Last Update June 17, 2025, 4:00 AM EDT

At least 24 people have been killed in Israel as Iran launched retaliatory airstrikes targeting civilian areas. A U.S. Embassy branch in Tel Aviv suffered minor damage.

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Fast Facts

•  Israel launched “Operation Rising Lion” last week, destroying top military leaders and nuclear facilities in Iran. 
•  Iran’s retaliatory airstrikes targeting Israel have left at least 24 dead. 
•  The IDF announced Monday that one-third of Iran’s missile launchers have been destroyed. 

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56 min(s) ago

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IDF says it killed Iran’s top military commander after previously taking out his predecessor

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The Israeli Defense Forces said it killed Iran’s War-Time Chief of Staff, who was the government’s top military commander, in a strike against Tehran.

Ali Shadmani, who was the closest figure to Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, was killed on Tuesday when the Israeli Air Force struck a staffed command center in the heart of Tehran, the IDF said.

Shadmani served as War-Time Chief of Staff and Commander of the Emergency Command of the Iranian Armed Forces, according to the IDF. He also commanded Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Iranian army.

“At the start of the operation, he was appointed to command the Iranian Armed Forces after his predecessor, Alaa Ali Rashid, was eliminated in the opening strike of Operation ‘Rising Lion,’” the IDF said.

Under Shadmani’s command, the Khatam al-Anbiya emergency command center was responsible for managing combat operations and approving Iran’s firepower plans, the IDF said.

The IDF added: “In his various roles, he directly influenced Iran’s operational plans targeting the State of Israel.”

Before his predecessor’s elimination, Shadmani served as deputy commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya and as head of the operations directorate in the General Staff forum of the Iranian Armed Forces.

“Shadmani’s elimination adds to a series of eliminations of Iran’s most senior military leadership and degrades the chain of command of the Iranian armed forces,” the IDF said.

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45 min(s) ago

Israel’s US ambassador says beeper operation will ‘seem simple’ compared to what is planned for Iran

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Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter said there will be some surprises amid the Jewish State’s conflict with Iran that will make Israel’s explosions of pagers and walkie-talkies used by members of Hezbollah in Lebanon and Syria last year look “simple.”

“We’ve pulled off a number of surprises,” Leiter said during a Tuesday appearance on the TV network Merit Street.

“When the dust settles, you’re going to see some surprises on Thursday night and Friday that will make the beeper operation almost seem simple,” he continued.

Leiter was referring to near-simultaneous detonations of pagers used by members of the Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group that killed at least 12 people, including two children, and wounded nearly 3,000 on Sept. 17 in Lebanon and Syria. The following day, at least 25 people were killed and more than 600 were wounded when walkie-talkies were detonated in the region.

Israel was subsequently found to be behind the attacks, in which small amounts of explosives hidden in the devices were detonated.

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2 hour(s) ago

IDF reports missiles fired from Iran toward Israeli territory

Israeli air defenses seen in the skies over northern Israel during an Iranian missile attack. June 16, 2025. (Photos by Anthony Hershko/TPS-IL)

The IDF has announced they have identified missiles inbound from Iran.

They say that defensive systems are on track to intercept the threat, but once the public receives the notification they are to shelter in a protected space and not leave until directed.

Fox News’ Trey Yingst tweeted shortly after the announcement that “loud explosions” could be heard over Tel Aviv.

IDF officials ask that the public continue to follow the instructions of the Home Front Command.

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3 hour(s) ago

Trump blasts Macron over ‘false’ Israel-Iran ceasefire claim: Stay Tuned!’

(L-R) French President Emmanuel Macron, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and US President Donald Trump attend a family photo during the Group of Seven (G7) Summit at the Kananaskis Country Golf Course in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada on June 16, 2025. (Getty Images)

President Donald Trump early Tuesday blasted French President Emmanual Macron for saying that he had left the G7 Summit in Canada early to work out a “cease fire” between Iran and Israel, who have been trading missile strikes since Friday.

“Publicity seeking President Emmanuel Macron, of France, mistakenly said that I left the G7 Summit, in Canada, to go back to D.C. to work on a ‘cease fire’ between Israel and Iran,” Trump wrote in a Truth Post. “Wrong! He has no idea why I am now on my way to Washington, but it certainly has nothing to do with a Cease Fire. Much bigger than that. Whether purposely or not, Emmanuel always gets it wrong. Stay Tuned!”

The French president had said earlier that Trump had supposedly made an offer for a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.

