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US President On Order to Strike Iran: "I may do it, I may not do it" + Iran Supreme Leader: US Involvement Will "Result in Irreparable Damage" + IDF Evacuation Warning Near Heavy Water Reactor at Arak & Khondab Jun 19, 2025

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1. The foreign ministers of Germany, France and Britain plan to hold nuclear talks with their Iranian counterpart on Friday in Geneva, a German diplomatic source told Reuters.

2. Iran Supreme Leader: US Involvement Will "Result in Irreparable Damage." “Americans should know that any military involvement by the US will undoubtedly result in irreparable damage to them.”

3. Iranian media said that Israel briefly hacked state television broadcast on Wednesday.

4. Iran announced Wednesday heavier internet curbs, accusing Israel of misusing the network for military purposes. Critics accused the regime of restricting internet use in order to prevent internal unrest amid the instability caused by the Israeli offensive.

5. In a letter to the UN Security Council on Tuesday, Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar accused Iran of seeking to “annihilate” Israel through its nuclear program, its plan to build thousands of ballistic missiles, and attacks on the Jewish state by its numerous terror proxies in the region.

6. The Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday issued a public message in Persian calling on Iranians worried about the situation in the country — to consider contacting Mossad.

7. The IDF warns residents of the cities of Arak and Khondab in central Iran to evacuate for their safety. A heavy-water reactor is on the outskirts of Khondab.

8. “I may do it, I may not do it,” President Donald Trump said in an exchange with reporters at the White House amid growing speculation the US could be on the verge of joining the Israeli offensive.

9. Senior officials in the US are getting ready for a possible strike on Iran in the coming days, Bloomberg News Outlet reports, citing “people familiar with the matter.”

Some of the sources say that a strike over the weekend is a possibility.

IAEA Statement: Direct Impacts on Underground Enrichment Halls at Natanz + Iran Supreme Leader Defiant : "No mercy" + IDF Kills Latest Top General of Iranian Armed Forces + Will US Bunker-Busters Be Used at Fordo? Jun 17, 2025

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1. Iran Supreme Leader Defiant : "No mercy."

Iran fired a pair of ballistic missile barrages at Israel early Wednesday, as Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei declared “the battle begins” and called to show “no mercy” toward Israelis.

2. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps issues an evacuation warning for part of Tel Aviv, according to Iranian news agencies.

3. Iran has prepared missiles and other measures for potential strikes against US forces in the Middle East, (New York Times reports). The Iranian military is planning the possible attacks as a retaliatory measure if American forces join Israel’s strikes against Iran, the report says, citing American officials.

4. Iran has been launching smaller salvos of missiles at Israel over the past two days because its capabilities have been degraded by Israeli strikes, the IDF believes.

5. In an interview with the London-based opposition outlet Iran International on Monday, PM Netanyahu responded to a question on whether eliminating Iran’s ruler was on the table, saying, “I’m not gonna get into specific targets because I’m leaving that open.”

6. IDF Kills Latest Senior General of Iranian Armed Forces. An airstrike Monday night killed Major General Ali Shadmani, the new head of the Khatam-al Anbiya Central Headquarters, also known as Iran’s military emergency command.

7. IAEA Statement: Direct Impacts on Underground Enrichment Halls at Natanz.

On Tuesday, the IAEA said on X: “Based on continued analysis of high-resolution satellite imagery collected after Friday’s attacks, the IAEA has identified additional elements that indicate direct impacts on the underground enrichment halls at Natanz.”

8. Will US Bunker-Busters Be Used at Fordo?

The US GBU-57 A/B Massive Ordnance Penetrator bomb: The roughly 30,000 pound (13,600 kilogram) precision-guided bomb is designed to attack deeply buried and hardened bunkers and tunnels, according to the US Air Force.

It’s believed to be able to penetrate about 200 feet (61 meters) below the surface before exploding.

9. US President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that he is seeking Iran’s “Unconditional Surrender” and that Washington is only holding off on assassinating Islamic Republic Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei “for now.”

10. USS Nimitz (CVN-68) sailed west through the Singapore Strait Monday, bound for the Indian Ocean (and Middle East Region).

Israeli PM on Targeting Iranian Supreme Leader: "We're Doing What We Need to Do" + Iran Strikes Oil Refinery in Haifa + IDF Reports One Third of Iran's Missile Launchers Destroyed Jun 16, 2025

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1. Israeli PM on Targeting Iranian Supreme Leader: "We're Doing What We Need to Do." Targeting the Iranian Supreme Leader (Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) would be a surefire way to “end the conflict” with the Islamic Republic.

2. Eight people were killed by Iranian ballistic missiles that slammed into Israeli cities in at least five locations early Monday, and nearly 300 others were injured, as the conflict entered a fourth day.

