respecting an establishment of religion. >> or prohibiting the free. >> exercise thereof. >> or abridging the. >> freedom of. >> speech. >> of the press. >> or the. >> right of the people peaceably. >> to assemble. >> and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. >> good morning. >> this is sky news today. >> i'm matt barbet. it's 10:00. the top stories the us bombs iran. >> president trump. >> says tehran's nuclear enrichment facilities have. been destroyed and threatens further strikes. >> iran, the bully of the middle east, must now make peace. if

they do not, future attacks will be far greater and a lot easier. >> american stealth. >> bombers dropped. >> six bunker busting bombs on three of iran's nuclear facilities. iran has. >> hit back at israel. >> and warns of. everlasting consequences following the us attacks here. the prime minister, keir starmer, urges iran to return to negotiations as the uk plans rescue flights out of the middle east in hours, not days. good morning. we begin with breaking news in the us has carried out. attacks on three nuclear sites in iran and what president trump described as a spectacular military success. iran's foreign minister says the strikes are a grave violation of international law and will have everlasting consequences. sir keir starmer has released a statement supporting america's actions, but sky news

understands there was no uk involvement in the airstrikes. >> well. >> hours after. >> the. >> attacks, iran retaliated, launching a series of missiles towards israel. in a moment, we'll hear from our security and defense editor, deborah haynes. but first, our us correspondent mark stone reports on america's overnight operation as the president returned to washington late on saturday. the face and the swagger were maybe a hint of what was to come. he was back, we had been told, just for a security briefing in the situation room. but these images instead captured the most decisive critical decision of his presidency so far. with his top team around him, he had ordered a strike on iran's nuclear sites. within a few hours, he was addressing the nation and the world beyond. >> tonight, i can report to the world that the strikes were a spectacular military success. iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely

and totally obliterated. iran, the bully of the middle east, must now make peace. if they do not, future attacks will be far greater and a lot easier. >> we know now that a number of b-2 stealth bombers dropped numerous bunker busting bombs on the fordo nuclear site. it's located to the southwest of tehran, and it's believed to be the country's main nuclear enrichment location. it lies deep underground beneath a mountain. navy submarines also fired 30 cruise missiles at other sites. it is not independently clear yet how successful the strikes were, but look at these taken yesterday by maxar technologies. they show what's described as unusual truck activity at fordo 16 cargo trucks at the entrance to the site. so did the iranians manage to move equipment before the strikes. it was only on friday that the president was talking about a two week chance for diplomacy.

>> does iran have two weeks or could you strike before that? are you essentially giving them a two week timeline. >> giving them a period of time? >> we're going to see what that period of time is, but i'm giving them a period of time. and i would say two weeks would be the maximum. >> but the talks in geneva with the iranians were not a success, and his position changed. >> there will be either peace or there will be tragedy for iran, far greater than we have witnessed over the last eight days. remember, there are many targets left. tonight's was the most difficult of them all by far, and perhaps the most lethal. but if peace does not come quickly, we will go after those other targets with precision, speed and skill. >> the threat there is clear that the hardest bit has now happened, and that if he is pushed, he will go after the iranian leadership. his judgment, it seems, is that one night of decisive, game changing airstrikes will end iran's nuclear program for good, but

also push force. the iranian government finally to de-escalate. it is a huge gamble. in jerusalem, the israeli prime minister was framing this decision as a new dawn. >> his leadership today has created. >> a pivot of. >> history that can help. lead the. middle east and beyond to. >> a future. >> of prosperity and peace. >> the jeopardy is now huge. the president is gambling that iran will not have the capability or the guts to hit any of the many us bases in the region. the worst case scenario is that they do. if americans are killed, this will spiral fast. and on iranian state tv, the threats were quick and direct. >> we were. >> negotiating with the americans when we were attacked. you made this choice. you started this. the 40 to. >> 50,000. >> american soldiers in the region are now legitimate targets. after days of ambiguity, a president now decisive. where next? it is

impossible to tell. mark stone, sky news in washington. >> within the past. >> hour, iran's ambassador to the uk was asked how iran may retaliate against the us. >> everything is under consideration. >> what does. >> that mean, sir? >> according to our mutual. >> you know, our benefits, our interests, we are going to consider. >> all of. >> the matters. inshallah. >> what can that include? >> you know. >> has been monitored. >> by the. >> iranian authorities. >> let's bring. >> in our security and defense. >> editor, deborah haynes. now, morning to you, debbie. if you. >> listen to the. >> us, this is one and done. if you listen to iran, they're saying this could have devastating consequences. so what's likely to happen next? >> iran will retaliate. it has to. yes. it's launched some strikes against israel again. but that isn't the retaliation to what america has done overnight. the americans have,

