Skip next section Guterres: US attack in Iran a ‘threat’ to international peace
June 22, 2025
Guterres: US attack in Iran a ‘threat’ to international peace
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Sunday said he is gravely alarmed by the use of force by the United States against Iran and called it a “direct threat to international peace and security.”
The US strikes in Iran are a “dangerous escalation in a region already on the edge,” and urged for de-escalation in a statement.
“There is a growing risk that this conflict could rapidly get out of control – with catastrophic consequences for civilians, the region, and the world,” Guterres said.
“At this perilous hour, it is critical to avoid a spiral of chaos,” Guterres said in his statement. “There is no military solution. The only path forward is diplomacy. The only hope is peace.”
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Skip next section Trump warns US ‘will go for other targets’ if Iran doesn’t make peace
June 22, 2025
Trump warns US ‘will go for other targets’ if Iran doesn’t make peace
President Donald Trump said the strikes carried out in three Iranian nuclear sites resulted in them being “completely and totally obliterated,” labeling the operation a “spectacular military success.”
Trump concluded his speech by threatening Iran should it not return to the negotiation table.
“There will be either peace, or there will be tragedy for Iran,” Trump said, adding that the US “will go for other targets” should that not be the case.
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Skip next section Netanyahu thanks Trump, says decision ‘will change history’
June 22, 2025
Netanyahu thanks Trump, says decision ‘will change history’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked US President Donald Trump for carrying out strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran.
According to Netanyahu, Trump’s decision “will change history,” with the US doing “what no other country on earth could do.”
“History will record that President Trump acted to deny the world’s most dangerous regime the world’s most dangerous weapons,” Netanyahu said, concluding his message by saying that “the forces of civilization” thank Trump for his decision.
https://p.dw.com/p/4wHpd
Skip next section Reports: Trump not planning additional US strikes on Iran
June 22, 2025
Reports: Trump not planning additional US strikes on Iran
US broadcaster CNN reported, citing unnamed sources, that President Donald Trump hopes the airstrikes carried out by the US Air Force would lead the way to new diplomatic efforts with Iran.
According to the report, the US is not planning additional strikes as of now.
NBC News also reported, citing White House officials, that Trump was expected to say in his address later that no additional strikes inside Iran were planned.
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Skip next section Israel tightens restrictions following US attack in Iran
June 22, 2025
Israel tightens restrictions following US attack in Iran
The Israeli army tightened restrictions across Israel as a precautionary measure following the US airstrikes in Iran.
Only “essential activity” will take place, while schools and other gatherings will be prohibited.
The measures are in effect as of 03:45 local time (02:45 CEST).
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Skip next section Reports in Iran confirm Fordo strike
June 22, 2025
Reports in Iran confirm Fordo strike
An Iranian official confirmed that part of the nuclear site in Fordo was attacked by “enemy airstrikes,” according to Iran’s Tasnim News Agency and IRNA agency.
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Skip next section Israel ‘in full coordination’ with US ahead of Iran strikes: report
June 22, 2025
Israel ‘in full coordination’ with US ahead of Iran strikes: report
Israel was kept in the loop ahead of the US airstrikes on three nuclear sites in Iran, Israeli public broadcaster Kan reported.
According to the report, the two countries were “in full coordination” ahead of the strikes.
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Skip next section Trump to hold a speech on Iran strikes
June 22, 2025
Trump to hold a speech on Iran strikes
US President Donald Trump will hold a speech at the White House regarding the American strikes on Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan.
The speech will take place at 10 p.m. local time (02:00 UTC/04:00 CEST).
“Iran must now agree to end this war,” Trump posted on his Truth Social account.
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Skip next section Trump shares post with ‘Fordo is gone’
June 22, 2025
Trump shares post with ‘Fordo is gone’
After announcing the US Air Force’s airstrikes on three nuclear sites in Iran, US President Donald Trump re-shared a post on Truth Social which labels the site in Fordo, an underground nuclear site in Iran, as “gone.”
Despite carrying out airstrikes on nuclear sites across Iran, Israel refrained from attacking the Fordo site.
US bunker-busting bombs, which uses weight and sheer kinetic force to reach deeply buried targets, were needed to reach the underground site.
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Skip next section Fordo — the heart of Iran’s nuclear program
June 22, 2025
Fordo — the heart of Iran’s nuclear program
Situated on a former military base near the city of Ghom, Iran’s leaders secretly installed the Fordo facility in the early 2000s.
That may be because a large part of the Fordo complex lies deep underground. To protect the site from possible attacks or sabotage and keep it out of view of IAEA inspectors, Iran had a system of 60-to-90-meter-deep tunnels (197 and 295 feet) drilled into the mountains.
International intelligence services first made the existence of the underground site public in 2009.
In 2012, the IAEA announced that scientists at Fordo had begun enriching uranium up to 20% “for medical purposes.”
It is thought that a total of about 3,000 enrichment centrifuges have been installed at the underground site since then. Although Fordo is a smaller complex than Natanz, it is reportedly capable of producing purer grades of uranium, making it militarily far more significant.
Read DW’s full report here.
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