Israel launches strikes against Iran as nuclear program talks falter
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🗓️ 13 June 2025
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Israel has launched strikes against Iran targeting its nuclear program.
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| 0:37.0 | Today is Friday, June 13, 2025. This is the exit. |
| 0:45.3 | Today, Israel has launched strikes on Iran. Plus, what the Army is saying about its costly military parade set for tomorrow. And we're learning more about the apparent sole survivor in this week's |
| 0:54.7 | Air India crash. |
| 0:58.3 | Israel launched a military operation against Iran targeting its nuclear program overnight. |
| 1:02.8 | Iranian media and witnesses reported explosions, including at the country's main uranium |
| 1:07.2 | enrichment facility at Natanz, while Israel declared a state of emergency and anticipation |
| 1:11.9 | of retaliatory missile and drone strikes. Iran launched around 100 drones toward Israeli territory |
| 1:17.4 | and retaliation, which Israel was working to intercept, according to an Israeli military official. |
| 1:23.3 | Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard Corps said its top commander, Hossein Salami, was killed, |
| 1:28.4 | and state media reported the unit's headquarters in Tehran had been hit. |
| 1:32.2 | Several children were also reportedly killed in a strike on a residential area. |
| 1:36.6 | Secretary of St. Marco Rubio acknowledged the attack in a statement, |
| 1:40.1 | stressing that American forces are not involved in strikes against Iran. |
| 1:44.1 | The operation could land a blow to the Trump administration's efforts to strike a deal with Iran |
| 1:48.3 | to limit its nuclear program. |
| 1:50.5 | Trump's Middle East envoy, Steve Whitkoff, was scheduled to meet with Israeli officials |
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