Iranian political analyst Mostafa Daneshgar and Maryam Alemzadeh, associate professor of the history and politics of Iran at the University of Oxford, speak to Christiane Amanpour about the role of th...

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Even if there is a regime change in Iran, no new government there will survive unless it sustains and perhaps surpasses the current leadership's belligerence.

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Stop the war on Iran! For peace, justice and democracy Tehran and many other Iranian cities are reeling under Israeli attacks that have killed hundreds of civilians, while destroying residential area...

<article data-history-node-id="424407" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strikes-kill-18-gaza-including-15-waiting-aid" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/israeli-strikes-kill-18-gaza-including-15-waiting-aid" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Israeli strikes kill 18 in Gaza, including 15 waiting for aid</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p data-end="116" data-start="37">Gaza’s civil defence agency says Israeli forces killed at least 18 people on Thursday, including 15 who had gathered near an aid distribution site in central Gaza.</p> <p data-end="116" data-start="37">Mohammad al-Mugghayyir, a senior civil defence official, told AFP that the deaths occurred as a result of Israeli shelling that began at dawn.</p> <p data-end="116" data-start="37">He said at least 15 were killed while waiting for aid, while three others died in separate shelling near Gaza City.</p> </div> </div> </article>

Demonstrators say any further US involvement in Israeli attacks on Iran would be catastrophic for the world

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<article data-history-node-id="424127" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iranian-strikes-expose-lack-shelters-palestinian-citizens-israel" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/iranian-strikes-expose-lack-shelters-palestinian-citizens-israel" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">Iranian strikes expose lack of shelters for Palestinian citizens of Israel, residents say</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinian</a>&nbsp;citizens of&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israel</a>&nbsp;are having to fend for themselves amid ongoing missile strikes by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/iran" target="_blank">Iran</a>, with the beleaguered community lacking access to shelters and safe rooms due to discriminatory building policies.</p> <p>On Saturday, four Palestinian citizens of Israel were killed in the predominantly Arab town of Tamra, some 25km east of Haifa, after an Iranian missile unexpectedly struck their residential building.</p> <p>Local residents told Middle East Eye that four Christian women from the same family were killed in the attack, including a mother and her two daughters, aged 13 and 20.</p> <p>Residents said that when the Israeli government instructed Israelis to stay in protected areas as missile alerts sounded, Palestinians in Tamra decided to shelter in place - or they sought safety in groups at the homes of other family members - due to the absence of public shelters and safe rooms.</p> <p>"Most homes in Tamra, and those in predominantly Arab towns, lack shelters," Muhammed Soboh, a Tamra resident, told MEE.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/iran-strikes-expose-lack-shelters-palestinian-citizens-israel">Iranian strikes expose lack of shelters for Palestinian citizens of Israel, residents say</a></h3> <figure role="group" class="media-block"> <div class="group-inner"> <div alt="People inspect the rubble of a damaged building in the northern Israeli town of Tamra, following an overnight missile attack from Iran on 15 June 2025 (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)" data-embed-button="file_browser" data-entity-embed-display="image:image" data-entity-embed-display-settings="{" data-entity-type="file" data-entity-uuid="91c2b78e-4a70-493b-89bc-7641aeba6efd" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"> <img src="https://www.middleeasteye.net/sites/default/files/images-story/israel-aftermath-iran-missile-attack-tamra-14-jun-2025-afp.jpg" width="1920" height="1080" alt="People inspect the rubble of a damaged building in the northern Israeli town of Tamra, following an overnight missile attack from Iran on 15 June 2025 (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)" typeof="foaf:Image" fetchpriority="high"> </div> <figcaption>People inspect the rubble of a damaged building in the northern Israeli town of Tamra, following an overnight missile attack from Iran on 15 June 2025 (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)</figcaption> </div> </figure> <p><span style="background: url(&quot;https://www.middleeasteye.net/modules/contrib/ckeditor/vendor/plugins/widget/images/handle.png&quot;) rgba(220, 220, 220, 0.5); top: -15px; left: 0px;"><img height="15" role="presentation" src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAPABAP///wAAACH5BAEKAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==" title="Click and drag to move" width="15" loading="lazy"></span></p> </div> </div> </article>

At least 10 people were killed as they waited to receive food at distribution points or near aid trucks

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