5:43 PM IST – 18/06/2025
A Wall Streert Journal report cites a senior US official who informs that Israel might be running low on Arrow missile interceptors. Israel uses these interceptors to defend itself against the long-range ballistic missiles from Iran. The report also claims that the US is aware of this for months.
5:30 PM IST – 18/06/2025
Russia warns the US of its involvement with Israel against Iran. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov on Wednesday warns that the US military assistance to Israel could radically destabilize the Middle East. “This would be a step that would radically destabilise the entire situation,” Russia’s Interfax news agency cites the Foreign Minister.
06:05 PM – 18/06/2025
- Vladimir Putin offers to mediate a dialogue between Israel and Iran, in a phone call with his UAE counterpart Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, both the leaders expressed concerns over developments in the whole region due the escalation of the conflict. Mr. Putin expressed his readiness to broker a dialogue between the two parties:
- Jafar Panahi, the Iranian film-maker of this year’s Palme d’Or winner ‘It Was Just An Accident’, called for an immediate end to the war in an Instagram post. The film-maker criticised his government for mismanagement and corruption. He also stated that Israel has no right to attack his homeland and should be tried for war aggression in an international trial.
04:15 PM – 18/06/2025
- The IDF in a post on X has reported of carrying out an attack on a centrifuge production site and a weapons production site. The attack as reported by the IDF involved 50 Air Force Fighter jets. The report is not verified and the Iranian government has not acknowledged anything.
- Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has warned against any intervention or direct military assistance to Israel by the US in the Israel-Iran conflict, he is reported to have said that any direct involvement of the US could destabilise the Middle East.
- Iran’s Khamenei said Wednesday that the country will not back down to threats and nor it will agree to terms of peace and war imposed on it. The statement comes after Donald Trump had posted a salvo of texts on Truth Social, one of which read “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!”
The Supreme Leader further warned that any intervention by the US will result in irreparable damage.
- In an earlier post on X Fars New agency reported that Iran has launched its Fatah missiles toward Israel last night. The IRGC affiliated news agency claimed to have “gained complete control skies above occupied territories”:
