Iran says US strikes to have ‘everlasting consequences’ – DW – 06/22/2025

The EU‘s high diplomat, Kaja Kallas, has known as on all sides within the US-Israel-Iran conflict to renew negotiations, whereas insisting that worldwide safety can be below risk if Iran developed a nuclear weapon. 

Kallas, who can be a vice-president of the European Commission, mentioned in her put up on X, previously Twitter, that the EU’s overseas ministers would maintain a gathering on Monday to debate the present scenario. 

“Iran should not be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon, as it could be a risk to worldwide safety. I urge all sides to step again, return to the negotiating desk and stop additional escalation,” she wrote.

The Venezuelan authorities was forthright in its condemnation of the assaults.

Overseas Minister Yvan Gil mentioned on the Telegram messaging app: “The Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela firmly and categorically condemns the bombing carried out by the US army, on the request of the State of Israel, towards nuclear services within the Islamic Republic of Iran, together with the Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan complexes.”

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel mentioned his nation additionally vehemently opposed what he mentioned was “a harmful escalation” that “plunges humanity right into a disaster with irreversible penalties.”  

New Zealand Overseas Minister Winston Peters spoke of a disaster that was “essentially the most critical I’ve ever handled,” whereas declining to say whether or not his nation supported the US actions.

However, he mentioned, “Diplomacy will ship a extra enduring decision than additional army motion.” 

The Australian authorities mentioned it could “proceed to name for de-escalation, dialogue and diplomacy,” saying it famous “the US president’s assertion that now could be the time for peace.”

“We have now been clear that Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile program has been a risk to worldwide peace and safety,” the Australian authorities spokesman mentioned.

Rafael Grossi, the chief of the UN atomic watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on Sunday introduced that he’s going to carry an emergency board assembly on Monday.

“In gentle of the pressing scenario in Iran, I’m convening an emergency assembly of the [International Atomic Energy Agency] Board of Governors for tomorrow,” IAEA chief Grossi mentioned on X.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer known as on Iran to return to the negotiating desk, whereas saying the US had “taken motion to alleviate” the safety risk posed by Tehran’s nuclear program.

“Iran’s nuclear programme is a grave risk to worldwide safety,” Starmer mentioned in a press release on X. “Iran can by no means be allowed to develop a nuclear weapon and the US has taken motion to alleviate that risk.”

Lebanon and Saudi Arabia have addressed the US strikes on Iran and what it means for stability within the area.

LebanesePrime Minister Nawaf Salam mentioned that his nation’s “supreme nationwide curiosity” was to keep away from being “drawn into the continuing regional confrontation in any means.” 

Saudi Arabia additionally mentioned it was following the US strikes on the “sisterly Islamic Republic of Iran” with nice concern, in a Overseas Ministry assertion on X.

The ministry expressed “the necessity to exert all efforts to train restraint, de escalate, and keep away from escalation,” the assertion added, urging the worldwide neighborhood to extend makes an attempt to discover a political resolution.

Iraq in the meantime slammed the US strikes on Iran, saying they “represent a grave risk to peace and safety within the Center East and poses critical dangers to regional
stability.”

This is a map of Iran’s three nuclear cites, which had been all targets of the US’ strikes.

The USA has evacuated extra personnel from its diplomatic mission in Iraq as a part of its ongoing efforts to cut back employees from its embassy amid “regional tensions,” a US official mentioned Sunday after Washington attacked Iranian nuclear websites.

“As a part of our ongoing effort to streamline operations, further personnel departed Iraq on June 21 and 22,” the US official instructed the French AFP information company.

The evacuations had been a part of an ongoing course of that began final week “out of an abundance of warning and as a consequence of heightened regional tensions,” he added.

The embassy and consulate within the Iranian neighbor are nonetheless operational.

The Israeli air power on Sunday introduced that it had begun strikes towards “army targets” in western Iran.

In a put up on X, it additionally mentioned that it had “struck missile launchers able to launch towards Israeli territory, troopers within the Iranian Armed Forces, and swiftly neutralized the launchers that launched missiles towards Israeli territory a short time in the past.”

Two waves of missiles launched at Israel by Iran on Sunday morning have injured a number of folks and brought about harm on the bottom, rescue companies and the media mentioned.

Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service mentioned in a press release that “11 folks had been taken to hospital, together with: one in average situation, and ten others in gentle situation.”

Photographs of a badly broken constructing had been proven by public broadcaster KAN 11, which mentioned the influence had occurred in central Israel.

Iranian state radio mentioned that Iran had launched some 30 missiles following the US assaults on nuclear services.

The Israeli army has since introduced that the general public is permitted to go away shelters in a number of areas.

 

Iran executed a person named Majid Moseybi who was convicted of spying for Israel and looking for to share delicate data with its intelligence agency, the Mossad, the nation’s judiciary information outlet, Mizan, reported on Sunday.

Mizan didn’t share particulars of Moseybi’s arrest. It mentioned he had tried to supply the Israeli intelligence company with “categorised” data concerning “delicate places” and people who had been focused.

He was “hanged this morning after going by means of the total strategy of felony process and after his sentence was confirmed by the Supreme Court docket,” Mizan added.

The UN’s nuclear watchdog has mentioned radiation ranges haven’t elevated exterior the websites bombed by the US, even in Fordo, the hardest-hit goal.

“Following assaults on three nuclear websites in Iran — together with Fordo — the IAEA can affirm that no improve in off-site radiation ranges has been reported as of this time,” it mentioned in a put up on X, previously Twitter.

“IAEA will present additional assessments on [the] scenario in Iran as extra data turns into obtainable.”

Following US strikes on Iran, Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Sunday known as for the “pressing launch” of the remaining hostages in Gaza.

Hailing the US attack in Iran, Herzog mentioned in a put up on X:  “This courageous step serves the safety and security of the whole free world. I hope it is going to result in a greater future for the Center East – and assist advance the pressing launch of our hostages held in captivity in Gaza.”

In his put up, he thanked US President Donald Trump and mentioned the choice to assault Iran’s nuclear websites was “a decisive second between the axis of terror and evil and the axis of hope.”

The Israeli Protection Forces have mentioned that Iran has launched missiles towards Israel, calling on the general public to obey the directions of the Residence Entrance Command on looking for shelter.

The army warned that though the air power was “working to intercept and assault wherever essential to eradicate the risk,” the safety was not “airtight.”

Below the directions, the general public is required to go to “protected areas” and never go away them till given additional discover.

Iran’s Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi has accused the US of violating the UN Constitution and worldwide agreements with its bombing assaults on nuclear websites in his nation.

“The USA, a everlasting member of the United Nations Safety Council, has dedicated a grave violation of the UN Constitution, worldwide regulation and the NPT [Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons] by attacking Iran’s peaceable nuclear installations,” he wrote on X, previously Twitter.

“The occasions this morning are outrageous and could have eternal penalties, Araghchi mentioned, stressing that “this extraordinarily harmful, lawless and felony conduct” should alarm each UN member.

“In accordance with the UN Constitution and its provisions permitting a legit response in self-defense, Iran reserves all choices to defend its sovereignty, curiosity, and other people.”