“There is indeed an offer to meet and exchange. An offer was made especially to get a ceasefire and to then kick-start broader discussions,” Macron told reporters at the G7 in Canada, according to reporting from Reuters. “We have to see now whether the sides will follow.”

Trump abruptly cut his G7 short earlier Monday, shortly after writing on Truth Social that “everyone should evacuate Tehran!”

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4 hour(s) ago

G7 leaders reaffirm ‘support for the security of Israel,’ call for de-escalation in Middle East

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Group of Seven leaders released a statement on the conflict between Israel and Iran, saying Israel “has a right to defend itself” and Iran “can never have a nuclear weapon.”

The show of support from the seven countries — Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the U.K. and the U.S. — comes amid the new and escalating conflict in the Middle East sparked by Israel’s offensive against Iran last week targeting Tehran’s nuclear program.

“We, the leaders of the G7, reiterate our commitment to peace and stability in the Middle East,” the statement said. “In this context, we affirm that Israel has a right to defend itself. We reiterate our support for the security of Israel. We also affirm the importance of the protection of civilians.”

“Iran is the principal source of regional instability and terror,” it continued. “We have been consistently clear that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.”

Iran has maintained that its nuclear program is peaceful, and U.S. intelligence agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency have said Iran was not pursuing a nuclear weapon.

“We urge that the resolution of the Iranian crisis leads to a broader de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, including a ceasefire in Gaza,” the G7 leaders said. “We will remain vigilant to the implications for international energy markets and stand ready to coordinate, including with like-minded partners, to safeguard market stability.”

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5 hour(s) ago

Israeli ambassador says Israel ‘not in the business of regime change’

Israel’s Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter said Israel wants to eliminate Iran’s nuclear program and is “not in the business of regime change.”

Leiter posted a video message on X that was recorded outside the Situation Room in the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C.

“Today we continue to peel back the surface-to-surface missile systems that are spread throughout Iran. We’ve reached the point where between a third and a half have been demolished,” he said. “We hit today the broadcast center in the middle of Tehran after we informed the people living in the vicinity to leave. Hundreds of thousands of Tehranis have escaped Tehran to be out of the line of danger. And we took out the broadcast system. This is very important because this serves the mullahs and their information campaign, the propaganda campaign throughout.”

“Iran, to incite the public and to warn the public against any kind of demonstrations against the government,” the ambassador continued. “A lot of questions have been asked today about regime change. In many of the interviews that I gave, that was the key question. We’re not in the business of regime change. We’re interested in neutralizing the threat to our existence through a nuclear weaponization program in Iran and a ballistic missile program.”

Iran has maintained that its nuclear program is peaceful, and U.S. intelligence agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency have said Iran was not pursuing a nuclear weapon.

“If the Iranian people rise up and change their regime, that’s their choice,” Leiter said. “And if we play a role in facilitating that eventuality, then history will judge us favorably, I believe. It’s important also to emphasize that our economy remains strong and resilient despite the war, and the stock market in Israel once again, for the second day in a row, continued to rise.”

“We are working very hard to assist those stranded both in Israel wanting to leave and those wanting to get back to Israel, to their families, to their positions in society and the army,” he added. “And we’re hoping to find solutions through our neighbors in the next couple of days. We continue to press on. We continue to press forward. And we thank you for your support and prayers.”

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6 hour(s) ago

AOC, Tlaib ‘signing on’ to GOP lawmaker’s proposal to prohibit US involvement in Israel-Iran war

Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Ky., announced he will introduce a bipartisan resolution to prohibit the U.S. government’s involvement in the ongoing conflict in the Middle East between Israel and Iran, a proposal Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and Rashida Tlaib, D-MI, said they were signing onto.

“This is not our war,” Massie wrote on X. “But if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our Constitution.”

“I’m introducing a bipartisan War Powers Resolution tomorrow to prohibit our involvement,” he continued. “I invite all members of Congress to cosponsor this resolution.”

Ocasio-Cortez replied: “Signing on.”

“I look forward to supporting this War Powers Resolution,” Tlaib responded to Massie. “The American people aren’t falling for it again. We were lied to about ‘weapons of mass destruction’ in Iraq that killed millions + forever changed lives.”

Tlaib added that it is unconstitutional for President Donald Trump to go to war without a vote in Congress.

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7 hour(s) ago

Macron says Trump made ceasefire offer to Israel, Iran

French President Emmanuel Macron, left, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, center, and U.S. President Donald Trump arrive for the family photograph during the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Monday, June 16, 2025. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)

French President Emmanuel Macron said that President Donald Trump had made an offer for a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.

