Israel, Iran Fire a Fresh Wave of Missiles at Each Other

Reuters

Israeli and Iranian armies.

Both Israel and Iran exchange missile strike for a second day on Saturday, 14 June 2025, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowing to intensify their campaign, while Tehran called off nuclear talks that Washington had held out as the only way to halt the bombing.

A day after Israel wiped out the top echelon of Iran's military command with a surprise attack on its old foe, it appeared to have hit Iran's oil and gas industry for the first time, with Iranian state media reporting a blaze at a gas field.

Netanyahu said Israel's strikes had set back Iran's nuclear programme possibly by years and rejected international calls for restraint.

"We will hit every site and every target of the Ayatollahs' regime, and what they have felt so far is nothing compared with what they will be handed in the coming days," he said in a video message.

In Tehran, Iranian authorities said around 60 people, including 29 children, were killed in an attack on a housing complex, with more strikes reported across the country. Israel said it had attacked more than 150 targets.

Late on Saturday, Israel's military said missiles were launched from Iran towards Israel, and that it was also attacking military targets in Tehran. Iranian state television reported that Iran had launched missiles and drones at Israel.

Several projectiles were visible in the sky over Jerusalem late on Saturday. Air raid sirens, which warn of a potential missile or drone attack, did not sound in the city but were heard in the northern Israeli city of Haifa.

There were no immediate reports of casualties in Israel.

U.S. President Donald Trump has lauded Israel's strikes and warned Iran of much worse to come. He said it was not too late to halt the Israeli campaign, but only if Tehran accepted a sharp downgrading of its nuclear programme at talks with Washington which had been scheduled for Sunday.

In another context, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan spoke by phone Saturday with U.S. President Donald Trump and expressed Türkiye's readiness “to do everything it can to prevent uncontrolled escalation of the tension” between Israel and Iran, Türkiye’s Communications Directorate said.

The two leaders discussed the Israel-Iran conflict along with broader regional and global issues. Erdogan said Türkiye is closely monitoring the developments and views ongoing negotiations over Iran’s nuclear programme as “the only way” to resolve the dispute.

He “expressed support for the U.S. position that nuclear negotiations should continue to resolve the issue.”



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