3. Iran Strikes Oil Refinery in Haifa.

4. IDF bombed an Iranian refueling plane at Mashhad Airport in northeast Iran, some 2,300 kilometers (1,430 miles) from Israel, marking what it said was the most distant strike since the beginning of the operation.

5. IDF Reports One Third of Iran's Missile Launchers Destroyed.

6. Israel bombed Iran’s state broadcaster building in Tehran on Monday evening, after issuing a large and unprecedented evacuation warning for one of the capital’s most central districts.

7. Reuters Report: Tehran had asked Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman to press (President) Trump to influence Israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire in return for Tehran’s flexibility in nuclear negotiations, citing two Iranian and three regional sources.

Israeli PM & President Visit Site of Deadly Missile Strike at Bat Yam + IDF Warns Citizens of Tehran to Evacuate + IDF Strikes Oil Refineries, Fuel Depots, and Gas Fields + More Jun 15, 2025

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1. The UN conference hosted by France and Saudi Arabia to work toward a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians has been postponed French President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday. France and Saudi Arabia had been set to host the gathering between June 17-20 in New York.

2. Israel smuggled attack drones into Iran using a variety of means, including trucks, shipping containers, and even suitcases, The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citing sources familiar with the Mossad operation.

3. Israeli PM & President Visit Site of Deadly Missile Strike in Bat Yam.

4. IDF Warns Citizens of Tehran to Evacuate. Widespread Israeli Air Force strikes were reported in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on Sunday afternoon, hours after the IDF issued an unprecedented evacuation warning for Iranian civilians to evacuate areas around weapons factories.

5. Some Iranians began to flee the capital, Tehran, on Sunday as Israeli airstrikes continued to target military infrastructure and nuclear facilities across the Islamic Republic for a third day.

6. IDF Strikes Oil Refineries, Fuel Depots, and Gas Fields.

7. Iran has asked Cyprus to convey “some messages” to Israel, the President President of Cyprus Nikos Christodoulides said on Sunday. However, Iran swiftly denied the claim, with its Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei saying Iran did not send any message to Israel via a third country.

8. US President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a 50-minute phone call Saturday to discuss the escalating situation in the Middle East, the White House and Kremlin confirmed.

IDF Reports Air Superiority over Tehran + Iran Retaliating with Missile Barrages Across Israel + IDF Striking Iran's Energy Infrastructure + 6th Round of Talks in Oman Cancelled Jun 14, 2025

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Latest information concerning Israel and Iran.

1. Iran cancels talks with US scheduled for Sunday in Oman.

2. Update on Iran missile strikes in Israel.

3. Israeli Defense Minister (Israel Katz): "Tehran will burn" - if Iran Supreme Leader does not stop missile attacks on Israel's Home Front.

4. IDF strikes Iran's energy infrastructure.

5. Israeli Official (unnamed): assassination of Supreme Leader "not off limits."

Israel Strikes Nuclear Sites at Natanz and Isfahan + Iran Retaliates with Drones and Missiles + World Reaction Jun 13, 2025

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Roll-up of today's events concerning the Israeli attack on Iran's Nuclear Sites and Iran's reaction.

Israel Strikes Iran + IRGC Commander and Top Nuclear Scientists Killed + Israeli Ambassador to UN: Dialogue with US but Independent Action Jun 12, 2025

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1. Israel Strikes Iran.

US & Iran to Meet Sunday in Oman + IDF Ready for Strike on Iran Nuclear Sites + Hamas Has New Leader in Gaza + US Army Stops M10 Booker Full-Rate Production + More Jun 12, 2025

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1. Hamas and Abu Shabab Group clash in Gaza.

Gaza’s Hamas-run police force said Thursday that it killed 12 members of the Abu Shabab militia in Gaza, which said its fighters had killed five Hamas operatives.

2. On Wednesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Hamas Has New Leader in Gaza (Az al-Din Haddad).

3. US & Iran to Meet Sunday in Oman. A US official told Reuters that Special Envoy Steve Witkoff plans to meet Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in Oman on Sunday and discuss Iran’s response to the recent American proposal for a nuclear deal.

4. IDF Ready for Strike on Iran Nuclear Sites. A senior Iranian official told Reuters on Thursday that a “friendly” regional country had alerted Tehran over a potential military strike by Israel.

5. Russia will establish a dedicated military branch for unmanned systems.

6. US Army Stops M10 Booker Full-Rate Production. "The Army has 26 Booker production vehicles on hand and the final number of M10 Bookers will be determined once those that are in final stages of completion are accepted by the Army (Army Spokesperson)."

