Israel-Iran conflict: List of key events, June 21, 2025

Here’s wherever things basal on Saturday, June 21:

Fighting

• Israeli aerial strikes deed a cardinal nuclear site successful Iran’s Isfahan province. An Israeli service spokesperson said the aerial unit “struck the cardinal installation on with buildings utilized to nutrient centrifuges”.
• The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) confirmed that a centrifuge manufacturing store astatine the tract was hit, adding that determination was nary atomic worldly astatine the tract and truthful nary radiological consequences.
• The lawman politician of Isfahan said the cities of Lanjan, Mobarakeh, Shahreza and Isfahan were targeted.
• Iranian media reported a drone onslaught connected Isfahan later.
• Israeli forces besides deed a subject installation successful Shiraz.
• Fars quality bureau reported attacks connected 2 cities successful the oil-rich state of Khuzestan, saying “frightening explosions” were heard successful the provincial superior of Ahvaz and a ample file of fume had risen supra the larboard metropolis of Mahshahr.
• In different Israeli attacks, defence systems were activated implicit Najafabad, portion explosions were reported successful Malard. There were besides reports of attacks connected Tehran.
• The Israeli military’s main spokesperson said the service had been told to beryllium prepared for a “prolonged campaign” to destruct Iranian targets.
• The Iranian service said that the seventh and eighth stages of launching dozens of “destructive” drones towards Israel had been carried out, with a study saying “most of the drones deed the intended targets”.
• Iran’s equipped forces threatened to onslaught shipments of subject assistance to Israel, informing that “any subject oregon radar instrumentality by vessel oregon craft from immoderate state to assistance the Zionist regime” would beryllium considered a “legitimate target”.
• The Israeli service said it had changeable down astir 40 drones launched from Iran.
• German paper Bild reported that Israel’s overseas curate claimed that attacks connected Iran had delayed the country’s prospects of creating a atomic weaponry by “at slightest 2 oregon 3 years”.
• Explosions were heard supra Tel Aviv, wherever buildings were seen connected fire. In cardinal Israel, the exigency services released images showing occurrence connected the extortion of a multistorey residential building.
• A spokesperson for Yemen’s Houthi group, successful a video statement, threatened to onslaught US “ships and warships” successful the Red Sea should Washington get progressive successful Israel’s run against Iran.

Casualties and disruptions

• Israel’s defence curate said that Israeli forces killed 3 elder commanders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
• The IRGC said 5 of its members had died successful Israeli attacks.
• At slightest 5 radical were killed successful Israeli attacks successful the Iranian metropolis of Khorramabad.
• An Israeli craft struck a residential gathering successful Qom, sidesplitting a 16-year-old and injuring 2 people.
• Hussein Khalil, a erstwhile bodyguard for Hezbollah’s slain person Hassan Nasrallah killed successful an Israeli onslaught connected Tehran.
• Iran’s Fars quality bureau quoted Health Minister Mohammadreza Zafarghandi arsenic saying Israel had struck six ambulances and 3 hospitals, sidesplitting 2 wellness workers and a kid successful the attacks.
• Iran’s lawman wellness curate said the section was preparing to dainty immoderate victims suffering from the effects of Israel’s continued targeting of the country’s atomic capability, “in the lawsuit that atomic reactors are targeted”.
• Tasnim News Agency reported Iran’s accusation curate arsenic saying that entree to “international” net should beryllium afloat restored crossed the state by 8pm connected Saturday.
• Iran’s wellness ministry said that Israeli strikes implicit the past 9 days had killed astatine slightest 430 radical and wounded astir 3,500.
• In Israel, Iran’s strikes person killed astatine slightest 25 people.
• The caput of Qom province’s quality constabulary said the unit had arrested 22 radical “on charges of being connected to the Zionist regime’s spy services” since Israel’s battle connected the state began connected June 12.

Protests

• In Berlin, much than 10,000 radical gathered successful the centre of the metropolis successful enactment of Gaza.
• More than 1,000 protesters joined a rally successful beforehand of Berlin’s Reichstag, spot of the German Bundestag, to telephone for the enactment successful Iran to beryllium deposed.
• In London, pro-Palestine demonstrators marched done the metropolis centre waving Iranian flags and calling for the UK authorities to halt allowing arms exports and subject practice with Israel.
• A pro-Palestine march besides took spot successful Stockholm.
• A wide rally took spot successful Baghdad’s Shia territory of Kadhimiya, nether the slogan “Iran is not alone”.

A miss holds an Iranian emblem arsenic Iraqi radical rally to amusement solidarity with Iran successful the Shi’ite territory of Kadhimiya, Baghdad, Iraq, connected June 21, 2025 [Ahmed Saad/Reuters]

Politics and diplomacy

• Iran’s president spoke with his French counterpart, informing of a “more devastating” retaliation should Israel’s bombing run continue, saying that Iran would not halt its atomic programme “under immoderate circumstances”.
• Macron said that the brace had agreed to “accelerate” atomic negotiations betwixt European powers and Iran. Iran indispensable ne'er get atomic weapons, and it is up to it to supply each assurance that its intentions are peaceful,” helium said.
• Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said nary state has violated planetary quality rights much than Israel, which “has ever felt implicit immunity from punishment for its crimes”.
• Attending a gathering of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) successful Istanbul, Iran’s overseas curate said the United States had been progressive successful Israel’s “aggression” from “day one”, contempt denials from Washington.
• Addressing the OIC summit, Turkiye’s president said Netanyahu was the “biggest obstacle to determination peace” and that Israel’s attacks connected Iran aimed to sabotage atomic talks with the US.
• Qatar’s authorities quality bureau reported that Gulf Cooperation Council ambassadors expressed concerns to UN atomic watchdog main Rafael Grossi astir the “dangerous repercussions” of Israel targeting Iran’s atomic facilities adjacent to their countries.
• A German Foreign Ministry authoritative said the state had temporarily relocated the unit of its embassy successful Tehran abroad.
• India’s embassy successful Iran said it was “evacuating each Indian Nationals successful Iran”.
• Hundreds of US citizens person departed Iran utilizing onshore routes implicit the past week.

Source:

Al Jazeera and quality agencies