Iran says its Fordow nuclear facility has been struck again

Iran's underground enrichment tract astatine Fordow was deed again Monday portion Iran fired a salvo of missiles and drones astatine Israel and warned the United States that its subject present has a "free hand" to onslaught American targets successful the aftermath of the Trump administration's monolithic strikes connected Iranian atomic sites.

The Israeli subject besides confirmed it struck roads around the Fordow facility to obstruct entree to the site.

The Fordow installation was 1 of those deed successful the initial attack implicit the weekend, and the consequent Monday onslaught was archetypal reported by Iranian authorities television. There was nary contiguous connection connected damage.

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Rafael Grossi, the caput of the United Nations' International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Monday that "given the explosive payload utilized," the UN atomic watchdog expected "very important damage" occurred successful the archetypal strikes there.

With the strikes connected Sunday connected Iranian atomic sites, the United States inserted itself into Israel's war, prompting fears of a wider determination conflict. Iran said the U.S. had crossed "a precise large reddish line" with its risky gambit to onslaught the 3 sites with missiles and 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs.

In Iran, witnesses reported Israeli airstrikes deed areas astir Iran's capital, Tehran, astir midday.

One strike deed the gross of Iran's notorious Evin situation successful Tehran, Iranian authorities tv reported. The study shared what appeared to beryllium black-and-white-surveillance footage of the strike.

Israel's Defence Ministry confirmed it deed targets including prison and the information office of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guards.

The situation is known for holding dual nationals and Westerners often utilized by Iran arsenic bargaining chips successful negotiations with the West.

Evin besides has specialized units for governmental prisoners and those with Western ties, tally by the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, which answers lone to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The installation is the people of some U.S. and European Union sanctions.

The Israeli subject warned Iranians it would proceed to onslaught subject sites astir Tehran implicit "the coming days" successful a post on X, though Iranians are struggling to entree the extracurricular satellite arsenic an net shutdown has crippled the country.

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Israel said its defence systems were operating to intercept the latest Iranian threat, which seemingly targeted the northbound and cardinal areas of the country, and told radical to caput to shelters.

Iran described the onslaught arsenic a caller question of its Operation True Promise 3, saying it was targeting the Israeli cities of Haifa and Tel Aviv, according to Iranian authorities television.

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Earlier Monday, Iranian Gen. Abdolrahim Mousavi, the main of associated unit of equipped forces, warned Washington its strikes had fixed Iranian forces a "free hand" to "act against U.S. interests and its army."

Mousavi described the American onslaught arsenic violating Iran's sovereignty and being tantamount to invading the country, the
state-run IRNA quality bureau reported.

Qatar's overseas ministry said it was temporarily closing its airspace Monday amid the threats of Iranian retaliation against the U.S. The country is location to Al Udeid Air Base, a large basal for American forces.

In the aftermath of the American attacks connected Iran, different calls came from crossed the globe for de-escalation and the instrumentality to diplomacy to effort and resoluteness the conflict.

Prime Minister Mark Carney said helium spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump overnight.

"We focused connected de-escalating the struggle successful the Middle East, our shared committedness to a stronger NATO astatine this week's summit, and the advancement successful the ongoing commercialized negotiations betwixt our countries," Carney said successful a societal media post.

The two-day NATO acme successful The Hague of its 32 members involves an informal meal Tuesday and 1 moving league Wednesday morning.

EU focused connected diplomacy

The European Union's apical diplomat said the bloc remained "very overmuch focused connected the diplomatic solution."

"The concerns of retaliation and this warfare escalating are huge," Kaja Kallas said astatine the commencement of a overseas ministers' gathering successful Brussels wherever Iran has jumped to the apical of the agenda.

"Especially closing of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran is thing that would beryllium highly unsafe and not bully for anybody," Kallas said, referring to a maritime way important for lipid transport.

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After Sunday's attacks, Iranian officials repeated their longtime threats of perchance closing the cardinal shipping lane.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi was gathering connected Monday successful Moscow with cardinal state Russia. He thanked Russian President Vladimir Putin aft the Kremlin condemned U.S. strikes connected Iran, telling him Russia stood connected "the close broadside of history."

"This is an perfectly unprovoked aggression against Iran; [it] has nary ground oregon justification," Putin said astatine Monday's meeting.

Iran has supported Russia's efforts successful its warfare successful Ukraine, astir notably by providing Shahed drones.

Fu Cong, the UN ambassador for China, said the parties, especially Israel, "should instantly cease occurrence to forestall the concern from escalating and debar the spillover of war."

Iran was wounded "but the United States' credibility was besides damaged — some arsenic a state and arsenic a subordinate successful immoderate planetary negotiations," Fu added.

Trump sounds unfastened to authorities change

U.S. officials connected Sunday, including Vice-President JD Vance and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, stressed that the U.S. was not funny successful authorities alteration successful Iran but were focused connected the country's atomic capabilities.

They appeared to beryllium undercut by the president successful consequent societal media posts by Trump.

"It's not politically close to usage the term, 'Regime Change,' but if the existent Iranian Regime is incapable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, wherefore wouldn't determination beryllium a Regime change???" Trump posted.

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While Trump said successful the archetypal U.S. connection pursuing the strikes that they had "completely and wholly obliterated" Iran's 3 atomic sites, a half-day aboriginal Gen. Dan Caine of the Pentagon would lone spell truthful acold arsenic to accidental that "extremely terrible harm and destruction" had occurred, with a afloat appraisal of harm not yet clear.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said precocious Sunday the state was "very adjacent to achieving our goals" successful removing Iran's atomic and rocket threats.