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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 624

Axis of Resistance

An Iranian refueling plane is seen on fire at Mashhad Airport in northeast Iran following an Israeli strike on June 15, 2025. (Social media: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 18, 2025, 5:00 pm
Iran’s efforts to ‘annihilate’ Israel justify offensive, Sa’ar tells UN Security Council
Israeli FM says ‘reliable intel’ showed Tehran was accelerating nuclear weapons plan; its missile program and support for proxies are all part of strategic plan to eliminate Israel
By Jeremy Sharon
A handout picture provided by the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's office shows him addressing the nation on the first anniversary of the death of Iran's president Ebrahim Raisi, May 20, 2025. (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)
June 18, 2025, 12:39 am
Sources close to Khamenei warn of growing risk he could miscalculate
One source describes the threat to Iran’s security and internal stability as ‘extremely dangerous’; insiders say supreme leader still has influential aides who haven’t been targeted
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Mourners carry the flag-draped coffins of five men, whose names were not immediately available, killed in Israeli strikes, during their funeral in the city of Khorramabad, Iran, on June 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Aziz Babanezhad/Tasnim News Agency)
June 17, 2025, 2:51 pm
How Iran could further retaliate for Israel’s offensive
Tehran might block the Strait of Hormuz, leave the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, or recruit its proxies for terror attacks abroad — but such actions would also risk US anger
By AP
Hezbollah fighters hold the terror group's flags as they parade during a rally to mark Jerusalem Day in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, April 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
June 14, 2025, 5:27 pm
Hezbollah and Iran-backed militias stay on sidelines as Israel strikes Tehran
Key members of the ‘Axis of Resistance’ have so far avoided direct involvement in the latest regional flare-up, due to domestic pressures and fear of Israeli retaliation
By AP
Vehicles drive past an anti-Israel banner showing numerous locations in Israel as a Yemeni dagger (jambiya) with writing in Farsi reading: "All targets are within range, Yemeni missiles for now!" and in Hebrew "All targets are within reach, we will choose," in Tehran, Iran, May 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
May 5, 2025, 6:59 pm
Iran maintains tough rhetoric on Israel and US, even while seeking nuclear deal
While committed to talks, Tehran airs missile test footage, hangs banner of Israel covered by targets in shape of Yemeni dagger, and calls out US defense secretary’s threats
By AP and ToI Staff
This handout picture provided by the office of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei shows him addressing a meeting with a group of armed forces commanders and clerics in Tehran on April 13, 2025. (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)
April 15, 2025, 4:43 pm
Iran insists military capabilities and proxy groups are ‘red lines’ in talks with US
Khamenei lauds first meeting in Oman but says he’s ‘very pessimistic about the other side’; Revolutionary Guard spokesman says Tehran’s defense ‘cannot be discussed or negotiated’
By AFP and ToI Staff
A missile is launched from the Persian Gulf during a drill of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in a photo provided by the IRGC's Sepahnews on January 24, 2025. (Sepahnews via AP)
April 9, 2025, 12:18 pm
Iran sends new missiles to Iraqi proxies that were said to be disarming – report
Delivery, days before nuclear talks with US, reportedly includes missiles that can reach Europe, in apparent bid to reassure what remains of ‘Axis of Resistance’
By ToI Staff
Members of an Iraqi Shiite militant group attend the funeral of a fighter with the Kataeb Hezbollah terror militia who was killed in a US airstrike, in Baghdad, Iraq, January 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
April 7, 2025, 12:45 pm
Iran-backed Iraqi militias consider disarming amid threats from Trump administration
Iraqi politician: Talks ‘very advanced’; IRGC-linked factions may lay down arms to prevent targeting by US airstrikes, say Iran told them to take whatever decision they deem necessary
By Reuters
Iranian demonstrators burn US and Israeli flags during an annual rally to mark Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, in support of Palestinians and against Israel, in Tehran, Iran, Friday, April 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
March 26, 2025, 11:21 pm
Iran-backed terror chiefs taunt Israel, remain defiant ahead of Quds Day
Hamas official says war has not broken Palestinians’ will; Houthi chief vows attacks to continue, while Hezbollah leader insists ‘no room for normalization’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks to a group of people and officials in Tehran, Iran, on March 21, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader via AP)
March 21, 2025, 2:02 pm
Khamenei says Houthis act independently, warns against US strikes on Iran
Supreme leader, in televised speech, rejects Trump’s vow to hold Tehran responsible for attacks by Iran-backed Yemen group, which fired at Israel this week amid US strikes
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh (left) and Hamas leader in the Gaza Strip Yahya Sinwar (right) at a rally marking the 30th anniversary of the terror group, in Gaza City, December 14, 2017. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)
March 18, 2025, 11:40 am
Captured Gaza records show that Iran, Hezbollah plotted with Hamas to destroy Israel
New study, based on classified documents, reveals terror group’s shift from defense to a multifront assault plan, culminating in October 7 invasion; warns Hamas will try again if it recovers
By Stav Levaton
IRGC commander-in-chief Major General Hossein Salami speaks during a memorial service for slain Hezbollah leader Hasssan Nasrallah and his successor Hashem Safieddine at Tehran's Grand Mosque in Iran's capital Tehran on February 23, 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
March 16, 2025, 12:18 pm
Iran Guards chief vows ‘decisive’ reprisal against any attacks, after Trump warning
As US president demands Iran end support for Houthis, IRGC general says the group is ‘the representative of the Yemenis,’ and makes its decisions independently from Tehran
By Agencies
Supporters of Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis march in the capital Sana'a on March 15, 2024, in support of Palestinians, during the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. (Mohammed Huwais/ AFP)
January 3, 2025, 10:47 am
Who’s afraid of the Houthis? Iran’s last proxy standing is proving no pushover for Israel
Repeated nighttime missile launches have brought the danger from Yemen to the fore. How did a group of mountain rebels in a faraway country rise to become a global threat?
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Popular Mobilization Forces burn representations of US and Israeli flags during al-Quds Day in Baghdad, Iraq, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Ali Abdul Hassan, File)
December 23, 2024, 3:11 pm
Iraqi militias reportedly agree to end drone attacks on Israel
Source tells Hezbollah-aligned al-Akhbar outlet that agreement was made with Baghdad government to end assaults due to volatile situation in region, uncertainty over Trump policies
By ToI Staff
An Iranian security guard sits in the Safavieh Bazaar in the capital Tehran on December 17, 2024, after a decision by the Tehran Chamber of Trade Unions and Guilds to limit opening hours in an attempt to tackle severe energy shortages in the country. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
December 22, 2024, 3:29 am
Iran plagued by energy crisis partially caused by strikes attributed to Israel
Outdated and underfunded energy sector’s problems further compounded by depleted gas reserves caused by attack on two major pipelines back in February
By ToI Staff and Agencies
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