Iran retaliates by launching ballistic missiles at Israel
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🗓️ 13 June 2025
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Iran has launched an aerial attack on Israel in an operation it's called True Promise 3. Black smoke has been seen rising over Tel Aviv's skyline. Earlier today, the Israeli military said it had struck the Isfahan nuclear facility in Iran - as its strikes on the country continued.
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(Image: Missiles launched from Iran are intercepted as seen from Tel Aviv, Israel on 13 June 2025.Credit: Reuters/Jamal Awad)
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Newsar with Owen Bennett-Jones. |
| 0:07.8 | Well, the conflict between Israel and Iran is intensifying, |
| 0:12.4 | and as events unfold, the question arises, will it widen, too? |
| 0:16.5 | Israel says it will destroy Iran's nuclear facilities. |
| 0:19.8 | Iran says the Israeli actions are a declaration of war. |
| 0:23.6 | President Trump says American weapons were used in the Israeli attacks. As I speak, |
| 0:29.4 | Israeli cities are under attack from Iranian missiles. This was the sound of an assault on Tel Aviv. |
| 0:43.4 | Thank you. the sound of an assault on Tel Aviv. There is smoke rising from the city, some from interceptions, some it seems from impact on the ground. |
| 0:50.4 | Meanwhile, the Israeli strikes on Iran are continuing. |
| 1:01.7 | Okay. Meanwhile, the Israeli strikes on Iran are continuing. That is the sound of air defences being activated over the skies of Tehran, as well as targeting nuclear and missile sites. |
| 1:09.9 | Senior Iranian officials have been assassinated, |
| 1:12.8 | including the Revolutionary Guard Chief, Hossein Salami, and some nuclear scientists. |
| 1:18.3 | The UN Security Council is meeting to discuss the situation after Iran called for an emergency meeting. |
| 1:25.3 | Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, |
| 1:28.0 | says his country's fight is not with the Iranian people, |
| 1:31.0 | but with the country's leadership. |
| 1:32.9 | And he said, more is on the way. |
| 1:36.0 | The proud people of Iran, |
| 1:38.2 | we're in the midst of one of the greatest military operations in history, |
| 1:42.8 | Operation Rising Lion. |
| 1:45.5 | The Islamic regime which has oppressed you for nearly 50 years |
| 1:48.5 | threatens to destroy my country, the state of Israel. |
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