Iran Suspends Military Operation Against Israel After Trump’s Request, Warns of Forceful Response if Lebanon Is Attacked

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Tehran’s international airport has reopened and flights carrying hajj pilgrims from Saudi Arabia have landed, Iranian news agencies reported early Tuesday.

“The deputy head of airport operation of Imam Khomeini Airport Company announced the resumption of flights to Imam Khomeini Airport and the flights of pilgrims,” Mehr news agency reported.

Tehran’s international airport suspended all incoming flights on Sunday after Iranian missile strikes on Israel.

Efforts to revive diplomatic negotiations between the United States and Iran appear increasingly deadlocked, raising the prospect of a prolonged confrontation that could keep one of the world’s most important energy chokepoints under pressure and drive oil prices sharply higher in the months ahead.

Rather than moving toward a rapid settlement, both Washington and Tehran may see strategic advantages in allowing the conflict to drag on, analysts say.

Observers have noted that Washington’s immediate goal may simply be a temporary halt to manage political pressures (like the US congressional elections) rather than securing a permanent settlement.

Mohammad Alzghool of the Emirates Policy Centre (EPC), an Abu Dhabi-based think-tank, points to a shift in “strategic equilibrium.”

The result: a renewed risk of US-Iran Military confrontation, and continued uncertainty around the Strait of Hormuz.

Israel says its military will keep striking Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in southern Lebanon despite warnings from Tehran, raising concerns that a fragile regional ceasefire could unravel and trigger a wider conflict across the Middle East.

The Israeli military said operations against Hezbollah would continue after a series of attacks in Lebanon, including strikes in Beirut’s southern suburbs and southern Lebanon. Iran responded with its first direct missile attack on Israel since a US-brokered ceasefire took effect in early April, launching a barrage of ballistic missiles that Israel said were intercepted.

Israel later carried out retaliatory airstrikes against military targets in central and western Iran. Israeli officials said the strikes targeted missile-launch infrastructure and other military assets.

The exchange represents the most serious escalation since the ceasefire paused months of conflict involving Israel, Iran and Tehran’s regional allies. Iranian officials warned that further Israeli attacks in Lebanon would provoke a broader and more severe response, while Israel insisted it would continue military operations against Hezbollah.

Donald Trump told Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu that he might soon face Iran alone if tensions escalate, according to an interview with Israel’s Channel 12.

The US president said he urged Netanyahu on Sunday to avoid retaliatory strikes after Israel attacked Beirut, but the Israeli leader did not reveal his final decision until later. Trump added he was able to “reduce the scale” of the planned attack.

He cautioned Netanyahu against turning the exchange into a full-scale war, saying: “You’d better be careful what you do, because you could be left alone against Iran very soon.”

Iran’s parliamentary speaker and chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf has said the United States is “neither seeking a ceasefire nor seeking dialogue” with Tehran, urging Iran to respond decisively to defend the rights of its people.

Ghalibaf said Iran should pursue what he described as an “engineered victory” based on “authority and rationality”, rather than slogans or symbolic commitments.

He added that military, diplomatic, public engagement, and domestic service efforts are all interconnected, warning that viewing diplomacy as limited to “closed-room talks and diplomatic smiles” would lead to failure from the outset.

Iran has pledged to maintain its position over the strategic Strait of Hormuz while criticising fresh European Union sanctions targeting individuals and entities linked to Tehran’s push for “sovereignty” over the key waterway, CNN reports.

Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi described the EU’s decision as a “fraudulent move,” sharply rejecting the measures.

Iran has removed its flight restrictions, restoring aviation operations across the country.

“With safe conditions now ensured and coordination with relevant authorities completed, flight restrictions have been lifted and aviation activities are returning to normal,” said Abouzar Shiroodi of the Civil Aviation Organisation, according to IRIB.

Earlier on Monday, flights had been cancelled and the airspace closed following Iran’s missile attacks on Israel and subsequent retaliatory strikes.

US forces have disabled an unladen oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman after it attempted to sail towards an Iranian port in violation of an ongoing blockade, according to US Central Command (CENTCOM).

CENTCOM said the Palau-flagged M/T Marivex was targeted while transiting international waters on June 8. A U.S. F/A-18 Super Hornet operating from the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) struck the vessel’s engineering and steering compartments after the crew failed to comply with instructions. The tanker is no longer en route to Iran.