7. US Army XM30 Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle (MICV) program continues moving forward.

American Rheinmetall and General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) have received the greenlight to continue designing a replacement for the M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle. Each Company will produce seven identical prototypes for testing before the Army selects a winner in 2027 and fielding begins in 2029.

8. USAF Sentinel ICBM program update. Restructuring of the program has left its flight testing schedule up in the air, and a new date for the missile’s first flight is now unknown.

IAEA Chief Statement Concerning Iran's Claim of Sensitive Documents + Russia & Ukraine Prisoner Exchange + Two Chinese Carrier Groups Operating in W. Pacific + FY26 Pentagon Procurement Budget Info + More Jun 10, 2025

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1. After repeated warnings, the activist vessel (Madleen) intercepted by Israeli Navy. Four activists have been deported (voluntarily), and the remaining eight will appear before an Israeli tribunal- to authorize their deportation.

2. For the first time, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas condemned Hamas’s October 7 attack on Tuesday, while reiterating his call for the terror group to release the remaining hostages in Gaza.

“What Hamas did in October 2023 in killing and taking civilians hostage is unacceptable and condemnable and Hamas must immediately release all hostages,” Mr. Abbas wrote in a letter to French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who this month will co-chair a UN conference aimed at advancing a two-state solution.

3. IAEA Chief Statement on Iran's Claim of Sensitive Documents.

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (Rafael Mariano Grossi) said Monday that the information Iran claimed it seized regarding Israel’s nuclear program “seems to refer” to the country’s Soreq Nuclear Research Center.

Soreq is a national laboratory for nuclear science established in Israel in 1958, engaged in nuclear science, radiation safety and applied physics.

4. Russia & Ukraine Prisoner Exchange. Russia and Ukraine held the first stage of a prisoner swap on Monday, both countries confirmed, following an agreement reached during peace talks in Istanbul last week.

5. The United States will reduce funding allocated for military assistance to Ukraine in its upcoming defense budget, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a congressional hearing on June 10.

6. Two Chinese Carrier Groups Operating in W. Pacific.

Two Chinese aircraft carrier strike groups (CNS Liaoning 16 & CNS Shandong 17) have simultaneously deployed to the Western Pacific – a first for the People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN), Japanese officials said on Tuesday.

7. FY26 Pentagon Procurement Budget Info.

Iran Claims "Treasure Trove" of Israeli Sensitive Documents + German Taurus Missiles to Ukraine? + Chinese FC-31 Warplanes to Pakistan "Within Months" + More Jun 08, 2025

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1. As of Sunday AM, the activist humanitarian aid vessel (Madleen) is roughly 160 nautical miles from Gaza. Israeli Defense Minister Katz said Sunday that he had instructed the Israel Defense Forces to “prevent the ‘Madelaine’ hate flotilla from reaching the shores of Gaza.”

2. Israeli outlet Channel 12 reports that documents found during IDF operations in Gaza show a close effort between Qatar and Hamas to thwart US President Donald Trump’s “deal of the century” peace plan for Israel and the Palestinians and efforts for Arab countries to normalize relations with the Jewish state.

3. The IDF and Shin Bet confirm that the body of Hamas leader Muhammad Sinwar was found in a tunnel that ran underneath the European Hospital in southern Gaza’s Khan Younis.

4. Iran Claims "Treasure Trove" of Israeli Sensitive Documents.

Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib said the documents were related to Israel’s nuclear facilities and its relations with the United States, Europe, and other countries, and to its defensive capabilities.

5. Russian Ministry of Defense claims elements of the 90th Tank Division have reached the border of the town of Dnipropetrovsk (Donetsk Region). News outlet CNN is unable to verify the battlefield reports, and Ukraine has denied the Russian advance.

6. German Taurus Missiles to Ukraine?

A statement from German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on May 26 about long-range strikes inside Russia resurrected a long-held hope in Ukraine — that Berlin is finally about to send Kyiv its Taurus missiles. (There has so far been no confirmation of actual delivery of Taurus to Ukraine.)

7. Taiwan on Friday condemned Beijing’s “provocative” actions after it conducted a "combat readiness patrol" around the island. Taipei’s defense ministry said it detected 21 Chinese military aircraft, including fighters and drones, of which 15 crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait.

8. Chinese FC-31 Warplanes to Pakistan "Within Months". A Pakistani government source told Janes outlet, that the FC-31 aircraft “will begin arriving within months.” The source did not provide further acquisition details, but it was previously reported that China could supply 30 to 40 jets to Pakistan.

The USMC has received its final MQ-9A Reaper from General Atomics. The USMC currently have three air stations manning the drones, located in Arizona, Hawaii, and North Carolina.

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