“There is indeed an offer to meet and exchange. An offer was made especially to get a ceasefire and to then kick-start broader discussions,” Macron told reporters at the G7 in Canada, Reuters reported.

“We have to see now whether the sides will follow.”

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7 hour(s) ago

Rubio to leave G7 in Canada amid Israel, Iran escalation

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, from left, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Pete Hoekstra, U.S. Ambassador to Canada, listen during a meeting with President Donald Trump and Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney on the sidelines of the G7 Summit, Monday, June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Secretary of State Marco Rubio will leave the G7 Summit in Canada, Senior State Department official told Fox News.

President Donald Trump will also leave the event to head to Washington to speak with his advisors about the ongoing situation between Israel and Iran.

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7 hour(s) ago

Hegseth says US forces posturing defensively in Middle East to be strong in pursuit of a peace deal

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, center left, and President Donald Trump, center right, during a parade to honor the Army’s 250th anniversary, coinciding with Trump’s 79th birthday, Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Washington. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said U.S. forces in the Middle East are postured defensively as Israel and Iran continue to trade missile strikes.

“What you’re watching in real time is peace through strength and America first,” Hegseth told “Jesse Watters Primetime.” “Our job is to be strong. We are postured defensively in the region to be strong in pursuit of a peace deal. And we certainly hope that’s what happens here.”

“We’re prepared, and we’ve messaged consistently from the beginning that we’re in the region to defend our people and our assets,” he added.

Hegseth noted that President Donald Trump has repeatedly said that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.

“That position hasn’t changed. They can give it up peacefully,” he said. “That position has not changed. And as a result, right now, we’ve got assets in the region, and were going to defend them. And we’re gonna be strong in the process.”

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7 hour(s) ago

IDF says new wave of missiles headed toward Israel

Damaged cars are seen at the site where an Iranian missile struck in Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A new wave of missiles was detected heading toward Israel from Iran, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.

“A short time ago, alerts were activated in several areas of the country following the discovery of missiles launched from Iran into the territory of the State of Israel,” the IDF said. “The public is asked to obey the Home Front Command’s instructions. At this time, the Air Force is working to intercept and attack wherever necessary to eliminate the threat.”

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8 hour(s) ago

Bernie Sanders pushes bill to prevent Trump from striking Iran without approval from Congress

Sen. Bernie Sanders is in the midst of holding anti-oligarchy rallies in the US. (Getty Images)

Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday introduced a bill that would prohibit the use of federal funds or any use of military force in or against Iran without specific Congressional authorization.

The No War Against Iran Act also has multiple Democratic co-sponsors in an effort to prevent President Donald Trump from getting the United States involved in a military conflict.

The bill contains an exception for self-defense as enshrined in the War Powers Act.

“Netanyahu’s reckless and illegal attacks violate international law and risk igniting a regional war. Congress must make it clear that the United States will not be dragged into Netanyahu’s war of choice,” Sanders said of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Our Founding Fathers entrusted the power of war and peace exclusively to the people’s elected representatives in Congress, and it is imperative that we make clear that the President has no authority to embark on another costly war without explicit authorization by Congress.”

Sanders has criticized the Israeli leader over Israel’s war against Hamas and for the death toll in Gaza.

“The Constitution is clear: Congress decides when our country goes to war, not the President or the Netanyahu government,” said Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. “The Trump administration must prioritize de-escalation to prevent this spiraling into a war that jeopardizes U.S. troops and destabilizes the Middle East.”

Sanders first introduced the bill in 2020. The U.S. is not striking Iran and remains in a defensive posture, a U.S. official told Fox News.

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8 hour(s) ago

Trump to depart G7 because of Israel, Iran conflict, White House says

President Donald Trump will depart from the G7 Summit Monday night because of the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Trump will leave Alberta, Canada after a dinner with heads of state.

“President Trump had a great day at the G7, even signing a major trade deal with the United Kingdomand Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Much was accomplished, but because of what’s going on in the Middle East, President Trump will be leaving tonight after dinner with Heads of State.”

Trump has requested that the National Security Council be prepared in the situation room for his return, Fox News has learned.

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9 hour(s) ago

Netanyahu visits Israeli air force pilots, says Israel is close to victory

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited air force pilots on Monday (Israel Government Press Office)

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited air force pilots on Monday to commend them on Israel’s offensive against Iran.

Netanyahu was at Tel Nof Air Force Base, along with together with Defense Minister Israel Katz and IDF Chief-of-Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir.