The incident is part of broader enforcement operations since April 13, during which CENTCOM says it has disabled seven non-compliant vessels, redirected 134 ships that followed instructions, and allowed 42 humanitarian aid vessels to pass through the area.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has issued an urgent alert for residents in southern Lebanon, particularly in the Ziqoq Al-Mufdi area, instructing them to evacuate and move north.

“In light of Hezbollah’s violation of the ceasefire, the Defense Army is compelled to act forcefully,” IDF spokesperson Avichay Adraee wrote on X.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he told US President Donald Trump that Israel reserved the right to defend itself against Iran at any time, despite Trump’s public objections.

“Israel has a full right to self-defence, and we are exercising it as required. I say this to you, just as I say it with appreciation and respect in my good conversations with my friend President Trump,” Netanyahu said in a televised statement.

Israel’s education ministry said on Monday that schools would reopen throughout the country the following day, after a one-day closure put in place because of Iranian missile attacks.

“In accordance with the updated directives of the Home Front Command, studies will resume tomorrow in all educational institutions throughout the country and will take place in full, in-person and within the regular educational frameworks,” the ministry wrote in a statement.

Classes in several northern communities along the Lebanese border will only be allowed to resume if they are held next to a protected space, the ministry added, due to the risk of incoming projectiles from the Iran-backed Hezbollah.

The Israeli prime minister’s brief statement added that “right now, the fire has been halted.” It was his first public statement since Iran fired missiles at Israel late Sunday. They were intercepted.

Netanyahu asserted Israel’s right to self-defense, “and I say this with appreciation and respect in my good conversations with my friend President Trump.” Netanyahu appears to have openly defied Trump with a strike in Beirut on Sunday and then retaliatory attacks against Iran.

The official spokesperson for the Ministry of Defense, Major General Turki Al-Malki, confirmed that a ballistic missile launched from Yemen on Monday, 8 June 2026, failed and deviated from its course.

Investigations and technical reviews revealed that the missile had been aimed at a regional state but malfunctioned due to technical issues. It ultimately landed in an uninhabited area near the Saudi-Yemeni border, generating inaccurate indicators about its intended target.

No casualties or damage were reported.

The civil aviation authority also says operations at Damascus International Airport have resumed.

The Ministry of External Affairs has expressed deep regret over the renewed attacks in West Asia, describing the situation as a matter of “utmost concern” to the international community.

India noted that the conflict, now stretching beyond 100 days, has caused severe human suffering and disrupted global economic and energy stability.

The statement urged all parties to de-escalate tensions, protect civilians, and accelerate diplomatic negotiations to restore peace and stability in the region.

US President Donald Trump called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, a White House official told AFP, after the first exchanges of fire between Israel and Iran since an April ceasefire.

Iran fired missiles at Israel overnight and Israel responded by targeting military sites in the Islamic republic, sparking fears of a new full-scale conflict.

“Israel and Iran must immediately stop ‘shooting’,” the US leader wrote earlier Monday on his Truth Social network.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz vowed Monday to press Israel’s military campaign in Lebanon, despite a warning from Iran that any such action would prompt the Islamic republic to take “severe” measures.

“The IDF will continue to operate in Lebanon against the terrorist organisation Hezbollah,” Katz said in a statement, adding that Israel would strike Beirut’s southern suburbs, known as the Dahiyeh district, in retaliation for every attack on northern Israel.

“We categorically reject Iran’s threats. Any Iranian attempt to link Lebanon and Iran and attack Israel will be met with great force, as happened yesterday,” Katz said.

Iran announced earlier on Monday that it was halting its latest attacks against Israel, but added that “should acts of aggression and hostility continue, including in southern Lebanon, much more severe and crushing measures than before will follow”.

Sirens have been activated in northern Israel as cross-border hostilities with Lebanon continue, the Israeli military said.

The Israel Defence Forces said alerts were triggered in the Zarit area and that it is investigating the situation.

Israeli strikes on Iran Monday wounded at least 15 people, the National Emergency Medical Organization said in a statement published by the Iranian official news agency.

