniable assembly and evidence of direct involvement in the United States in this illegal campaign”.
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