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Iran: Air defense activated via Natan’s nuclear system location
Updated on June 17th, 2025 – 02:03 a.m.Reading time: 73 min.
Donald Trump expresses warnings. Iranian state media report several explosions in the capital Tehran. All developments in the news blog.
According to the Iranian news website Asriran, the air defense system has been activated in the centraliriran over Natan’s nuclear system location. In addition, ASRIRAN reported several explosions in Tehran.
US President Donald Trump asked all the residents of Tehrans to leave the city on Monday. “Iran must not have nuclear weapons. I have said it over and over again. Everyone should leave Tehran immediately,” he wrote in a post on his own social media platform Truth Social. Trump also confirmed that Iran should have signed an atomic agreement with the United States.
Trump leaves the G7 summit in Canada prematurely, according to the White House. “President Trump will return to Washington this evening to take care of many important matters,” said Trump’s spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt. Read more here.
In view of the escalation between Israel and Iran, US Defense Minister Pete Hegseth has announced that it would expand the US military presence in the Middle East. At the weekend, he ordered “the relocation of additional resources” to the US regional command Central Command responsible for the Middle East in order to strengthen the “defense position” of the USA in the region, Hegseth said on Monday in the online service X.
Previously, a US warship had already been moved to the region. The aircraft carrier “USS Nimitz” left Southeast Asia on Monday and reported reportedly on the way to the Middle East. The nuclear ship is one of the largest warships worldwide.
In the conflict between Iran and Israel, US President Donald Trump sees opportunities for a negotiation solution. “I think an agreement will be signed,” said Trump on the edge of the G7 summit in Canada. Otherwise something will happen, he pushed after without becoming more specific. “An agreement will be signed and I think Iran is stupid if he doesn’t sign it.” Tehran is “practically at the negotiating table,” he emphasized. “You want to make a deal, and as soon as I am gone, we will do something.” For the time being, however, he was bound at the G7 meeting.
When asked whether he believes that Israel could completely eliminate the nuclear threat from Iran without the US military aid, Trump replied: “This is irrelevant. Something will happen.” And when asked whether he would seek a change of regime in Iran, the Republican replied: “I want there to be no nuclear weapons in Iran, and we are on the best way to achieve this.”
The Trump government had tried to contain the Iranian nuclear program in the past few months. With the mediation of the Gulf State of Oman, there were direct discussions between representatives of Washington and Tehrans. According to a report by the “Wall Street Journal”, Iran now wants to return to the negotiating table. Tehran informed intermediaries from Arab countries that it was ready for discussions about its nuclear program as long as the United States did not participate in the attacks, the sheet wrote.
According to an Iranian rocket attack on an important refinery in Haifa, the operator reported to the company’s systems. According to Israeli media, the Israeli oil and petrochemical company said that there was great damage to the power plant. How long will the country’s largest refinery will remain out of service was initially not reported. According to Israeli media, three employees were also killed in the attack on Sunday.
The Bazan refinery produces a large part of the civilian and military oil products of Israel. Kerosene for fighter planes is also made there. According to media reports, the refinery processes around 200,000 barrels of crude oil a day, which corresponds to around 80 percent of the total of Israeli production.
