Israel hits defense ministry, oil depots in Tehran

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday that Israel had “paved the way to Tehran,” amid ongoing attacks, including in Iran’s capital, against the Islamic Republic’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs, as well as reported strikes against oil fields. “We will hit every site, every target belonging to the ayatollahs’ regime — everything that they’ve experienced until now will be nothing compared to what they will feel” in the coming days, the premier said in a statement. He defined Israel’s goal in its ongoing operation as “eliminating the double threat from Iran to destroy the State of Israel” — its nuclear program and its ballistic missile program. He added that the operation has the “clear support” of US President Donald Trump, also wishing the American leader, and the US army, a happy birthday.

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We're doing so against a tyrannical and radical Iranian regime that wants to build atomic bombs to destroy us and wants to build ballistic missiles, including intercontinental ballistic missiles, to be able to threaten… pic.twitter.com/f7lLOrsP0M

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Meanwhile, Israel struck two fuel depots in Tehran, the Iranian oil ministry said early Sunday morning, shortly after Iran announced the launch of a new wave of strikes against Israel. There was no immediate comment from the IDF.In a  post on X shortly after midnight Sunday, Defense Minister Israel Katz wrote: “Tehran is burning.” Iranian news agency Tasnim reported early Sunday that an Israeli strike had targeted the country’s defense ministry headquarters in Tehran and damaged one of its buildings.

A massive fire has engulfed Shahran oil depot in western Tehran, a video by semi-official ISNA shows. pic.twitter.com/qCwp3tzhwg

— Iran International English (@IranIntl_En) June 14, 2025

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Saturday that four critical buildings at the Isfahan site had been damaged in an attack the previous day, including a uranium conversion facility and a fuel plate fabrication plant. It added that — like in the Natanz facility — there was “no increase in off-site radiation expected.”

New high-resolution satellite images published by @Maxar show multiple buildings were destroyed at the Natanz nuclear enrichment facility from recent airstrikes. See here before and after: pic.twitter.com/NNVZ4MhvEv

— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) June 14, 2025

Iranian officials say 18 of Iran's 31 provinces have been affected by Israeli airstrikes so far.. An Israeli airstrike has targeted a meeting of the Houthi Jihad Council near Sanaa in Yemen, according to Al-Hadath and Israel's Channel 12. The Israeli army’s Persian-language spokesperson said the country's military has "targeted over 150 positions across various parts of Iran." The spokesperson added that dozens of ready-to-launch missiles had been stored in underground facilities at Tehran’s Mehrabad Airport.