No fatalities have been reported so far, the organization said. The statement did not specify whether the wounded were civilians or military personnel, noting that 14 of the injured were from Mahshahr in the province of Khuzestan, while one was from Tehran.

A US official has denied Israel’s claim that American forces intercepted Iranian ballistic missiles launched toward Israel, CNN reported.

The official said the US military did not intercept any of the missiles fired overnight, marking a notable shift from previous rounds of escalation when US forces actively helped shoot down Iranian projectiles aimed at Israel.

The denial contradicts an earlier Israeli military statement that said US forces had supported Israel’s air defence operations, including intercepting some of the incoming missiles.

Despite the discrepancy, the official said Israeli and US forces maintained close coordination overnight. Israeli Defence Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir reportedly spoke twice with US Central Command chief Adm. Brad Cooper during the exchanges.

Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Defence has denied reports that Prince Sultan Air Base in Al Kharj Governorate was targeted.

Major General Turki Al Maliki, the ministry’s official spokesperson, said the air raid sirens sounded early Monday as a precaution after a ballistic missile was launched from Yemen and disappeared near the border.

Investigations are ongoing to determine the details of the missile launch, he added, stressing that there was no threat to the base.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called for restraint from all sides amid a renewed surge in violence in the Middle East, warning of the risks of a fragile ceasefire collapsing.

In a statement on X, Sharif said the recent escalation was a “stark reminder” of the dangers linked to a tenuous truce and the “unbearable consequences” it could trigger.

He said Pakistan, along with its partners, was working toward a peaceful diplomatic solution and urged parties to “give peace a little more chance.”

“Let us continue to remain on the path of peace and diplomacy… instead of violence and destruction,” he added.

All flights at airports across Iran have been suspended until further notice, Iranian state media reported.

The announcement did not immediately provide a reason for the nationwide suspension or indicate when services would resume.

The move comes amid heightened regional tensions following recent exchanges of fire between Iran and Israel.

All flights at airports across Iran have been suspended until further notice, Iranian state media reported.

The announcement did not immediately provide a reason for the nationwide suspension or indicate when services would resume.

The move comes amid heightened regional tensions following recent exchanges of fire between Iran and Israel.

Indian navy helicopters airlifted 24 sailors off a tanker on fire off the coast of Oman on Monday, New Delhi officials said, without saying what caused the blaze.

India’s Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways said a fire was reported at around 1:30 pm (0800 GMT) on the MT Marivex, a Palau-flagged tanker.

“There has been a fire reported on a vessel, MT Marivex, on which there were 24 Indian seafarers… all Indian seafarers are safe,” ministry director Opesh Kumar Sharma told reporters.

The tanker’s position was shown by ship-tracking service MarineTraffic as being off the coast of Oman, south of the capital Muscat.

Indian authorities did not provide details about the extent of the damage to the vessel and did not indicate what may have sparked the fire.

Iran has largely blocked shipping through the Strait of Hormuz since the outbreak of war with the United States and Israel on February 28. The vital waterway normally carries about one-fifth of the world’s oil and LNG shipments in peacetime.

New Delhi’s foreign ministry condemned recent violence in a statement earlier on Monday.

“This conflict has now lasted over 100 days and has already caused immense human suffering,” it said.

“It has also had a debilitating impact on the global economy and energy supplies.”

The army said two projectiles were intercepted, while one landed near the soldiers, adding there were no injuries.

The launches triggered air raid sirens in northern Israel.

US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone for a second time in less than 24 hours on Monday, an Israeli source told CNN.

The call came shortly before Iran announced a suspension of its military operation against Israel, though details of the discussion remain unclear. Netanyahu has not publicly commented on the latest escalation.

In an earlier call on Sunday, Trump urged Netanyahu to hold off on a retaliatory strike against Iran, according to a US official.

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said Tehran has not abandoned negotiations with the US following renewed exchanges of strikes with Israel.

He also stressed that Iran remains active militarily, saying the Islamic Republic has not left “the battlefield.”

“Diplomacy and defence are the two wings of national power,” Pezeshkian wrote on X, adding: “We have neither left the battlefield nor abandoned the negotiating table.”

Education Minister Yoav Kisch said in a post on X Monday afternoon that schools would not open on Tuesday.

