Israel Iran Conflict: Trump Says US 'May Or May Not' Attack Iran; 'Iran Will Not Accept Any Imposed Peace or War ' Announces Khamenei

Trump urged, in a social media posting on Tuesday, Iran’s “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER” as the five-day Israel-Iran conflict continues to escalate.

Further asserting the US knows where Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is hiding, Trump said, "We know exactly where the so-called “Supreme Leader” is hiding. He is an easy target, but is safe there - We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now. But we don’t want missiles shot at civilians, or American soldiers. Our patience is wearing thin. Thank you for your attention to this matter!"

United States President Donald Trump met with his national security team in the Situation Room, according to a White House official quoted by CNN.

The meeting took place as President Trump is considering whether the US should get directly involved in Israel's war against Iran after days of urging Iranians to return to negotiations, as per BBC.

In yesterday's meeting of the US national security council, Trump and his advisors are reported to have discussed the possibility of striking Iran's nuclear sites. One potential target could be uranium enrichment site at Fordo which is deep underground.

In his first social media post since US President Donald Trump's threats of unconditional surrender, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a warning to Israel on X, saying, "The battle begins."

US President Donald Trump cuts short his visit to the G7 Summit in Canada to deal with the escalating situation in the Middle East. In the next couple of hours, Trump will have to take a call on what his next step will be, go for war or peace.

Trump, as is well known, is not a war monger.  Throughout his election campaign, he called for Americans to get out of foreign wars. His MAGA base is on the same page as well.  

This is why, when Trump left in a hurry, expectations were that a ceasefire deal might be in sight. More so as Saudi Arabia, Oman and other Gulf countries had been working the phones over the weekend to push for an end to air strikes and getting back to diplomacy and negotiation.

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Citing Iranian media, Reuters reported that Israel is targeting the Khojir missile production facility near the Iranian capital in its latest strikes.

The facility is important to Iran's ballistic missile-related infrastructure and was targeted by Israel in its strikes on Iran last October.

Citing Iranian media, BBC reported that Israel has also targeted the Imam Hossein University on the eastern outskirts of Tehran. The university is understood to be affiliated with Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

After his 'battle begins' post, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

also posted on his English X account that the `Zionists should be shown no mercy'.

“We must give a strong response to the terrorist Zionist regime. We will show the Zionists no mercy,” Khamenei posted .

In response to Trumps warning and demand of `Unconditional surrender', Khamenei had posted his response saying ''In the name of the noble Haidar, the battle begins.''

Haidar is a name often used for Ali, who Shia Muslims consider the first Imam and successor to the Prophet Mohammed. Ali was also the Prophet's son-in-law, married to his eldest daughter, Fatima.

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Iranian regime warned people to stop using WhatsApp, Telegram and other “location-based applications,” saying that they are some of Israel’s “main methods to identify and target individuals.”

However, WhatsApp responded, calling the claims false, and said they don't track users' precise location.

“We’re concerned these false reports will be an excuse for our services to be blocked at a time when people need them the most,” a WhatsApp spokesperson said

The spokesperson stressed that WhatsApp does not track users’ precise location and that all messages are end-to-end encrypted.

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The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates has called on the UN Security Council to take “urgent and necessary measures” to obtain a ceasefire between Israel and Iran.

Sheikh Abdulla bin Zayed al-Nahyan also said that diplomacy is required to “prevent the situation from spiralling into grave and far-reaching consequences”.

He went on to warn that “reckless and miscalculated actions” could result in the conflict spilling beyond the borders of Israel and Iran, and called for urgent action to end hostilities “before the situation spirals out of control”.

Source: Al Jazeera

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said sirens are blaring in northern Israel in view of a "hostile aircraft infiltration". The military also shared on X a map showing the alerts.

The Israeli military announced on Wednesday morning that it had struck uranium centrifuge production sites and weapons factories in Iran, on the sixth day of its unprecedented offensive.

According to the BBC, these strikes, carried out by "more than 50 aircraft," targeted "a centrifuge production facility in Tehran" as well as "several weapons manufacturing sites (...) including facilities producing raw materials and components used to assemble surface-to-surface missiles.

