Live Blog Update| Israel attacks Iran
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Morning update

23 June 2025 05:40 BST

Good morning Middle East Eye readers,

Here are the latest developments from Israel's ongoing war on Iran:

  • Iran vowed to defend itself on Sunday, a day after the US joined Israel in the biggest Western military action against the country since its 1979 Islamic Revolution.

  • France is to send military A400M aircraft to Israel to fly out any of its citizens who wish to leave for Cyprus, the foreign and defence ministries said Sunday.

  • President Donald Trump insisted Sunday that US strikes had destroyed Iranian nuclear sites, after other officials cautioned that the extent of damage was still unclear.

  • At a UN Security Council emergency meeting Sunday following the US strikes, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned against "descending into a rathole of retaliation after retaliation".