On Sunday evening, Israel’s military updated its guidelines for civilians, limiting large gatherings and canceling school across the country for the first time since the earlier round of fighting with Iran in April.

Kisch said the Ministry of Education aims to reopen classrooms on Wednesday under guidelines that would ensure students have access to close shelter.

Iraq reopened its airspace on Monday, the country’s civil aviation body said, following Iran’s announcement that it was halting its military operation against Israel.

The Civil Aviation Authority was reopening “Iraqi airspace to flights to and from all airports” and will continue to “monitor and assess the regional situation”, it said in a statement.

It had announced a 72-hour closure of its airspace on Sunday evening after Iranian missile strikes on Israel, the first since a ceasefire in the Middle East war began on April 8.

The EU on Monday imposed sanctions on the spokesman for the naval arm of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and a regional command over the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

Europe has been left on the sidelines as the US war with Iran has shuttered the key waterway and roiled global markets.

The 27-nation bloc said it was blacklisting Mohammad Akbarzadeh, spokesperson for the Guards’ naval wing, and the organisation’s Hormozgan Provincial Command.

It also said it was placing Hamid Hosseini, a representative of Iran’s oil exporters union, under an asset freeze and visa ban.

European nations, spearheaded by France and Britain, are working on plans to send a naval mission to Hormuz once the fighting stops.

EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas has said the bloc’s naval mission, currently in the Red Sea, could take part in the operation.

Iran’s armed forces say military operations against Israel have ended but caution that renewed strikes on Lebanon could trigger stronger retaliation, reports Fars News Agency.

US President Donald Trump said Monday that Iran and Israel wanted a ceasefire but warned that ongoing peace negotiations were “subject to ignorance or stupidity.”

“Both sides, Israel and Iran, are looking to do an immediate CEASEFIRE! Final negotiations on “Peace” are proceeding, subject to ignorance or stupidity getting in its way,” Trump said on Truth Social.

The European Union’s foreign policy chief said the 27-member bloc approved sanctions against Iranian individuals and entities involved in disrupting transit through the Strait of Hormuz.

Kaja Kallas said after a meeting with EU defense ministers on Monday that this is the first time the EU has applied a new freedom-of-navigation sanctions system “and where necessary will apply it again.”

“Ministers were clear today that Iran’s actions are unacceptable,” Kallas said.

Iran’s military command on Monday warned it would respond “more forcefully” to any further attacks amid an ongoing exchange of fire with Israel.

“In the event of continued aggression and acts of hostility, they (the United States and Israel) will be dealt with even more forcefully,” the spokesman for the military’s Khatam al-Anbiya central command said in a video shared by Iran’s state broadcaster.

US President Donald Trump said Monday that Israel and Iran must stop “shooting,” as the two countries attacked each other for the first time since a ceasefire two months ago.

“Israel and Iran must immediately stop ‘shooting’,” Trump said on Truth Social.

US President Donald Trump said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have no option but to accept any agreement Washington reaches with Iran, asserting that the final decision rests with him, not Israel.

“He won’t have any choice,” Trump told the Financial Times in a phone interview. “I call the shots. I call all the shots. He doesn’t call the shots.”

The Israeli military said about 30 missiles had been launched from Iran towards Israel since Sunday night, along with one missile fired by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement, marking a renewed escalation after a fragile ceasefire.

It added that the Israeli Air Force had carried out a large-scale retaliatory operation targeting Iranian strategic air defence systems and other military infrastructure. According to the military, the strikes were aimed at degrading Tehran’s ability to restore and operate its air defence network following earlier attacks. Israeli officials said the operation dismantled air defence capabilities that Iran had been deploying to rebuild its defensive posture, although Iranian authorities have not independently confirmed the extent of the damage.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Monday they had targeted a petrochemical facility in Israel in retaliation for an attack on a similar site in southwestern Iran.

“The Aerospace Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in response to the aggression of the American-Zionist enemy against a petrochemical industry facility, targeted similar industrial facilities in Haifa with missile strikes a few moments ago,” the Guards’ official media outlet Sepah News said.

They also warned that Israel “has initiated a dangerous game, the scope of which will encompass all energy-related targets in the region”, blaming the US for any consequences for the global economy.

