Iran war news LIVE: Israel attacked Iran early Monday after it came under a missile attack from Iran on Sunday.
Iran war news LIVE: West Asia finds itself on the verge of a full-blown war again after Israeli defence forces struck military targets in Iran early Monday in retaliation to Iran’s missile attack at Israel late Sunday. This fresh exchange of strikes between Iran and Israel is the first once since temporary ceasefire took place on April 8.
Iran was bracing for a response and had shut its western airspace, reported news agency Associated Press.
Iran’s strikes on Israel came after Tehran warned of action over Netanyahu’s repeated attacks on Lebanon. The war between Lebanon and Israel has been a major front in the ongoing conflict with Israel continuing to attack it while Tehran has maintained that ceasefire there is key for a peace deal with the United States.
On Sunday, Israel took Lebanon capital Beirut’s southern suburbs with surprise with strikes with no prior warning, going against its ally US’ request to hold off fighting. According to Israel, before it struck Lebanon, Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters fired at Israel on Sunday itself.
Trump asks Israel not to strike back Iran
After Iran’s offensive on Sunday night, US President Donald Trump had told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to not launch any retaliatory strikes and to let diplomacy take care of the situation, Axios reported citing a senior US official and an Israel source familiar with the development.
According to the senior US official, there was no “green light” by the US for the Israeli strike on Beirut on Sunday.
US-Iran peace deal close?
The US official also told Axios that during the call, Trump asked Netanyahu not to escalate the situation because they are “close to doing something good in terms of a deal”. However, Netanyahu pushed back to the request before “pseudo agreeing” to it, the official said.
“We think the president bought a little bit of time. He is pretty adamant that we are close to a deal with Iran. I don’t think anything is imminent in terms of an Israeli strike,” the official was quoted as saying.
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Iran was bracing for a response and had shut its western airspace, reported news agency Associated Press.
Iran’s strikes on Israel came after Tehran warned of action over Netanyahu’s repeated attacks on Lebanon. The war between Lebanon and Israel has been a major front in the ongoing conflict with Israel continuing to attack it while Tehran has maintained that ceasefire there is key for a peace deal with the United States.
On Sunday, Israel took Lebanon capital Beirut’s southern suburbs with surprise with strikes with no prior warning, going against its ally US’ request to hold off fighting. According to Israel, before it struck Lebanon, Iran-backed Hezbollah fighters fired at Israel on Sunday itself.
Trump asks Israel not to strike back Iran
After Iran’s offensive on Sunday night, US President Donald Trump had told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to not launch any retaliatory strikes and to let diplomacy take care of the situation, Axios reported citing a senior US official and an Israel source familiar with the development.
According to the senior US official, there was no “green light” by the US for the Israeli strike on Beirut on Sunday.
US-Iran peace deal close?
The US official also told Axios that during the call, Trump asked Netanyahu not to escalate the situation because they are “close to doing something good in terms of a deal”. However, Netanyahu pushed back to the request before “pseudo agreeing” to it, the official said.
“We think the president bought a little bit of time. He is pretty adamant that we are close to a deal with Iran. I don’t think anything is imminent in terms of an Israeli strike,” the official was quoted as saying.
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Iran war news LIVE: ‘Two powerful explosions’ heard in Tehran, says Iran state media
Iran war news LIVE: Iran’s state-run IRNA news agency reported that at least “two powerful explosions” were heard in Tehran, while three separate blasts were reported in the city of Isfahan.
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Iran war news LIVE: Iran closes airspace around Tehran’s Imam Khomeini International Airport
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Iran war news LIVE: IRGC says explosions heard in at least three Iranian cities
Iran war news LIVE: According to Iranian state media, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps said that explosions were heard in at least three cities — Tehran, Tabriz and Isfahan.
The IRGC said that the IDF reportedly used used “air-launched ballistic missiles” in the attack.
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Iran war news LIVE: IDF strikes come after Trump said Netanyahu would have to accept deal with Iran
Iran war news LIVE: Israel’s strikes on Iran came after US President Donald Trump said that his ally Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu would have “no choice” but to accept a deal with Iran.
“He won’t have any choice…I call the shots. I call all the shots. He [Netanyahu] doesn’t call the shots,” Trump told Financial Times.
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Iran war news LIVE: Israel attacks Iran even after Trump asked it to hold off
Iran war news LIVE: The Israeli defence forces said early Monday that they struck military targets “belonging to the Iranian terror regime in western and central Iran a short while ago”.
No more information was available immediately on the scale.
Jun 08, 2026 7:03:50 AM IST
Iran war news LIVE: Trump says US and Iran close to a final deal
Iran war news LIVE: US President Donald Trump on Sunday said he was very close to a final deal with Iran, adding that he “don’t want to blow it up because of what is happening now”. Trump made the remarks to Axios shortly after Iran launched missile attacks at Israel.
Speaking on Iranian attacks, Trump said the strikes didn’t hurt anybody and that Israel was not going to retaliate. “If Netanyahu strikes them back, it’s just gonna keep going like the last 47 years, or the last 3,000 years,” he added.
Jun 08, 2026 7:00:43 AM IST
Iran war news LIVE: ‘I call the shots,’ says Trump as he asks Israel to not retaliate
Iran war news LIVE: After Iran’s strikes on Israel, US President Donald Trump told Israeli public broadcaster Kan that he does not think Israel needs to respond to it further.
While talking to Financial Times, Trump said, “I call all the shots. He (Netanyahu) doesn’t call the shots.”
Jun 08, 2026 6:57:03 AM IST
Iran war news LIVE: How Israel responded to Iran’s strikes
Iran war news LIVE: Late Sunday, Israel came under attack from Iran as sirens sounded in several parts of the country and people rushed to seek shelter. Several explosions were heard in the north as Israeli military said they intercepted the missiles.
“Iran has made a grave mistake,” Israel military spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said, reported AP.
Jun 08, 2026 6:53:30 AM IST
Iran war news LIVE: Trump says Netanyahu will have ‘no choice’ but to accept a deal with Iran
Iran war news LIVE: US President Donald Trump spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a phone call on Sunday. Shortly after the call, Trump said Netanyahu will have ‘no choice’ but to accept a deal with Iran, FT reported. Trump said Iran’s strikes had not changed his desire to conclude US-Iran negotiations.
Jun 08, 2026 6:49:00 AM IST
Iran war news LIVE: IRGC warns of ‘broader response’ if Israel attacks Lebanon
Iran war news LIVE: After attacking Israel over its strikes on Beirut on Sunday, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warned that “should these acts of aggression be repeated, the responses will be broader in scope and will encompass all American and Zionist targets throughout the region”. IRGC was referencing attacks in Lebanon and on Iran’s coast and vessels around the Strait of Hormuz.