In a post on X, Israel Defence Forces mentioned that the strikes "directly degrade Iran’s ability to threaten Israel and the region."

As per the post, over 50 IAF fighter jets targeted facility in Tehran that produces centrifuges used to enrich uranium beyond civilian levels, sites manufacturing parts for surface-to-surface missiles fired at Israel and facility for surface-to-air missile components used to target aircraft.

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Iran early on Wednesday said that in overnight strikes, the country used hypersonic missiles at Israel. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed that hypersonic Fattah-1 missiles were "repeatedly shaking the shelters" in Tel Aviv's commercil hub.

"The 11th wave of the proud Operation Honest Promise 3 using Fattah-1 missiles" was carried out, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said in a statement broadcast on state television.

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The Airports Authority announced that the first plane carrying Israelis stranded abroad due to the closure of the country’s airspace has landed at Ben Gurion Airport.

“A little while ago, the first flight landed at Ben Gurion Airport as part of Operation 'Safe Return',” the ministry of transport said in a Telegram post.

The El Al-operated flight arrived Wednesday morning from Larnaca, Cyprus, bringing home Israeli citizens.

Minister of Transportation Miri Regev stated they aim to “repatriate all Israelis.”

-BBC

The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday exempted Iranian citizens from overstay fines as regional airspace is closed due to the Israel-Iran conflict.

"This measure is a direct response to the exceptional circumstances in the region, aiming to alleviate the burden on individuals who have been unable to return to Iran due to airspace closures and flight suspensions,” Emirati state news agency WAM reported.

-CNN

United States Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, while testifying to Congress about Iran's nuclear program in March, mentioned that Iran was not building a nuclear weapon.

However, U.S President Donald Trump, while flying back to Washington after he cut short his stay at the G7 summit, dismissed Gabbard’s assessment.

“I don’t care what she said,” AP quoted him saying, adding that Iran was “very close” to having a nuclear bomb.

Read: Trump Dismisses Gabbard’s Iran Nuclear Assessment

The cabinet meeting was held this morning at the presidential palace, chaired by Masoud Pezeshkian and attended by cabinet members, as per Iran’s Tasnim news agency.

The meeting was held at the presidential palace.

The Israeli military said that it intercepted seven drones launched from Iran, in addition to three more that were intercepted on Wednesday morning. 

-Al Jazeera

Israeli army has launched a fresh wave of attacks in the Tehran area: Army Radio.

- Anadolu English

“We will not show any reluctance in defending our people, security and land. We will respond seriously and strongly, without restraint,” Ali Bahreini, the ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations in Geneva, said.

-Reuters

Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that "Any American intervention would be a recipe for an all-out war in the region", reports AP.

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Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesman for the Iran’s Foreign Ministry when asked if Iran is willing to engage in dialogue with the US, he said “diplomacy never ends”, but added that Tehran no longer trusts Washington.

He told Al Jazeera, "This war was imposed in the midst of a diplomatic process. We were supposed to be in Muscat on Sunday and they started this aggression early Friday – Iran has been all in for diplomacy and dialogue".

Iran does “not really” trust the US because “no one can imagine in our region, not only in Iran, that Israel started this war without prior green light by the by the United States,” Baghaei said.

“So I think what is at stake is the credibility of a country that is supposed to be a global power. What is at stake is the international law, international law that that has been almost annihilated for the past two years because of all of these atrocities that have been committed in occupied Palestine, in Lebanon, in Syria and elsewhere,” he added. “So I think the whole international community, in particular those who are members of the Security Council must shoulder their responsibility and act in order to stop this aggression.”

Esmaeil Baghaei, spokesman for the Iran’s Foreign Ministry told Al Jazeera, “We have very good relations with Arab countries, and they are very cognizant of the fact that Israel has been trying to drag others into the war … We are sure our Arab countries hosting US bases would not allow their territory to be used against their Muslim neighbours,” he adds.