Local media in Iran said Monday that a “hostile drone” was shot down over the capital Tehran during the new round of fighting with Israel.

“A hostile drone belonging to the American-Zionist enemy was targeted and destroyed by air defences in the skies over Tehran,” the Mehr news agency reported, without elaborating.

A huge blast rocked central Tehran on Monday, an AFP journalist reported, followed by repeated explosions believed to be from air defence systems in the capital.

The initial explosion shook the premises of the foreign ministry in central Tehran, where an AFP journalist was attending a weekly press conference.

“The exact location and source of this explosion are still unknown,” local media, including Fars news agency, reported, adding that “simultaneously, air defence was also activated in some parts of Tehran”.

Iran said Monday that Pakistan’s mediation efforts to end the war with the United States were continuing even after fighting resumed with Israel.

“Diplomatic consultations are naturally continuing in all circumstances,” said Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei.

Iran said Monday that the resumption of hostilities in the Middle East war will have consequences for ongoing talks with the United States to reach peace in the region.

“It is perfectly natural that the diplomatic process initiated to put an end to this imposed war would be affected,” Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said at a press conference in Tehran attended by AFP.

The Israeli military said Monday it had struck and dismantled Iranian defence systems deployed across several areas in the country.

“Recently, defence systems were deployed in numerous areas across Iran as part of the regime’s efforts to restore its detection and defence capabilities, which were degraded during Operation Roaring Lion,” the military said.

“The strike led to the dismantling of these systems,” it said, adding that dozens of warplanes participated in the operation.

China said it was “deeply concerned” Monday by fresh attacks between Israel and Iran, expressing hope that a fragile truce in the Middle East war would be respected.

“Resuming hostilities is not in any party’s interest,” foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a news briefing, adding: “It is hoped all relevant parties will fulfil their commitment to a ceasefire.”

Iran said Monday that the United States held responsibility for the resumption of fighting with Israel, saying Israel’s actions “cannot be separated” from US policy.

“Without a doubt, as I said, the actions of the Zionist regime in the region cannot be separated from US policies,” foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baqaei said at a press conference in Tehran attended by AFP.

“No one believes that the Zionist regime would carry out any action without prior coordination and cooperation with the United States,” he added.

The Israeli army said it has identified a new wave of missiles launched from Iran toward Israeli territory.

“Defence systems are working to intercept the threat,” the military said, urging the public to act responsibly and follow all official instructions.

Sirens were heard in Tel Aviv as the latest wave of missiles was reported incoming from Iran.

Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels announced a missile attack on Israel on Monday and declared a ban on Israeli shipping in the Red Sea, raising the spectre of a return to major disruption on the key route.

“We declare a complete and total ban on Israeli maritime navigation in the Red Sea,” said a statement from the Houthis’ armed forces, which also confirmed the first missile attack on Israel since early April.

Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar received a phone call on Monday from Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, according to QNA.

The two sides reviewed mediation efforts between the United States and Iran, as well as the latest developments in Lebanon.

During the call, the Qatari prime minister reaffirmed Qatar’s support for all efforts aimed at containing escalation and reaching a comprehensive agreement to strengthen regional security and stability and achieve lasting peace in the Middle East.

Iran said Monday it had struck Israel’s Nevatim and Tel Nof air bases, as the two sides traded fire in the largest flare-up in fighting since a ceasefire took effect in April.

“The operation was carried out in response to a missile attack launched by the Zionist regime… against several radar sites in three different places” in Iran, the country’s Revolutionary Guards, the ideological wing of Iran’s army, said in a statement.

EU top diplomat Kaja Kallas urged calm Monday after Iran and Israel traded strikes, testing a fragile truce and threatening hopes for a deal to end the Middle East war.

“Overnight, we have seen escalation again. I think the region does not need an escalation, but actually that parties sit down to a negotiation table and agree,” Kallas said.

Iranian media on Monday said Israel had struck a petrochemical company in southwestern Iran, as the warring countries traded fire hours after US President Donald Trump called for restraint.

“The Zionist enemy has carried out an air attack on the Karun Petrochemical Company in Mahshahr,” local media posted on Telegram.

It quoted a local law enforcement official as saying that Israeli projectiles struck the facility.

