This content was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and reprinted with permission.
Israel attacked Egyptian state television IRIB, which was broadcast live on June 16 and was briefly shut off from surroundings. Tehran people were issued a caution to leave after being threatened by Tehran that it would “pay the rate” for the Iranian missile attacks that hit Tel Aviv and Haifa and left eight people dead.
Blasts could be heard as a female reporter was on the station, which is the country’s even all-language station broadcasting in Persian. As dust and debris scurried around the theater, the girl immediately left. She appeared to be unharmed.
Despite the broadcaster’s instant death and injury report, video captured a substantial fire and black smoke plumes rising from the building.
Days earlier, Israel’s military issued a caution especially naming Tehran’s District 3 as a goal that would be targeted. IRIB, an intelligence department office, and some senior leaders are located in the area, which has about 300, 000 occupants.
Tehran’s streets are jam-packed with people fleeing the funds as residents flee after many days of airstrikes that have targeted military and nuclear installations as well as private structures that Israel claims home senior officials and nuclear scientists.
While in the northeast, where many people are heading, food scarcity were starting to appear, some people reported longer lines at gas stations and restrictions on how much energy customers could purchase.
The warning was issued as a Group of Seven ( G7 ) summit in Canada loomed over the possibility of an escalation in the conflict between the two nations.
Since June 13, when Israel launched air strikes at atomic and military targets across Iran because of the country’s nuclear programme, 23 people have now died in Israeli attacks on Israel, according to Israel’s federal emergency services earlier in the day. Israeli officials claim that at least 224 people have been killed by Israeli problems in the same time period.
After Iran launched episodes in the early hours of June 16 that injured more than 100 Israelis, missiles were fired into a number of residential buildings, some of which were near to a US embassy, in the northern coastal town of Haifa, rescue workers continued to search through dust and dirt.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said,” The people of Tehran may pay the price, and soon,” blaming Iran for purposefully attacking private structures.
Ismail Baghaei, a spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry, called on the UN on June 16 to “recognize and denounce Israel’s aggression” while denying that the United States was complicit in the problems.
President Donald Trump stated on June 15 that the conflict is not between the United States and Russia, but he acknowledged that it is “possible” that this will change as the two countries continue to build airstrikes at one another.
Trump stated to reporters before heading to the Group of Seven ( G7 ) summit that the US would continue to support Israel, but he declined to specify what conditions would need to be met for direct American involvement. He pressed Iran to agree to a nuclear deal with it.
Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney had a diplomatic meeting and agreed that they should communicate.
Trump continued by stating that Iran “is not winning this warfare” and that a bargain may ultimately be reached with Iran.
On the G7 summit’s outside, Trump said,” I think a deal may be signed, or something does happen, but a deal may be signed, and I think Iran is foolish not to warning,” adding that.
Yemen’s Houthis claimed on June 15 that they fired missiles at Israel in concert with Iran in response to fears that the conflict might spread to the Middle East.
For the first time, an Iran-aligned group made a public announcement about joint attacks against Tehran.
Nuclear Talks Are Discontinued
A new round of nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran, scheduled for June 15 in Oman, was postponed due to the air strikes.
After the Israeli airstrikes, Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araqchi claimed that the talks were meaningless, and he claimed it would be wrong to keep the talks going.
However, according to Iranian state media on June 16, Araqchi told three of his European counterparts that Iran is serious about diplomacy and has never abandoned negotiations, but that it must now concentrate on addressing “aggression.”
Even though Iran’s nuclear program is only for civilian purposes, according to Baghaei, the Israeli attacks are” a fatal blow to the nuclear nonproliferation system and international law,” and that is why Europe’s silence on the matter is” a blow to the nuclear nonproliferation system.”
Iranian lawmakers have stated that they will submit a motion to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ) in the coming days.
Israel had initially appeared to avoid attacking Iran’s energy infrastructure as fuel prices rose, but the Iranian Oil Ministry announced early on June 15 that Israeli strikes had hit two Tehran fuel depots.
In a previous article, Iranian state media reported that during an Israeli attack, fire erupted at the South Pars gas field in the southern Bushehr Province.