Under international law, no country has legal bases to allow a third party to use its territory against another country and “I trust that the understanding between Iran and our neighbouring countries would not allow any third party to abuse their territory”, he says.

Israel Iran News LIVE: IAEA Confirms Nuclear Facilities In Karaj, Tehran Hit By Israel

The International Atomic Energy Agency says two centrifuge production facilities in Iran, a workshop in Karaj and the Tehran Research Center were hit.

At the Tehran site, one building was hit where advanced centrifuge rotors were manufactured and tested; and at Karaj, two buildings were destroyed where different centrifuge components were manufactured, the UN agency said.

We can now bring you remarks from Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, who has addressed his cabinet in a meeting this morning.

Pezeshkian stressed the need to “preserve national unity” to withstand the crisis.

“If the people stand with us, no problem will endanger the country, and for this reason, it is essential that all actions aim to preserve national unity,” Pezeshkian said in comments carried by Iran’s Tasnim news agency. “I believe that with national cohesion and unity, we will overcome any crisis.”

The president also expressed appreciation to neighbouring states for their offers of support and instructed state ministers to stay engaged with them, according to Tasnim.

- Al Jazeera

Iranian state TV aired footage on Wednesday showing an Israeli Hermes drone shot down in Iran’s central Isfahan province.

The Israel Defense Forces said that a surface-to-air missile had been fired towards an Israeli Air Force drone, and that the drone then “fell in Iran.”

No injuries were reported and there is no risk of an information breach, the IDF said.

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A spokesperson for China's foreign ministry said nearly 800 Chinese nationals have been moved from Iran to “safe areas,” and more than 1,000 others are already in the evacuation process. China has been using assistance of neighbouring countries like Azerbaijan and Turkemenistan.

“As of now, under the organization and coordination of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Chinese embassies and consulates in Iran, and with active support from neighboring countries, 791 Chinese citizens have been transferred from Iran to safe areas, with over a thousand more currently in the process of evacuation,” spokesperson Guo Jiakun said.

Earlier India has also evacuated 100 students from Armenian border.

Iran’s Supreme Leader Khamenei told the Iranian press that “(the US) should know that Iran will not surrender and any US strike will have serious irreparable consequences.”

He added that Iran would not accept an imposed peace or war.

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the Iranian nation “is not one to surrender,” a day after US President Donald Trump called on the country to surrender unconditionally.

“Let the Americans know that the Iranian nation is not one to surrender, and any military intervention on their part will undoubtedly result in irreparable damage,” Khamenei said Wednesday in a national address – only his second public comments since Israel launched its attack against Iran last week.

“Those who are wise and familiar with Iran, its people, and its history never speak to this nation in the language of threats,” he warned.

After Trump on Tuesday said Khamenei was “an easy target” for the US and Israel, he then ramped up his demands on Truth Social: “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!”

In his address, Khamenei said “the Americans should know that any military intervention by the United States will undoubtedly result in irreparable damage.”

BBC says the latest picture from the specialist satellite imaging firm Maxar appears to show extensive damage to the Tabriz missile base, with at least nine buildings and two tunnel entrances destroyed and several others heavily damaged.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has praised Israel for doing the “dirty work for all for the world” by striking Iran and preventing it from building a nuclear weapon.

In an interview with Germany’s ZDF broadcaster on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Canada.

Merz said he was “grateful”.

“This is the dirty work that Israel is doing for all of us,” he said. “The (Iranian) regime has brought death and destruction to the world with attacks, with murder and manslaughter, with Hezbollah, with Hamas.”

Merz said attacks like the one launched by Hamas on Israel on October 7, 2023, “would never have been possible” without the regime in Iran.

“I can only say I have the greatest respect for what the Israeli military and government has had the courage to do,” Merz said.

While Germany has always supported Israel owing to its history of the Holocaust.

Merz did, however, did criticise Israel last month, saying he was “dismayed by the fate of the civilian population” in Gaza.

Source CNN

Germany’s foreign minister has asked Iran’s leaders to make credible assurances that it is not seeking a nuclear weapon and to show it is willing to find a negotiated solution as fears mount of further military escalation between Iran and Israel.

