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Live Blog Update| Israel attacks Iran

Evening recap

Our live blog will shortly be closing until tomorrow morning.

Here are the day's key developments:

- Iran currently has no plan to meet with the United States, Foreign Minister Abbas Aragchi said in an interview on state TV, contradicting US President Donald Trump's statement that Washington planned to have talks with Iran next week. 

- Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said that the United States had "gained nothing" from its attacks on the Islamic Republic during the 12-day war with Israel, and that the US "exagerrated" the impact of its early Sunday morning strikes.

- The US military chief told reporters on Thursday that the 30,000-pound GBU-57 series MOP took 15 years to design, and was specifically made to target the Fordow facility.

- In a video statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated that Israel's "victory" over Iran is an "opportunity" for further "peace agreements" in the region. He did not elaborate on which countries he meant.

- A parliamentary bill to suspend Iran's cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was ratified by the Guardian Council, Iran's Young Journalist Club news outlet reported, because of the agency's refusal to condemn the US and Israeli strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.

- The National Iranian American Council (NIAC) called on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to end its "outrageous targeting of individuals on the basis of their Iranian heritage" after an increase in the number of Iranian immigrants taken away to detention centers for deportation.