{"id":1668,"date":"2025-06-17T01:25:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T01:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=1668"},"modified":"2025-06-17T01:25:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T01:25:24","slug":"deadly-israel-iran-strikes-reach-fourth-day-without-potential-for-cease-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/firearmupgrades.com\/?p=1668","title":{"rendered":"Deadly Israel-Iran Strikes Reach Fourth Day Without Potential for Cease-Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Welcome back to World Brief, where we\u2019re looking at deadly strikes between <strong>Israel<\/strong> and <strong>Iran<\/strong>, day one of meetings at the <strong>G-7 summit<\/strong>, and a <strong>U.S.<\/strong> immigration crackdown.<\/p>\n<div class=\"newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode-fallback\">\n<h2 class=\"dek-heading\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/category\/world-brief\/\">Sign up<\/a>  to receive World Brief in your inbox every weekday.            <\/h2>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<form data-shortcode-newsletter=\"world_brief\" class=\"newsletter-unit-signup newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode email-capture--step-1 newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode-world_brief\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-world_brief newsletter-shortcode-world_brief\">\n<div class=\"show-on-email-capture--signed-up hide-from-newsletter-subscriber newsletter-unit-signup--shortcode--container\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-unit newsletter-row\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-world_brief\">\n<h2 class=\"dek-heading\">Sign up to receive World Brief in your inbox every weekday.<\/h2>\n<p>\n                        <button class=\"button\">Sign Up<\/button>\n                    <\/p>\n<div class=\"grid--flex newsletter-world_brief newsletter-signup-container\" role=\"group\" aria-label=\"World Brief sign up form\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div class=\"buttons\">\n<div class=\"hide-from-newsletter-subscriber privacy-policy-container\">\n<div class=\"privacy-policy-acknowledge\">\n<p><small>By submitting your email, you agree to the <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/privacy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/termsofuse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Terms of Use<\/a> and to receive email correspondence from us. 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Although foreign leaders are demanding that both sides de-escalate immediately to avoid an <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/06\/13\/israel-iran-war-netanyahu-us-scenarios\/\">all-out war<\/a>, Israel and Iran refuse to come to the negotiating table. Israel is \u201cchanging the face of the Middle East,\u201d Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said during a Monday press conference.<\/p>\n<p>Israel has continued to target Iran\u2019s nuclear and military infrastructure, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armscontrol.org\/blog\/2025-06-16\/irans-nuclear-facilities-updates\">major uranium enrichment facilities<\/a> as well as top Iranian leadership. According to Israeli military spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin, Israel has <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/06\/13\/iran-proxies-retaliation-israel-attacks\/\">destroyed<\/a> more than 120 surface-to-surface missile launchers in central Iran since airstrikes began on Friday as well as 10 command centers in Tehran allegedly belonging to the country\u2019s elite Quds Force.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/aerospace-defense\/israel-does-not-intend-physically-harm-tehran-residents-defence-minister-says-2025-06-16\/\">said<\/a> on Monday that Israel is also attacking \u201cregime targets and security infrastructures in Tehran,\u201d signaling a potential <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/06\/13\/israel-iran-strikes-regime-change-nuclear-claims\/\">regime-change focus<\/a>. Israel issued its first evacuation warning for part of the Iranian capital on Monday, affecting some 330,000 people. Among Monday\u2019s targets, Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2025\/06\/16\/world\/iran-israel-news\/israel-iran-state-tv?smid=url-share\">confirmed<\/a> that it had hit the Tehran headquarters of Iran\u2019s state media broadcaster. The attack occurred while a news anchor was live on air and briefly halted the broadcast, though programming resumed shortly after. Israeli forces claimed the facility was a \u201ccommunication center\u201d being used by the Iranian military \u201cunder the guise of civilian activity,\u201d but they did not provide evidence for the claim. Before the strike, Katz had warned that the \u201cmouthpiece of Iranian propaganda and incitement is about to disappear,\u201d adding that \u201cwe will strike the Iranian dictator everywhere.\u201d A spokesperson for Iran\u2019s foreign minister <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-israel-irib-state-tv-air-strike-9ab46d05baeb354a6596bd09aa12a2d6\">called<\/a> the attack a \u201cwar crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In retaliation for the Israeli campaign, Iran has fired around 370 ballistic missiles and hundreds of drones at Israel over the past four days, including another <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-iran-missile-attacks-nuclear-news-06-16-2025-c98074e62ce5afd4c3f6d33edaffa069\">wave of strikes<\/a> on Monday, killing at least eight people and bringing the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/israel-iran-attack-strikes-news-06-16-25-intl-hnk#cmbz99ufz003f3b6nfiw4lrxq\">total death toll<\/a> in Israel since last Friday to at least 24, with nearly 600 others injured, according to the Israeli prime minister\u2019s office. Israeli attacks on Iran have killed more than 220 people since the strikes began, according to Iranian state media.