“We are still ready to negotiate a solution. However, Iran must act urgently … it is never too late to come to the negotiating table if one comes with sincere intentions,” Johann Wadephul said at a news conference with his Jordanian counterpart.

Iran says it has zero trust in the US and its Western allies following Israel’s surprise attack last week, which came just days before the next round of nuclear negotiations was due to take place.

SOURCE BBC

Israel's defence minister says the air force has destroyed the headquarters of Iran's internal security agency.

-Reuters

In a series of post on X, Supreme Leader of Iran, Ali Khamenei, said, "The Zionist enemy has made a grave mistake and committed a serious crime, and it must be punished."

He continued to say that the Iranian nation also firmly stands against any "imposed peace" and "imposed war".

"The Iranian nation will not capitulate to anyone in the face of coercion."

U.S. President Donald Trump said  "I may do it, I may not" on the United States joining Israeli strikes on Iran as the two countries enter the sixth day of conflict.

-BBC

"There's a big difference between now and a week ago," Trump told reporters outside the White House. "Nobody knows what I'm going to do."

-Reuters

Iran's supreme leader on Wednesday rejected U.S. calls for surrender in the face of blistering Israeli strikes and warned that any military involvement by the Americans would cause “irreparable damage” to them.

Khamenei's speech came a day after U.S. President Donald Trump demanded “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER” in a social media post and warned Khamenei that the U.S. knows where he is but has no plans to kill him, “at least not for now.”

The Ministry of External Affairs on Wednesday launched 'Operation Sindhu' for evacuating Indian nationals stranded in Iran in the wake of conflict with Israel.

MEA in its statement issued on Wednesday evening said, "​In view of the deteriorating situation as a result of the ongoing conflict between Iran and Israel, the Government of India has been taking various steps over the last several days for the safety and security of Indian nationals in Iran."

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Iran has denied Donald Trump’s claim that Iranian officials asked for a meeting at the White House.

“No Iranian official has ever asked to grovel at the gates of the White House. The only thing more despicable than his lies is his cowardly threat to ‘take out’ Iran’s Supreme Leader,” said the Iran mission to the UN on X.

The comment comes soon after Trump said Iranian officials had reached out to him for negotiations.

“Iran does NOT negotiate under duress, shall NOT accept peace under duress, and certainly NOT with a has-been warmonger clinging to relevance,” it said, echoing previous remarks from Ali Khamenei who said Iranians “do not answer well to the language of threat”.

- Al Jazeera

The US president was asked if the US was moving closer to striking Iranian nuclear facilities, Trump said, “I can’t say that … You don’t seriously think I’m going to answer that question.”

“You don’t know that I’m going to even do it. You don’t know. I may do it, I may not do it. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do,” he said.

“I can tell you this – Iran’s got a lot of trouble, and they want to negotiate. And I said, ‘Why didn’t you negotiate with me before – all this death and destruction?’ Why didn’t you negotiate? I said to the people, ‘Why didn’t you negotiate with me two weeks ago? You could have done fine. You would have had a country.'”

- Al Jazeera

In a post on X, Iranian mission to United Nation said that `Iran will not negotiate or accept peace under duress'. The post was in response to US President Donald Trump’s comments over the past few days.

“The only thing more despicable than his lies is his cowardly threat to ‘take out’ Iran’s Supreme Leader,” the mission said, referencing Trump’s post on Truth Social yesterday in which the US president called Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei an “easy target.”

“Iran does NOT negotiate under duress, shall NOT accept peace under duress, and certainly NOT with a has-been warmonger clinging to relevance. Iran shall respond to any threat with a counter-threat, and to any action with reciprocal measures,” according to the post.

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The US is working to arrange evacuation flights and cruise ship departures for Americans who want to leave Isreal, US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee said.

“Urgent notice! American citizens wanting to leave Israel- US Embassy in Israel @usembassyjlm is working on evacuation flights & cruise ship departures,” Huckabee wrote on his personal X account, which was later reposted on official accounts.

The revelation that these efforts are underway comes as the US embassy in Jerusalem is closed until at least Friday.