State news agency IRNA reported that the special petrochemical economic zone which hosts the company had evacuated “its daytime employees… following an aerial attack by the hostile Zionist enemy”.

Karoon petrochemical company was founded in 2002-2003 as the first “knowledge based” petrochemical company of Iran.

It produces more than 200,000 tonnes of petrochemical products annually according to the figures published on its website.

Israel and Iran traded fire hours after US President Donald Trump called on Israel to refrain from retaliating against Tehran’s missiles.

The Israeli military said it had identified a second wave of missiles launched from Iran on Monday and its defensive systems were working to intercept them.

“Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat,” the military said.

AFP journalists heard at least eight explosions over Jerusalem on Monday as Israel said it was intercepting a new wave of Iranian missiles.

The Israeli army wrote on Telegram it had “identified missiles launched from Iran” and was working to intercept the threat.

An AFP journalist in Jerusalem witnessed at least one interception as residents hurried to shelters in the city.

Israel’s emergency service provider Magen David Adom said there were no reports of any casualties.

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The truce in the Iran war that was reached in April has not spread to Lebanon, where Israel has been battling Iranian-backed Hezbollah militants. Israel says it is defending its northern communities that face Hezbollah drone and rocket fire.

Iran sees Israel’s ground invasion, with thousands of troops, and airstrikes in Lebanon as a ceasefire violation. It insists that any deal with the United States must end the fighting there. Israel disagrees.

The Israeli army said Monday it was working to intercept a missile launched from Yemen.

Yemen’s Houthi rebels, who joined the Middle East war in March in support of Iran, have previously launched attacks on Israel.

The Israel Defense Forces wrote on Telegram that it “has identified the launch of a missile from Yemen toward Israeli territory, aerial defense systems are operating to intercept the threat.”

Saudi Civil Defence said the danger has now passed in Al Kharj Governorate. Authorities urged residents to continue following Civil Defence instructions, avoid gathering or filming, and call 911 in case of emergency.

Earlier, a warning had been issued via the National Early Warning Platform for the Al Kharj area.

Residents in western Tehran heard at least two explosions around 4.43am. and 4.45am, according to the Tehran Fire Department. Authorities say no urban areas were directly hit.

Oil prices rose sharply in Asian trading Monday, with benchmark crude contracts nearing multi-month highs as investors weighed supply risks, OPEC+ production policy and expectations for stronger energy demand later this year.

As of 11:02 am (June 8, 2026) in Tokyo, US benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude traded at $93.30 a barrel, up $2.76, or 3.05%. Brent crude, the international benchmark, gained $2.78 to $95.99 a barrel, a rise of 2.99%.

The Israeli army said Monday it had struck targets in western and central Iran, as Iranian state TV reported explosions in the cities of Tehran, Tabriz and Isfahan.

“A short while ago, the Israeli Air Force struck military targets belonging to the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran,” the Israel Defense Forces posted on Telegram.

Iranian state TV reported explosions in three cities on Monday, as the Israeli army said its air forces had struck targets in west and central Iran.

“Several explosions heard in Tehran, Tabriz and Isfahan,” state TV posted on Telegram.

The US Embassy in Jordan has warned that reports indicate missiles, drones or rockets are present in Jordanian airspace. The embassy urged residents to seek overhead cover, shelter in place immediately and remain indoors while monitoring local announcements and alerts.

The embassy said it is continuing to assess the situation and will provide further updates as needed.

US President Donald Trump told NBC’s Interviewer Kristen Welker during an explosive interview about his Iran war strategy, saying: “We’re very close to having a deal (with Iran) — and if we don’t have a deal, we’ll do it one way or the other. Either way, we win.”

On Mojtaba Khamenei: “I don’t want to say whether or not I know where he is, but there’s a good probability that I do… He’s very seriously injured.”

Researchers warned on Monday that nuclear-armed states were taking their arms out of storage and putting them on delivery systems, as the weapons of mass destruction are playing an increased role in global politics.  

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said the world’s nuclear powers had an estimated total of 12,187 warheads, with about 9,745 of them in stockpiles for potential use.