“On behalf of the people of Israel and the State of Israel, you are doing amazing things,” Netanyahu said. “The Israeli Air Force controls the skies over Tehran. This changes the entire campaign.”

“We are on the way to achieving our two objectives: Eliminating the nuclear threat and eliminating the missile threat. When we control the skies over Tehran, we strike regime targets, as opposed to the criminal Iranian regime which targets our civilians and comes to kill women and children,” he added. “We tell the people of Tehran to evacuate – and we act.”

Netanyahu said Israel was on its way to achieving victory against its regional foe thanks for the country’s “heroic pilots.”

“I salute you,” he said. “All citizens of Israel salute you. I would like to tell you that many people around the world also salute you and are impressed by you.”

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9 hour(s) ago

Israel activates ‘Barak Magen’ aerial defenses for system’s first ever interception

Israel activated a new aerial defense system – dubbed “Barak Magen,” meaning “lightning shield” – for the first time on Sunday night, saying it intercepted and destroyed multiple  Iranian drones.

The Israeli Navy intercepted eight Iranian drones using the “Barak Magen” and its long-range air defense (LRAD) interceptor, which were launched from an Israeli navy Sa’ar 6 missile ship, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement.

John Hannah, senior fellow at The Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA) and the co-author of a report published earlier this month on Israel’s defense against two massive Iranian missile attacks in 2024, told Fox News Digital on Monday that the air defense system “significantly enhances” the air and missile defense architecture of Israel’s navy.

“The Barak Magen is simply another arrow in the expanding quiver of Israel’s highly sophisticated and increasingly diverse multi-tiered missile defense architecture – which was already, by leaps and bounds, the most advanced and experienced air defense system fielded by any country in the world,” Hannah said.

The system can intercept a “wide range of threats,” according to the IDF, including unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), cruise missiles, high-trajectory threats and shore-to-sea missiles.

Hannah said the system not only provides force protection for the Israeli fleet but also gives long-distance protection to Israel’s expanding oil and gas infrastructure in the eastern Mediterranean, along with critical infrastructure and population centers located along Israel’s coastline.

This post is an excerpt from an article by Stephen Sorace.

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9 hour(s) ago

Trump says everyone should ‘immediately evacuate’ Tehran, Iran should have signed deal

President Donald Trump on Monday said that Iran should have signed a deal over its nuclear ambitions, which he said could have prevented the ongoing barrage of missile attacks with Israel, while urging everyone to evacuate the Iranian capital of Tehran.

“What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!”

Iran and Israel have traded strikes with one another since last week. Iran has reportedly pressed Trump to help deescalate the attacks in an effort to stop Israel from launching more strikes. 

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10 hour(s) ago

Israel says it detected missiles launched from Iran

Smoke billows after an Iranian missile struck an oil refinery in Haifa, northern Israel, early Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel said it detected missiles launched from Iran headed toward its borders.

“A short time ago, alerts were activated in several areas of the country following the discovery of missiles launched from Iran into the territory of the State of Israel,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said.

“The defense systems are working to intercept the threat. You must enter the protected areas upon receiving the alert, and remain there until further notice,” the IDF said.

Earlier, Iranian state media that Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) issued a warning to Israel that it would launch drone and missile attacks Monday night.

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10 hour(s) ago

Hegseth orders deployment of ‘additional capabilities’ for CENTCOM

This image taken from video provided by the U.S. Navy shows an aircraft launching from the USS Harry S. Truman in the Red Sea before airstrikes in Sanaa, Yemen, March 15, 2025. (U.S. Navy via AP, File)

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth over the weekend directed the deployment of additional capabilities to military personnel.

The additional resources were ordered for U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), Hegseth said.

“Protecting U.S. forces is our top priority and these deployments are intended to enhance our defensive posture in the region,” he said.

CENTCOM oversees military operations in the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia, and parts of South Asia.

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11 hour(s) ago

Israeli stands at Paris arms exhibition shut down by French government: report

A black wall that blocks the Israeli pavilions has been erected at the Paris Air Show , Monday, June 16, 2025 in Le Bourget, north of Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

Black partition walls were erected around Israeli companies displaying offensive weapons systems at a Paris international arms exhibition by order of French authorities.

“This discriminatory act singled out Israel while representatives of other countries were freely allowed to showcase their technological innovation,” said Danny Danon, Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations of the Paris Air Show.

“Israel stands at the forefront of global technology, and it is clear that some nations feel threatened by our exceptional capabilities. This is especially absurd considering that Israel’s actions are aimed at protecting the free world — including France and Europe — from Iranian terror,” he wrote on X.

