Live: Iran holds funeral for top military, nuclear figures killed in Israeli strikes

Iranian state media is reporting on Tuesday that their military has launched a fresh wave of missiles and drones at Israel. 

The number of Iranian missiles fired at Israel since the start of the war exceeds 370, according to Israel. However, the number of missiles fired has been decreasing. 

US Vice President JD Vance wrote on social media on Tuesday that the US may take "further action" to stop Iranian enrichment.

Vance, widely seen as one of the White House officials most wary of foreign entanglements, said President Donald Trump had "earned” trust on handling the war. 

“Meanwhile, the president has shown remarkable restraint in keeping our military’s focus on protecting our troops and protecting our citizens,” Vance wrote in a social media post.

“He may decide he needs to take further action to end Iranian enrichment. That decision ultimately belongs to the president. And of course, people are right to be worried about foreign entanglement after the last 25 years of idiotic foreign policy," he added. 

The leader of Germany said on Tuesday that Iran is unlikely to recover from Israel's attacks. 

“This regime is very weakened and will probably not return to its former strength, making the future of the country uncertain. We will have to wait and see,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in an interview at the G7 summit in Canada.

Merz also said that the US would need to enter the conflict to fully destroy Iran's nuclear programme through conventional military means. 

"The Israeli army is obviously unable to accomplish that. It lacks the necessary weapons. But the Americans have them," he said. 

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Tuesday that US President Donald Trump had not said anything to indicate that the US is going to join Israel in directly attacking Iran. 

"There is nothing the president said that suggests he's about to get involved in this conflict, on the contrary, the G7 statement was about de-escalation," Starmer told reporters in Canada. 

The US withdrew from two additional bases in Syria, Reuters reported on Tuesday. 

The US has been withdrawing from Syria for months. But the decision to pull troops out of additional bases now comes amid concerns US troops could be targeted by Iran if the US launches strikes on the Islamic Republic. 

The Israeli army has said its air defences have intercepted most of the ballistic missiles fired from Iran at central Israel.

According to the military, fewer than 10 missiles were launched.

The Israeli military has reported that a new salvo of missiles has been launched from Iran towards Israel, adding that its defence systems are "working to intercept the threat".

It warned citizens to "enter the protected areas upon receiving the alert, and remain there until further notice".

World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned of the "immediate and long-term impacts" of Israel's targeting of Iran's nuclear sites on "the environment and the health of people in Iran and across the region".

"The escalation of violence between Israel and Iran is extremely concerning – and is costing the lives of civilians, including children," Ghebreyesus said in a post on X.

The escalation of violence between Israel and Iran is extremely concerning — and is costing the lives of civilians, including children. The growing number of injured civilians are also distressing.
@WHO’s particular concern is the targeting of nuclear sites, which may have… pic.twitter.com/ECCXlxoBRy

— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) June 17, 2025

Iran's semi-official Mehr news agency has reported several blasts heard in east Iran, north of the city of Isfahan.

The Israeli military has said its fighter jets conducted a fresh wave of attacks in western Iran.

US President Donald Trump has dismissed a US intelligence assessment that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon.

National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard told Congress in March that US intelligence “continues to assess that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon” and that the country's supreme leader “has not authorised the nuclear weapons program that he suspended in 2003”.

However, Trump dismissed the findings, telling reporters aboard an overnight flight back to Washington from the G7 summit: “I don’t care what she said. I think they were very close to having one."

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said it believes that Israeli strikes on Iran's main enrichment facility have had "direct impacts" on its underground centrifuge halls.

The UN nuclear watchdog said its analysis of the underground section of Natanz revealed "additional elements that indicate direct impacts on the underground enrichment halls at Natanz".

This follows a statement by IAEA chief Rafael Grossi, who said: "There has been no indication of a physical attack on the underground cascade hall containing part of the pilot fuel enrichment plant and the main fuel enrichment plant".

Fordow, Iran's other principal enrichment site, is not thought to be affected despite being targted on Friday evening.

Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has warned that Israel is is “on the verge of destroying” at least 10 nuclear targets in Tehran, in comments carried by The Times of Israel.

He said that Iran's underground Fordow nuclear fuel enrichment plant is "an issue that will certainly be addressed".

He further warned that Israel will launch more "very significant" attacks in Tehran today against "targets of the regime and infrastructure".

Meanwhile, an Israeli military official told Reuters that the army "has not operated in Fordow yet, but that doesn't mean we won't".

The facility lies so far underground it would require "bunker-buster" bombs to inflict significant damage. Such a bomb could only be dropped by a US aircraft, although the Israeli military says it is exploring other options to target the facility.

A fire has erupted at the headquarters of Iranian state television IRIB in Tehran a day after the building was targeted by an Israeli air strike which killed three people.

"The smoke seen in the Iranian radio and television building is due to a fire that reignited due to the wind," the broadcaster said. 

Reporting by AFP

Russia has said it is ready to mediate between Israel and Iran to prevent further escalation, but that Israel has shown no interest in seeking a peaceful resolution.

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told journalists on Tuesday that Moscow was open to brokering talks, but Israel was not responding positively.

“President Putin has said that Russia is ready to provide mediation services if necessary,” Peskov said during a regular briefing.

“At present, we see a reluctance, at least on the part of Israel, to resort to any mediation services or to embark on a peaceful path towards a settlement,” he added.

Israel began striking sites in Iran on Friday, citing the need to stop Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons - an accusation Iran denies. Tehran has responded with its own missile attacks.