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“Inappropriate reports”: Iran’s state television chopped
Updated on June 18, 2025 – 10:59 p.m.Reading time: 92 min.
The Iranian regime has severely restricted communication, but TV channels continue to send. Publicly visible flight data heats speculation. All developments in the news blog.
According to its own information, Israel’s army has completed another wave of attack on the Iranian capital Tehran. The Israeli Air Force has targeted more than 20 positions in the past few hours, and the military share the military in the late evening. Among them were manufacturing systems for uranium centrifuges, “locations for nuclear weapons development projects” and rocket factories. The information could initially not be checked independently.
Europeans want to negotiate with Iran about nuclear program
In the air war between Israel and Iran, which has been led to days, there is signs of a political solution for the first time. The Foreign Minister of European countries and Irans will meet on Friday, according to information from the Reuters news agency, on new negotiations on the Iranian nuclear program. According to this, the Foreign Minister of Germany, France and Great Britain should initially coordinate with the EU foreign representative Kaja Kallas, Reuters learned from German diplomatic circles on Wednesday. After that, there should be a joint discussion with the Iranian Foreign Minister. Read more about this here.
According to media reports, Iranian state television has been the goal of hacker attacks. A moderator informed the population about program disorders, as Iranian media reported. “If you see disturbances or inappropriate messages on the television of different transmitters, this is due to enemy interference on satellite frequencies,” the moderator was quoted.
Videos of state television circulated on social media to take the hack. They showed recordings from the time of mass demonstrations in autumn 2022. At that time, the protest movement “Woman, Life, Freedom” Iran’s leadership brought Iran’s leadership to the brink of the loss of control. The contributions were initially not verified.
Israel’s military bombed the headquarters of the state station on Monday. Two journalists were killed and the building was badly damaged. Iran’s security apparatus has meanwhile blocked the Internet. Telephone connections to the country are currently not possible. However, Iran’s state -controlled media can continue to spread their news, including on social media.
In the middle of the war, the Internet in Iran is almost completely switched off. Real-time data confirmed an “almost complete national internet blackout”, reported the NetBlocks organization, which is primarily known for the observation of internet bans. Residents of the capital Tehran confirm the failure of the Internet by phone.
The news agency more cited a message from the Ministry of Communication. Accordingly, the restriction was “due to the abuse of the national communication network by the enemy aggressor for military purposes and to endanger the life and property of innocent people”. Access to communication in the country persists. Almost three hours after the restriction, it was no longer possible internationally to reach people in Iran by phone.
According to the Israeli army, Iran has again fired missiles on Israel. “Defense systems are in operation to intercept the threat,” said a message. Iran confirmed the attack. In several areas of the country, including in the densely populated area Tel Aviv, howled warning sirens. People in the affected regions were instructed to haggle in shelters.
Most recently there had been rocket attacks from Iran during the night. Since then, the Islamic Republic of Israel has also attacked drones. Israel also continues to attack goals in Iran.
A first special flight has flown out of German and family members who were in Israel, through the Jordanian capital Amman. 171 people could have left the region, the Federal Foreign Office announced on the X platform. The landing is expected in the evening at Frankfurt Airport. Read more about this here.
A flight of two Iranian government machines to Oman triggered speculation in the middle of the war. According to the Tracking Portal Flighttradar, two line aircraft from the airline “Meradsch” landed on the Airline of the Omani capital Maskat in the evening (local time). On social media, this triggered discussions about a possible journey of Iranian government members into the golf state. The Oman had recently taught between the United States and Iran before the outbreak of war in the nuclear dispute.
