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2025-06-16 Israel-Palestine-Jordan
DM liveblog: Iran marshals Islamic Army for all-out war as Israel makes desperate plea to Trump
Update at 2:20 p.m. EDT:
Here are the main updates you need to know:

  • Iran's state broadcaster has been bombed live on air in an attack by Israel aimed at wiping out what it described as a 'propaganda megaphone'The attack happened as Israel urged all civilians in an area of northern Tehran to evacuate as it carries out further attacks on military infrastructure

  • Israel's defence minister warned television and radio are 'about to disappear' shortly before the blast

  • Iran's Revolutionary Guards responded by urging all residents of Tel Aviv to evacuate as soon as possible

  • It comes as Iran's leadership is reportedly showing the first signs of backing down after apparently signalling it is open to negotiations to end the hostilities with the US and Israel

  • Further reports claim Tehran has asked Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman to press Donald Trump to use his influence on Israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire

  • Earlier on Monday, Israeli authorities said 24 people have been killed as a result of Iranian missiles including 11 since midnight after attacks in the cities of Tel Aviv, Haifa, Bnei Brak and Petah Tikva. Iran says Israeli strikes have killed 224 people

  • US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee revealed the US Embassy suffered 'minor damage' amid the barrage of missiles which rained down on Israel Monday morning

  • The Israeli Air Force has claimed it has established full control of the skies above Tehran and has destroyed a third of Iran's ballistic missile launchers

  • Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has vowed 'we will hold our ground' as he urged people in the country to unite against Israel

  • Videos circulating online appear to show some Iranians in Tehran and Karaj chanting slogans against Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and the Islamic Republic

  • Iran is preparing to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), an international pact aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons

  • US aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is heading west towards the Middle East after leaving the South China Sea this morning
Posted by Skidmark 2025-06-16 00:00|| || Front Page|| ||Comments [136 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran 

#1 We'll learn in the future that Mossad and the IDF had Khamenei 'dead to right' in Lavasan, but was held back by Trump, with the B2s sitting on Diego Garcia! Trump 'vacillating' again until Iran kills an American.
Posted by Phatch Sproing2490 2025-06-16 00:38||   2025-06-16 00:38|| Front Page || Comments   Top

#2 It has interesting impacts on outlook when one sits helpless, deep underground, becoming increasingly unsure if in the end you and yours will be buried alive there.

Someone has to sign the surrender, and it helps if all onthe losing side agree on the legal right of the signer to do so. When there are questions of the order of succession following a series of deaths…
Posted by trailing wife 2025-06-16 14:29||   2025-06-16 14:29|| Front Page || Comments   Top

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