Israel-Iran conflict: List of key events, June 21, 2025

On Saturday, June 21, 2018, this is how things are going:

Fighting

A significant nuclear site in Iran’s Isfahan province was struck by Israeli air strikes. According to a spokesperson for the Israeli army, the air force “struck the central facility along with the buildings used to make centrifuges.”
• The site had no nuclear material present, and there were no radiological effects, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
• Lanjan, Mobarakeh, Shahreza, and Isfahan were targeted, according to the deputy governor of Isfahan.
• Later, Iranian media reported that Isfahan had been attacked by drones.
• A military installation in Shiraz was also hit by Israeli forces.
• According to reports from Fars news agency, “frightening explosions” were audible in the provincial capital of Ahvaz and a large column of smoke rose above Mahshahr, the oil-rich province of Khuzestan, in two cities.
• Defense systems were activated over Najafabad in other Israeli attacks, and Malard reports explosions. Attacks were reported on Tehran as well.
• The army was instructed to be prepared for a “prolonged campaign” to destroy Iranian targets, according to the chief spokesperson of the Israeli military.
• According to a report, “most of the drones hit the intended targets,” the Iranian army reported that the seventh and eighth stages of launching numerous “destructive” drones at Israel had been completed.
• Iranian military forces threatened to strike any military aid shipments to Israel, warning that “any military or radar equipment delivered by any nation to support the Zionist regime” would be regarded as a “legitimate target.”
• About 40 drones launched from Iran were shot down, according to the Israeli army.
• According to the German newspaper Bild, Israel’s foreign minister claimed that “at least two or three years” had passed since Iran’s attacks had delayed the nation’s ability to develop nuclear weapons.
• Above Tel Aviv, explosions were audible, and buildings were on fire. The emergency services in central Israel released images of a multistory residential building’s roof that showed fire.
• In a video statement, a Houthi group spokesman in Yemen threatened to attack US “ships and warships” in the Red Sea in the event that Israel joins Israel’s counter-insurgency.

Accidents and turbulence

• According to Israel’s defense minister, Israeli forces executed three of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) senior commanders.
• Five of the organization’s members died as a result of Israeli attacks, according to the IRGC.
• In the Iranian city of Khorramabad, Israeli attacks claimed at least five lives.
• A 16-year-old was killed and two others were hurt when an Israeli aircraft struck a residential building in Qom.
• Hussein Khalil, a former bodyguard of Hezbollah’s killed leader Hassan Nasrallah, was killed in an Israeli attack on Tehran.
• Health Minister Mohammadreza Zafarghandi claimed that Israel had attacked six ambulances and three hospitals, killing two health workers and a child in the attacks, according to Iranian Fars news agency.
• In the event that nuclear reactors are targeted, Iran’s deputy health minister said the country was prepared to treat any victims who might be affected by Israel’s continued use of its nuclear arsenal.
• According to Iran’s information minister, “international” internet access should be fully restored by 8pm on Saturday, according to Tasnim News Agency.
• According to Iran’s health ministry, at least 430 people have been killed and roughly 3,500 have been injured by Israeli airstrikes in the past nine days.
• At least 25 people have been killed by Iran’s strikes in Israel.
• Since Israel’s assault on the nation started on June 12, the head of Qom province’s intelligence police reported that the force had detained 22 people “on charges of being connected to the Zionist regime’s spy services.”

Protests

• More than 10,000 people gathered in Berlin’s center to support Gaza, gathered in the city center.
• More than 1, 000 demonstrators gathered in front of Berlin’s Reichstag, the country’s capital, to demand that the Iranian government be ousted.
• Pro-Palestine demonstrators chanted Iranian flags in a march through London’s center, calling on the UK government to stop allowing arms exports and military cooperation with Israel.
• In Stockholm, there was also a pro-Palestine demonstration.
• In Kadhimiya, a Shia district in Baghdad, a mass rally was held under the slogan “Iran is not alone.”

diplomacy and politics

• In a statement from Iran’s leader and his French counterpart, Iran’s leader warned of “more devastating” retaliation if Israel’s bombing campaign continued, stating that it would “under no circumstances” stop its nuclear program.
• Macron claimed that the two countries had come to an agreement to “accelerate” Iran’s nuclear negotiations. Iran must never acquire nuclear weapons, and he commanded that it give every assurance that its intentions are peaceful.
• Israel, which “has always felt complete immunity from punishment for its crimes,” was cited as a spokesperson for Iran’s foreign ministry as the “nation has ever violated international human rights more than Israel.”
• Iran’s foreign minister, who was speaking at an OIC (Organisation of Islamic Cooperation) meeting in Istanbul, denied Washington’s assertions that the country had been involved in Israel’s “aggression from day one”.
• Netanyahu was the “biggest obstacle to regional peace,” according to Turkiye’s president, who addressed the OIC summit, and that Israel’s attacks on Iran intended to sabotage US nuclear negotiations.
• Ambassadors from the Gulf Cooperation Council and Qatar’s state news agency expressed concern about Israel’s “dangerous repercussions” striking Iran’s nuclear facilities close to their nations to UN nuclear watchdog chief Rafael Grossi.
• According to a representative from the German Foreign Ministry, the Embassy’s staff in Tehran has been temporarily relocated abroad.
• India’s embassy in Iran declared that it was “evacuating all Iranian citizens.”
• Over the past week, hundreds of US citizens have taken off Iran via land-based routes.