<\/p>\n<p>Iran reportedly told mediators Qatar and Oman on Sunday that it will not begin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/middle-east\/iran-rejects-ceasefire-negotiations-while-under-israeli-attack-official-says-2025-06-15\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=Daily-Briefing&amp;utm_term=061625&amp;lctg=607f1056abd4f461f466319b\">cease-fire negotiations<\/a> with Israel or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/israel-iran-attack-strikes-news-06-16-25-intl-hnk\">return to nuclear negotiations<\/a> with the United States while Israeli attacks continue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt takes one phone call from Washington to muzzle someone like Netanyahu,\u201d Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/araghchi\/status\/1934626079676805542\">wrote<\/a> on X on Monday. He warned the United States against getting involved in the conflict, saying it will destroy any prospect of a nuclear deal and could have dangerous consequences for <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/06\/16\/israel-iran-war-middle-east-hegemon\/\">regional security<\/a>. And he vowed to continue to \u201cpummel\u201d Israel until all military actions stop.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer said on Monday that Israel will pursue its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-06-16\/israel-to-continue-strikes-despite-reports-iran-seeks-talks?taid=68505fa492b962000180a389&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_content=business&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;sref=gAQr8Hwd\">military offensive<\/a> against Iran regardless of whether Washington holds nuclear negotiations with Tehran.<\/p>\n<p>European leaders who are in Canada on Monday for the G-7 summit are reportedly drafting a statement calling for both Israel and Iran to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/06\/16\/politics\/trump-israel-iran-g7-statement\">cease their assaults<\/a>. The draft acknowledges that Israel has the right to defend itself and that Iran cannot be allowed to obtain a nuclear weapon. However, CNN reported that, according to a source familiar with the process, U.S. President Donald Trump is not expected to sign the joint declaration.<\/p>\n<p>Asked by a reporter at the summit on Monday about whether he has seen any messages from intermediaries suggesting that Iran wants to de-escalate the conflict, Trump replied that he had, and that Iran \u201cwould like to talk.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIran is not winning this war,\u201d Trump said, adding that the country \u201cshould talk immediately before it\u2019s too late.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>Today\u2019s Most Read<\/strong><\/h3>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>The World This Week<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>Tuesday, June 17:<\/strong> Jordanian King Abdullah II addresses the European Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon begins a four-day visit to China.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, June 18:<\/strong> Russia begins hosting the four-day St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.<\/p>\n<p>Guernsey holds a general election.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, June 19:<\/strong> Russian President Vladimir Putin hosts Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline for Chinese company ByteDance to divest TikTok or else face a U.S. ban expires. Trump is expected to extend the deadline but has not formally done so yet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, June 20:<\/strong> Istanbul hosts a two-day Organization of Islamic Cooperation foreign ministers\u2019 meeting.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Monday, June 23:<\/strong> European Union sanctions against Russia following its annexation of Crimea expire.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>What We\u2019re Following<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong>A rocky start to the G-7. <\/strong>Disunity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/seeking-unity-g7-meets-amid-escalating-ukraine-middle-east-conflicts-2025-06-16\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=Daily-Briefing&amp;utm_term=061625&amp;lctg=607f1056abd4f461f466319b\">overshadowed<\/a> the start of the working sessions of the annual G-7 summit in Canada on Monday, as leaders fear that traditional alliances will not be enough to ensure consensus on key global issues. Already, Ottawa has abandoned drafting the usual joint communique issued at the end of the two-day conference for fear of repeating the results of the 2018 summit in Quebec, when Trump ordered the United States to withdraw from the document over a spat with then-Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.<\/p>\n<p>Day one of the G-7 meeting was supposed to focus on tariff deals and China amid Washington\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/06\/12\/trump-us-trade-war-tariffs-china-canada-protectionism-isi\/\">trade war<\/a> and the resulting <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/04\/11\/tariffs-trade-trump-history-economy-depression-crash-recession-united-states\/\">economic fallout<\/a>. However, wars in Europe and the Middle East took <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2025\/06\/16\/politics\/world-leaders-g7-trump\">center stage<\/a> at the summit, as Trump suggested following a <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-us-putin-trump-498642958089922ffc038330041e9987?user_email=6b04284e4d00370f16d3dac0a626e01bf24d86e4d6995646867da6aa680488d0&amp;utm_medium=Morning_Wire&amp;utm_source=Sailthru_AP&amp;utm_campaign=Morning%20Wire_16%20Jun_2025&amp;utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers\">phone call<\/a> with Putin on Saturday that Moscow should mediate negotiations between Israel and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters in Canada on Monday, Trump also suggested that Russia be brought back into the group, arguing that ejecting Moscow had been a \u201cmistake\u201d and that he thinks Russia would not have invaded Ukraine in 2022 if that hadn\u2019t happened. Russia was kicked out of what was then the G-8 in 2014 after it annexed the Ukrainian territory of Crimea. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will attend the G-7 talks on Tuesday alongside NATO chief Mark Rutte.