The companies present at the event — Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Rafael, Uvision, Elbit and Aeronautics — make drones and guided bombs and missiles.

French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou defended the decision during a Monday press conference.

“The French government’s position was very simple: no offensive weapons at the arms exposition,” he said, the Times of Israel reported. “Defensive weapons were perfectly acceptable.”

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11 hour(s) ago

All centrifuges at Iran’s main enrichment plant likely ‘severely damaged,’ IAEA chief says

An image of the of Nantanz facility. (Maxar)

Roughly all of the 15,000 centrifuges at Iran’s biggest uranium enrichment plant at Natanz were badly damaged or destroyed because of a power cut caused by an Israeli strike, a United Nations nuclear watchdog said.

“Our assessment is that with this sudden loss of external power, in great probability the centrifuges have been severely damaged if not destroyed altogether,” Rafael Grossi, the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, said in an interview with the BBC.

“I think there has been damage inside,” he added.

Earlier on Monday, Grossi told the IAEA board that there was a possibility of both radiological and chemical contamination within the Natanz facility, the Times of Israel reported.

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11 hour(s) ago

Mike Johnson calls off Israel trip amid Iran conflict

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., reacts to reporters after Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif., was forcefully removed from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s news conference in Los Angeles and handcuffed by officers as he tried to speak up about immigration raids that have led to protests in California and elsewhere, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 12, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., on Monday said he will postpone a trip to Israel because of ongoing hostilities between the Jewish state and Iran.

Johnson was expected to address the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, on Saturday.

 “Due to the complex situation currently unfolding in Iran and Israel, Speaker Ohana and I have made the decision to postpone the special session of the Knesset,” Johnson said in a news release. “We look forward to rescheduling the address in the near future and send our prayers to the people of Israel and the Middle East.” 

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12 hour(s) ago

Trump expected to offer Iran ‘last-chance’ proposal: report

U.S. President Donald Trump, front right, listens to a question being shouted out by a reporter while seated next to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, back left, during working session at the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, Monday, June 16, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

President Donald Trump is expected to present Iran with a “last chance” offer, American and European officials told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.

Trump said that Tehran reached out to his administration in an attempt to stop the barrage of Israeli strikes that have decimated Iran’s nuclear facilities and military sites.

“It looks like Iran isn’t winning this war. They need to talk before it’s too late,” Trump said in Canada, where he is attending the G7 Summit.

One official told the newspaper that Trump’s new offer may be slightly better than the previous proposal the administration submitted to the Iranians earlier this month.

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12 hour(s) ago

Trump won’t sign G7 statement on Israel, Iran

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, welcomes President Donald Trump to the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, Monday, June 16, 2025. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

President Donald Trump will not sign a G7 joint statement that was expected to call for Israel and Iran to de-escalate the fighting between the two nations.

“Under the strong leadership of President Trump, the United States is back to leading the effort to restore peace around the world,” a White House official told Fox News. “President Trump will continue to work towards ensuring Iran cannot obtain a nuclear weapon.”

Trump has called for Israel and Iran to strike a deal to end the hostilities.

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13 hour(s) ago

Netanyahu says Israeli strikes have set Iran’s nuclear program back years

Israeli strikes have set Iran’s nuclear program back a “very, very long time,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.

Speaking at a news conference, the Israeli leader said his goal wasn’t regime change in Tehran, but that he wouldn’t be surprised if the government was topple as a result of the ongoing conflict.

“The regime is very weak,” Netanyahu said.

He added that he has been in touch with President Donald Trump.

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13 hour(s) ago

Iranian foreign minister says Trump must take next steps to stop war between Iran and Israel

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi attends a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister following their talks in Moscow on April 18, 2025. (Getty Images)

Iran’s foreign minister on Monday said it would take one call from President Donald Trump to muzzle Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

In a lengthy social media post, Seyed Abbas Araghchi called Netanyahu a “war criminal” who has “duped” several American presidents into fighting his own wars for three decades. He called on Trump to help de-escalate the growing conflict between both nations.

“If President Trump is genuine about diplomacy and interested in stopping this war, next steps are consequential,” Araghchi wrote on X. “Israel must halt its aggression, and absent a total cessation of military aggression against us, our responses will continue.”

“It takes one phone call from Washington to muzzle someone like Netanyahu,” he added. “That may pave the way for a return to diplomacy.”

Araghchi stressed that Iran “did NOT begin this war and has no interest in perpetuating bloodshed.”

However, Iran has trained and funded proxy terror groups like Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthi rebels, all of which have attacked Israel for decades.

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