Putin meets Iran’s FM in Moscow, describes Israel, US strikes on country as groundless
*IRGC replies Israel's Monday attack with “multiple-warhead ballistic missiles”
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp has announced the first launch of the Khyber (Qadr H) “multiple-warhead ballistic missile” during its latest missile attack on Israel.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has told Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, during talks in Moscow, that aggressions especially by United States and Israel against Iran were groundless.
Putin made the comments at the start of Kremlin talks and said Russia is ready to help the Iranian people.
The Russian President said, “This is an unprovoked aggression against Iran and there can be no justification for it. We are making efforts to support the Iranian people.”
Meanwhile, Araghchi thanked Putin for condemning the US strikes on Iran, telling him Russia stood on “the right side of history”.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian asked him to convey their best wishes to Putin, he added.
The Iranian minister, after the meeting, expressed that the Russia was expected to play a vital role as tensions grow in the region.
Some of the assistance Iran is believed to require from Russia include military equipment among others.
In a social media post, Kermanpour said at least 13 children have been killed since Israel started attacking Iran on June 13, with the youngest being “just two months old”.
He added that 44 women have also been killed in the Israeli attacks, including two who were pregnant.
Kermanpour’s update did not provide an overall death toll but in another post on Saturday, he had said that more than 400 people had been killed since the start of the conflict, with at least 3,056 others wounded.
“The majority of casualties and the injured have been civilians,” he had said.
A video camera mounted on a vehicle has captured a huge explosion next to a road in Ashdod, in southern Israel, following the latest wave of Iranian air attacks.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp has announced the first launch of the Khyber (Qadr H) “multiple-warhead ballistic missile” during its latest missile attack on Israel.
The attack was in response to “the continued evils of the Zionist regime” and combined “smart drones”, IRNA news agency quoted the Guard’s public relations department as saying.
“In this operation, the Khyber [Qadr H] multiple-warhead ballistic missile was used for the first time, using new and surprising tactics to strike more accurately, more destructively and more effectively,” it said.
“Strategic targets” were hit across the “occupied territories from the north to the south and the centre of the Zionist regime” reported IRNA.
Israel targets notorious Evin prison in Tehran
The feared Evin Prison in the Iranian capital was attacked by Israel’s air force. It’s unclear if there are any casualties or how serious the damage is.
The facility holds many political prisoners including dual nationals that the Islamic Republic often uses to swap with Western countries in prisoner exchanges.
The series of strikes followed a salvo of missiles and drones fired by Iran at Israel after the US attack on Iranian nuclear sites the day before.
Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz has now said the army is targeting the “regime targets and government repression bodies in the heart of Tehran”.
These include the headquarters of the IRGC’s Basij force, the internal security headquarters of the IRGC, Evin Prison and the “Israel Destruction” clock in Palestine Square, Katz said in a post on X.
“For every shot fired at the Israeli home front, the Iranian dictator will be punished and the attacks will continue with full force,” he added.
Hacktivist group CyberIsnaadFront claims it carried out a cyberattack on an Israeli aluminum manufacturer that works with the Israeli army.
In a statement on its Telegram account, the group said it obtained information on key military and nuclear sites, which it has added to a list of future targets.
This is among several cyberattacks CyberIsnaadFront has claimed in recent weeks, including one it says crippled extensive military communications infrastructure.
