#IsraelIranConflict

🇮🇱🇮🇷 Latest Developments in the Israel–Iran Conflict (Updated June 13, 2025)

The Israel–Iran conflict has sharply escalated, with both direct strikes and strategic posturing intensifying. Here are the key developments:

🔥 Recent Escalation (June 2025)

June 12–13: Israel launched a large-scale air operation—“Operation Rising Lion”—striking over 100 Iranian military and nuclear targets, including Natanz and other nuclear enrichment sites, missile production facilities, and IRGC command centers.

High-Profile Casualties: Iranian state media confirmed the deaths of:

General Hossein Salami (IRGC Commander),

General Mohammad Bagheri (Armed Forces Chief of Staff),

Fereydoun Abbasi and Mohammad Tehranchi (nuclear scientists).

🛰️ Iran’s Military Response

Iran retaliated by launching over 100 drones toward Israel. Most were intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome and David’s Sling air-defense systems.

Iran’s leadership warned of a “massive and unexpected” counter-response if further Israeli attacks occur.

🇺🇸 U.S. Involvement

The U.S. denied direct involvement in the Israeli strikes but reinforced bases in the region. Some non-essential personnel have been withdrawn from Iraq and Syria.

U.S. officials called for de-escalation, while maintaining support for Israel’s right to defend itself.

🧨 Background: Prior Attacks and Proxy Clashes

In October 2024, Iran launched over 200 ballistic missiles toward Israel, following an Israeli airstrike on missile/drone manufacturing sites.

That Israeli strike resulted in five deaths (four soldiers, one civilian) and damage to Iranian air-defense systems.

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🕴️ Leadership & Proxy Dynamics

In July 2024, Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in a suspected Israeli operation.

Proxy militias in Iraq, Syria, and Lebanon have escalated rocket attacks on U.S. and Israeli targets in recent weeks.