Tehran’s international airport suspended all incoming flights after Iranian missile strikes on Israel, local media said late on Sunday. “The civil aviation authority announced the suspension of all flights bound for the airport until further notice,” said Iranian press agency Mehr — the latest closure for Khomeini International Airport, one of two serving the capital, which had only re-opened in April after being shut for weeks over the Middle East war.

The Israeli military said Sunday that Iran had committed a “grave mistake” by launching a barrage of missiles at Israel.

“The Iranian terrorist regime has made a grave mistake by once again choosing the path of terror,” military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin.

The Israeli military vowed to press ahead with its military campaign in Lebanon and said it would step up operations against Hezbollah.

“The (Iranian) regime is attempting to establish a new equation through direct attacks on Israeli territory in response to IDF operations in Dahiyeh,” military spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin said, in a televised statement.

“We struck in Dahiyeh in response to Hezbollah’s relentless attacks on the communities of northern Israel. The IDF will continue to operate throughout Lebanon and will intensify its actions against the Hezbollah terrorist organisation.”

US President Donald Trump said he will call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to urge him not to retaliate against Iranian missile strikes on Israel, news outlet Axios reported.

“I am going to call Bibi right now and tell him not to retaliate,” Trump was quoted as saying by Axios journalist Barak Ravid in a phone interview, using the Israeli leader’s nickname.

“Each of them had their fun. Israel had its strike and Iran had its strike. We don’t need another one,” Trump said, according to excerpts of which Ravid posted on X.

Iran closed the airspace over the west of the country after launching a salvo of missiles towards Israel in response to its latest strike on Lebanon.

“Due to safety and security assessments… the western part of the country’s airspace was declared closed until further notice,” said Majid Akhavan, the spokesman for the National Civil Aviation Organisation, in a statement carried by the news agency IRNA.

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has held calls with officials from the UK, Turkey, and Pakistan following Israel’s repeated violations of the Lebanon ceasefire.

Araghchi told Telegram that he spoke with UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper and Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan to discuss the situation.

He also spoke with Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir, who has been instrumental in mediation efforts between the US and Iran.

Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guards said that Sunday night’s missile attack on Israel was a “warning” after the Israeli strike on Beirut earlier in the day, threatening wider strikes in the event of new aggression.

“Tonight’s operation was a warning. If such aggressions are repeated, the responses will be broader awill cover all US-Zionist targets in the region,” the force said.

Iraq has temporarily closed its airspace and suspended air navigation, civil aviation officials confirmed.

At the same time, the Syrian Civil Aviation Authority announced a 12-hour closure of southern air corridors and a suspension of operations at Damascus International Airport.

Authorities in both countries cited safety and security concerns as the reason for the temporary measures.

President Donald Trump said that Iran’s recent missile attack on Israel complicates ongoing negotiations but expressed optimism that a deal is close.

Speaking to Fox News, Trump said, “You’ve shot your missiles, that’s enough. Get back to the table and make a deal.” He added that an agreement could be signed as early as Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday this week.

Trump also criticised Israel’s airstrikes on Beirut, saying he was “not happy about it,” highlighting his concern over escalating regional tensions.

Israel is preparing a “powerful” response to Iranian ballistic missile attacks, according to two Israeli sources cited by CNN.

The Israeli military said it has intercepted all Iranian ballistic missiles “thus far” following at least three separate barrages fired toward Israel. One source said at least 10 missiles were intercepted.

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it is “currently identifying and intercepting threats” as the situation continues to develop amid heightened regional tensions.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has said it launched ballistic missiles at Israel’s Ramat David Air Base, located about 20km from Haifa in northern Israel.

The IRGC described the air base as the “source of aggressions” against southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs.

The Israeli military said it had so far intercepted all missiles fired by Iran on Sunday, while warning that the Islamic republic had launched a new salvo.

“The IDF intercepted all missiles from Iran thus far. The IDF has currently identified additional launches fired toward the State of Israel,” the military said. “The Aerial Defence Array is currently identifying and intercepting threats.”

The Israeli army said it had detected incoming missile fire from Iran on Sunday, a first since a fragile truce went into effect in the Middle East war in April.

“A short while ago, sirens were sounded in several areas across the country, following the identification of missiles launched from Iran toward the State of Israel,” the military said, in a statement.

The situation is ongoing, and authorities have urged residents to stay alert and follow official safety instructions.