Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was reportedly injured while escaping through an emergency shaft after Israeli bombs targeted a secret underground facility in Tehran last month

Speaking to a state broadcaster on Thursday evening, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran (AEOI) is currently assessing the full extent of the damage caused to the nuclear sites

Speaking to Israel’s public broadcaster Kan on Thursday evening, Katz stated, “If he had been in our sights, we would have taken him out,” adding that Israeli forces actively searched for the Iranian leader during the conflict but failed to locate him

According to sources familiar with the DIA's assessment, the strikes did not succeed in destroying Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile, a critical component of any potential nuclear weapon

Iran’s Health Ministry reports at least 606 people have died in the conflict, but independent monitors say the toll could be twice that figure. Meanwhile, damage to infrastructure, daily life disruptions, and heightened fear are widespread in cities like Tehran, Isfahan, and Tabriz

The uranium, enriched to 60 percent purity, is still short of the roughly 90 percent enrichment needed for nuclear weapons, but its disappearance has set off alarm bells in Washington, Tel Aviv, and Vienna, where the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is headquartered

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations’ top nuclear watchdog, issued a statement assuring the global community that there has been “no radiation increase” reported from the targeted facilities

A week into the escalating war, a steady stream of families, young couples, and solo travellers continue to arrive in Agarak. Most are Iranian citizens with residency abroad, many returning to countries like Austria, Australia, and Germany after what was meant to be summer holidays

A strike near the Gulf coast in Bushehr — home to Iran’s only operational nuclear reactor — briefly triggered widespread alarm on Thursday when Israel claimed to have hit the site, before later retracting the statement, calling it a “mistake”

The target of the proposed strike is said to be Fordo, an underground uranium enrichment facility located deep beneath the mountains near Qom. This site has long been a focal point of international concern over Iran’s nuclear ambitions

While international journalists remain restricted by the Iranian government, BBC Persian and other outlets have received a flood of personal testimonies via interviews and social media. Many residents, fearful of repercussions, spoke anonymously

Mostafa Sepahvand, 39, Farhad Javadi Manesh, 44, and Shapoor Qalehali Khani Noori, 55, were arrested on May 3 as part of a counter-terrorism operation led by the Metropolitan Police’s Counter Terrorism Command