<\/p>\n<p><strong>U.S. immigration crackdowns. <\/strong>Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-ice-deportations-protests-65fa8d64ea12a78a0ee0ebeea008ee4d?user_email=6b04284e4d00370f16d3dac0a626e01bf24d86e4d6995646867da6aa680488d0&amp;utm_medium=Morning_Wire&amp;utm_source=Sailthru_AP&amp;utm_campaign=Morning%20Wire_16%20Jun_2025&amp;utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers\">ordered<\/a> federal authorities on Sunday to prioritize deportations in Democratic-run cities, including Chicago, New York, and Los Angeles. In a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/114690267066155731\">Truth Social post<\/a>, the U.S. president heralded the actions of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, whose raids against undocumented migrants have sparked <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/06\/11\/los-angeles-protests-ice-national-guard-marines-deploy-trump-military-parade\/\">mass protests<\/a> across the country this month and led to the <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/06\/09\/los-angeles-anti-ice-protests-trump-national-guard-newsom-immigration\/\">contested deployment<\/a> of National Guard troops and Marines to California.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have my unwavering support. Now go, get the job done!\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has pushed an aggressive immigration agenda in recent weeks, ramping up domestic deportation efforts as well as imposing a <a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/06\/05\/trump-travel-ban-countries-visas-china-xi-phone-call\/\">sweeping travel ban<\/a> on 12 countries. According to an internal State Department cable seen by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/2025\/06\/14\/trump-travel-ban-expansion\/\"><em>Washington Post<\/em><\/a>, the Trump administration is considering expanding initial travel restrictions to 36 additional nations if they do not meet State Department benchmarks and requirements within 60 days. Countries must submit an initial action plan by Wednesday at 8 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>The new nations facing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-administration-weighs-adding-36-countries-travel-ban-memo-says-2025-06-15\/?utm_source=Sailthru&amp;utm_medium=Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=Daily-Briefing&amp;utm_term=061625&amp;lctg=607f1056abd4f461f466319b\">visa bans<\/a> are Angola, Antigua and Barbuda, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Ethiopia, Egypt, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Malawi, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, South Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Tonga, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.<\/p>\n<p>The memo listed \u201cwidespread government fraud,\u201d the lack of a central authority to produce reliable identity documents, large numbers of citizens who overstay their tourist visas, and populations that exhibit \u201cantisemitic and anti-American activity in the United States\u201d as some of the rationale for restrictions. However, countries that agree to accept third-country nationals removed from the United States could be exempt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cYour holidays, my misery.\u201d <\/strong>Thousands of people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2025\/06\/16\/protests-tourism-spain-italy-portugal\/\">took to the streets<\/a> across Southern Europe on Sunday to protest overtourism. In Barcelona, where the main march took place, demonstrators chanted \u201cyour holidays, my misery\u201d while carrying signs reading \u201cmass tourism kills the city\u201d and firing water pistols at tourists standing outside of cafes, hostels, and public squares. Similar demonstrations were held across Portugal, Italy, and smaller Spanish towns.<\/p>\n<p>European authorities argue that short-term rentals, largely used by tourists, drive up housing costs for locals. Barcelona\u2019s city government <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/top-tourist-destination-barcelona-plans-shut-all-holiday-apartments-by-2028-2024-06-21\/\">vowed<\/a> last year to ban apartment rentals for tourists by 2028 in an effort to make the city more livable. And last month, Spain <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/airbnb-spain-rental-listing-a91e605f6342db1b169d4f9d1681e9d4?user_email=6b04284e4d00370f16d3dac0a626e01bf24d86e4d6995646867da6aa680488d0&amp;utm_medium=Morning_Wire&amp;utm_source=Sailthru_AP&amp;utm_campaign=Morning%20Wire_20%20May_2025&amp;utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers\">ordered<\/a> Airbnb to block more than 65,000 listings from its platform for allegedly violating government rules. Barcelona recorded around <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/coordinated-protests-against-tourism-levels-planned-spain-portugal-italy-2025-06-13\/#:~:text=Some%2026%20million%20tourists%20swelled,the%20highest%20figure%20on%20record.\">26 million tourists<\/a> last year alone.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3><strong>Odds and Ends<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>In the fictional on-screen world of James Bond, Britain\u2019s MI6 has had a female spy chief since 1995. Now, the real MI6 is finally catching up. On Sunday, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/new-mi6-spy-agency-chief-woman-30702495d2484ad3bdc7ab5e34d372ed?user_email=6b04284e4d00370f16d3dac0a626e01bf24d86e4d6995646867da6aa680488d0&amp;utm_medium=Morning_Wire&amp;utm_source=Sailthru_AP&amp;utm_campaign=Morning%20Wire_16%20Jun_2025&amp;utm_term=Morning%20Wire%20Subscribers\">announced<\/a> that Blaise Metreweli, currently the organization\u2019s director of technology and innovation, will become the first woman in charge of the country\u2019s foreign intelligence service. The \u201chistoric appointment\u201d comes \u201cwhen the work of our intelligence services has never been more vital,\u201d Starmer said. MI6 is the last of Britain\u2019s three main spy agencies to shatter the glass ceiling.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/foreignpolicy.com\/2025\/06\/16\/israel-iran-strikes-netanyahu-khamenei-tehran-trump-nuclear-talks\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome back to World Brief, where we\u2019re looking at deadly strikes between Israel and Iran, day one of meetings at the G-7 summit, and a U.S. immigration crackdown. Sign up to receive World Brief in your inbox every weekday. Sign up to receive World Brief in your inbox every weekday. 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