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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 647

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This handout satellite picture provided by Maxar Technologies and taken on June 16, 2025, shows the Isfahan nuclear enrichment facility in central Iran. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
July 10, 2025, 3:06 pm
Senior Israeli official: Intel shows enriched uranium was at Iran sites when bombed
Official says Isfahan stockpile may still be accessible, but with difficulty; Netanyahu says Israel ‘didn’t deal with’ Iran’s enriched uranium during war: ‘We think we know where it is’
By Agencies, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in an interview broadcast on June 30, 2025 (Screen grab/CBS)
July 2, 2025, 10:37 am
US strikes ‘seriously damaged’ Fordo nuclear site, Iran’s FM says
Aragchi says ‘no one exactly knows what has transpired’ at key facility but Tehran ‘able to make up for lost time’ if a decision is made to renew uranium enrichment
By ToI Staff and Agencies
US President Donald Trump speaks to Fox News's Maria Bartoromo in an interview aired June 29, 2025. (Screen capture via YouTube)
June 29, 2025, 9:54 pm
Trump: Iran’s nuclear program is over, bombs penetrated Fordo ‘like it was butter’
US president says more countries will normalize relations with Israel, Iran was chief obstacle to doing so
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, at the IAEA's Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria on June 16, 2025. (Joe Klamar / AFP)
June 29, 2025, 4:43 am
Iran could resume uranium enrichment in ‘matter of months,’ IAEA chief says
UN nuclear watchdog doesn’t know where Iran’s enriched uranium stockpiles are being kept or how much was destroyed in attacks, Grossi tells CBS News
By AFP and ToI Staff
US President Donald Trump speaks at the end of the NATO summit, flanked by Secretary of State Marco Rubio, right, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in The Hague, Netherlands, on June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
June 26, 2025, 10:03 pm
Trump says no enriched uranium moved out of Fordo, as debate over strikes’ impact goes on
US defense chief also says he’s seen no intel that stockpile was removed, contrary to claims by European officials; UN atomic agency head: Fordo centrifuges ‘no longer operational’
By Ben Sales and Agencies
US President Donald Trump addresses a press conference during a North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Heads of State and Government summit in The Hague on June 25, 2025. (NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP)
June 25, 2025, 10:10 pm
Trump says US will meet with Iran next week, asserts nuke deal ‘no longer necessary’
‘We may sign an agreement, I don’t know,’ Trump tells NATO conference, claiming US and Israel destroyed Iran’s nuclear program and ‘I don’t care if I have an agreement or not’
By Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg, Jacob Magid, AP and ToI Staff
This handout satellite picture provided by Maxar Technologies and taken on June 22, 2025, shows a crater after US strikes on Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment facility in central Iran. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
June 25, 2025, 5:06 pm
Iran says nuclear sites ‘badly damaged’ amid conflicting reports on strikes’ success
White House publishes Israel Atomic Energy Commission report saying Fordo is inoperable, while Israeli sources told ABC News that the success of the strikes is ‘really not good’
By AP, Nava Freiberg and Lazar Berman
US President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte at the NATO summit in The Hague, Netherlands, Wednesday, June 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
June 25, 2025, 3:23 pm
Trump says Israel sent agents into Iran’s Fordo nuclear site, saw ‘total obliteration’
President says US will strike again if Iran tries to revive enrichment, but is sure that won’t be necessary; hails ceasefire and reports ‘great progress’ toward Gaza hostage-truce deal
By Lazar Berman
IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin speaks at a press conference at the Kirya base in Tel Aviv, June 6, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)
June 25, 2025, 1:11 pm
IDF assesses Iran’s nuclear program set back years, but ‘too early’ to know for sure
Trump says US intelligence ‘very inconclusive’ about strikes, but ‘it could’ve been very severe’; IAEA says working to inspect, as Iran’s parliament votes to quit cooperating with UN watchdog
By Emanuel Fabian, Agencies and ToI Staff
US envoy Steve Witkoff appears on Fox News' 'Laura Ingraham Show,' on June 24, 2025. (Screen capture via YouTube)
June 25, 2025, 9:19 am
Witkoff: US, Iran seeking ‘peace deal,’ strikes set Tehran’s nuke program back years
Trump’s envoy tells Fox News that reporting the US may not have destroyed Iran’s underground nuclear sites is ‘preposterous,’ says IAEA chief Rafael Grossi agrees with his assessment
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Footage posted to social media shows the aftermath of Israeli strikes in Tehran on June 23, 2025 (X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 23, 2025, 4:19 pm
In Tehran, IDF strikes IRGC sites, gate of Evin Prison, ‘Destruction of Israel’ clock
Strike apparently intended to allow prisoners to escape, day after Trump hinted at regime change for Iran; military assesses numerous troops killed as 100 munitions dropped on targets
By Emanuel Fabian, ToI Staff and Agencies
Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi attends an extraordinary Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria on June 23, 2025. (Joe Klamar / AFP)
June 23, 2025, 3:09 pm
IAEA chief expects ‘very significant damage’ at Iran’s Fordo site, demands access
Rafael Grossi says no one is in a position to assess damage from US attacks; says accounting for Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium necessary to end conflict, bring peace
By Agencies and ToI Staff
A Pentagon graphic detailing the route and timetable of the June 20, 2025, US strikes on Iran's Fordo, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear sites. (Pentagon)
June 23, 2025, 9:15 am
When Trump joined the war: How US strike on Iran was planned, approved, carried out
Attack was finalized on June 18; Vance was fully supportive; Netanyahu, handful of other ministers knew; Israeli jets said to have hit air defense sites to clear US bombers’ route
By Nava Freiberg and AP
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on June 22, 2025 using handout satellite images released by Maxar Technologies shows Iran's Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP), northeast of the city of Qom on on June 19, 2025 (top), and Iran's Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP), northeast of the city of Qom, after US strikes on the site June 22, 2025 (bottom). (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
June 23, 2025, 5:29 am
Satellite images indicate severe damage to Fordo in US strikes, but doubts remain
6 holes seen punched into mountain above Iran’s deep nuclear plant, after series of bunker-busting bombs dropped; experts worry that nuclear material was moved prior to the attack
By Reuters and ToI Staff
This handout satellite picture provided by Maxar Technologies, and taken on June 22, 2025, shows Iran's Fordo Fuel Enrichment Plant (FFEP), northeast of the city of Qom, after US strikes on the site. (Satellite image ©2025 Maxar Technologies / AFP)
June 22, 2025, 9:00 pm
Extent of damage to Fordo, whereabouts of uranium unclear after nuke sites hit
IAEA chief says major destruction seen at Isfahan and Natanz, but not possible to assess at subterranean Fordo; Rubio claims enriched material was not moved away – analysts disagree
By AFP and ToI Staff
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