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According to the US attack: Iran starts new rocket attack on Israel
Updated on June 22nd, 2025 – 07:02 a.m.Reading time: 33 min.
According to US President Donald Trump, the United States has bombed Iranian nuclear facilities. Iran attacks Israel with drones. All developments in the news blog.
A few hours after the US bombardings in Iran, the Iranian revolutionary guards have once again fired rockets on Israel. In Israel, the sirens howled, as the Israeli forces announced on Telegram.
Around 30 rockets were used in the attack, as Iran’s state broadcasting reported. The Revolutionary Guards – Iran’s Elite Riding power – had recently fired ballistic rockets on Israel on Friday and scored destinations in the Mediterranean city of Haifa.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghtschi has threatened with consequences on Iranian nuclear facilities. “The events of this morning are outrageous and will have permanent consequences,” wrote the minister on the X.
Araghtschi continued that Iran reserved all the options for self-defense in accordance with the UN Charter and the right to legitimate self-defense to protect his sovereignty, interests and people. Read more about this here.
The United States had intervened to war against Iran on the side of Israel on Sunday night and attacked nuclear facilities, according to US President Donald Trump. Among them was the well-fortified underground uranium enrichment situation for Fordo.
Araghtschi had recently negotiated with the United States with the Gulf State of Oman on the nuclear program. Most recently, the talks stalled on the central question of uranium enrichment. The United States called for its full task, while the Iranian leadership defined this as a red line.
The minister accused the United States of committing a serious violation of the UN charta, international law and the nuclear weapon blocking contract with the attack.
In view of the US attack, Iranian representation among the United Nations called for an urgency meeting at the UN Security Council, as reported by the state broadcasting.
According to the authorities there, no increased radiation values have been measured according to the US attacks on important nuclear facilities in Iran. The national center for the nuclear security system on Sunday said that there were “no signs of contamination”, explained the national center for the nuclear security system. There is therefore “no danger” for the people living around the facilities.
Western states have been accusing Iran to strive for nuclear weapons for years, which Tehran denies. According to a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Iran has increased its existence of 60 percent enriched uranium in recent months. An enrichment level of around 90 percent is required for the construction of nuclear weapons.
The Islamist terrorist organization Hamas has condemned the US attacks on Iranian nuclear facilities as “unaired aggression”. The attacks represented a “dangerous escalation” and threatened peace and international security, it said in a message from the Palestinian terrorist organization. The United States was blindly followed by Israel’s agenda. However, the attack would not break the will of the Iranian people with which one explained in solidarity, it was further in the comment of Hamas. Hamas is considered an important ally of Iran.