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The US president urged his Russian counterpart to resolve Russia’s war in Ukraine before stepping in elsewhere.

“He actually offered to help mediate, I said, ‘do me a favour, mediate your own. Let’s mediate Russia first, OK?'” Trump told reporters at the White House.

Source Aljazeera

The military says Israel’s defence systems are working to intercept the missiles.

In a short statement, the army also ordered people in Israel to get to shelters.

Source Aljazeera

But this rivalry between Iran and Israel with the involvement of the United States is not new in history, it can be said as 'war in the making'.

The ties between Iran and Israel starts back in 1948 when West Asia was not open to accept Israel as a new country. But Iran under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was an exception after it became a close ally of the United States during the Cold War. Both Iran and Israel required help from US to stay afloat and the then Prime Minister of Israel David Ben Gurion in his aim to become allies with non-Arab countries became closer to Iran.

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Iran’s Ministry of Communications has announced about temporarily limiting internet access to prevent “the enemy from threatening citizens’ lives and property” amid the ongoing war with Israel.

The announcement follows an earlier report from the London-based internet watchdog Netblocks stating that there was a “near-total national internet blackout”, Al Jazeera reported.

Iran's potential closure of the Strait of Hormuz is a threat that has re-emerged with force amid rising tensions, intensifying concerns across global markets and diplomatic circles.

The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow but strategically vital waterway that connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and ultimately to the Arabian Sea. It sits between Iran to the north and Oman and the United Arab Emirates to the south. In its narrowest segment, the strait spans only about 21 nautical miles across, but despite its size, it plays an outsized role in the global economy. Every day, a significant portion of the world’s oil supply—estimated at around 20% of all seaborne crude—passes through this route. The waterway is governed by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea under the principle of “transit passage,” allowing ships of all nations to pass through it, even in territorial waters claimed by the coastal states.

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According to Al Jazeera, navigational data showed two planes registered with Iran’s government have landed in Oman’s capital.

A third plane registered with Iran’s privately owned Meraj Airlines also landed in Muscat, flight-tracking data reveals.

Iran’s government has not released details on any official trip to Oman, which served as a mediator in US-Iran nuclear negotiations.

Since Israel launched airstrikes against Iranian nuclear and military targets on June 13, 2025, triggering retaliatory Iranian missile strikes on Israeli cities, the international community—spanning Asian powers, Muslim-majority states, Europe, and the G7—has issued an array of statements. This report systematically details official positions without interpretation, offering a snapshot of diplomatic alignments and emerging fault lines.

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Iran has imposed nationwide temporary restrictions on internet access across the country, with the country’s Ministry of Information and Communications Technology citing security concerns.

“Due to the aggressor enemy’s misuse of the national communication network for military purposes and to endanger the lives and property of innocent people, internet access restrictions have been temporarily imposed by the decision of the competent authorities,” the ministry said in a statement.

According to the statement, access to “public communication services and domestic platforms remains available, and efforts to maintain the quality of services” for people in Iran.

Source CNN

CNN quoted an Israeli military official saying that Iran has fired approximately 400 ballistic missiles and 1,000 drones at Israel since the conflict between the two countries began on Friday.

Of those missiles fired, approximately 20 ballistic missiles hit civilian areas in Israel, the official added.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says long-range Sejjil missiles have been used in a 12th wave of firings at Israel.

In a statement, the IRGC warned that the skies above “occupied lands” are open to Iranian missiles and drones.

“The missile attacks will be focused and continuous, and we have opened the gates of hell on the Zionists,” it said.

Source Aljazeera

The human rights watchdog said that civilians are paying the price of escalating strikes between Israel and Iran.

“As the number of deaths and injuries continue to rise, Amnesty International is urging both parties to comply with their obligations and ensure that civilians in both countries do not further pay the price of reckless military action,” Agnes Callamard, secretary-general of Amnesty International, said in a statement.

“Further escalation of these hostilities risks unleashing devastating and far-reaching consequences for civilians across the region and beyond.”

Source Aljazeera