over the past few weeks, been moving enormous firepower into the region. there's an aircraft carrier task force already there. there's another one heading towards the middle east, and that they are armed with significant air defenses to be able to defend american targets across the region. but there are lots of targets. it is difficult to defend against swarms of drones and missile attacks. and so the big question is how large the iranian response is and how effective it is, whether or not american forces are killed or injured. we saw that happen. you'll remember back in 2020, when donald trump took the decision to kill qasem soleimani, a senior iranian general who was in iraq at the time. the iranians retaliated to that with a barrage of ballistic missiles targeting american bases in iraq. in that attack,

they didn't kill anyone. yes, a number of american soldiers did suffer brain injuries because of the of the explosions, but that was able to give the an off ramp for the two sides to de-escalate. this time around. we are in a whole new era of threat. iran has been severely weakened, given the israeli strikes against the country over the past week and a half, and donald trump has made clear that he wants to ensure that iran isn't able to develop nuclear weapons. analysts have warned, though, that going after the iranian nuclear sites through military force alone, through bombing alone, isn't going to achieve the effect that donald trump is seeking. and actually, it might have the opposite impact and prompt iran, which has always denied ambitions to develop nuclear bombs, even though its uranium enrichment program goes well beyond peaceful means, it may prompt iran to actually do exactly that

much faster. and so it really is a wait and see. and for the uk, we've just heard the iranian ambassador to london and the uk is of course, bracing for potentially being brought into this conflict too. it's made very clear that it had nothing to do with the american decision to launch those strikes against iran's nuclear sites overnight. but the us, the us and the uk close allies. britain also has bases in the region the uk is trying to has deployed forces to defend them. but if the uk gets targeted in whatever retaliation happens, then that would also draw britain into this war. >> deborah, thank you very much indeed. well, reacting to the strikes, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu thanked president trump. >> congratulations, president trump. your bold decision to. target iran's nuclear facilities with the awesome and righteous might of the united states will

change history in operation rising lion. israel has done truly amazing things. but in tonight's action against iran's nuclear facilities, america has been truly unsurpassed. it has done what no other country on earth could do. history will record. that president trump acted to deny the world's most dangerous regime the world's most dangerous weapons. his leadership. today has created a pivot of history that can help lead the middle east and beyond to a future of prosperity and peace. president trump and i often say peace through strength. first comes strength, then comes peace. and tonight, president trump and the united states acted with a lot of strength. president trump, i thank you. >> the people of. >> israel thank you. the forces of civilization. thank you. god

bless america. god bless israel. and may god bless our unshakable alliance, our unbreakable faith. >> well, this morning. >> as we've. >> already been. >> hearing, iran launched its response, starting with a series of missiles directed towards israel. our middle east correspondent, alistair bunkall, was live in jerusalem as sirens sounded across many parts of the country. >> it, of course, is an attack on israel because israel has been carrying out wave after wave of attacks on iran over the last 8 or 9 days, hence why we've been seeing this daily missile barrages. but i think we also have to assume that it is the first reaction to what the americans did overnight. now, look, that's a red alert, which means the sirens will probably sound in this area quite soon. oh, there's a can you see a missile? can you see the trail of a ballistic missile there?

again, that looks to me as though it's heading towards possibly the haifa or tel aviv region, where at the moment it looks like the majority of sirens are sounding around the haifa and tel aviv regions along the israeli mediterranean coast. another one as well. oh, i can see quite a few there now. 123456 interceptions sky above us seven eight. so that is a nine now. so i think we're well into double figures of missiles fired. now. in recent days the waves have often been 2025 missiles fired from iran towards israel. and it looks like it might be a similar figure now. clearly not all at once. i can hear sirens in the distance and now all around us as well.

okay. >> ali, if. >> you need to in jerusalem, which doesn't necessarily indicate that jerusalem is the target of these strikes, the sirens also sound when interceptions are above the city, because the risk of falling debris is very, very great. when the when the ballistic missiles are intercepted quite high up in the sky. of course, the debris field can cover a very wide area. i'm seeing another trail of missile there going through the smoke of previous missiles. still, i would say all heading towards, broadly speaking, the tel aviv region. and we'll hear shortly. inevitably, the thud and rumble of interceptions as the bunker in jerusalem. >> as the sirens went off. let's

bring in our security. and defense. >> analyst, professor michael clarke. >> morning to you, michael. >> we had. >> a two week warning from donald trump on friday. turns out it lasted two days before they dispatched these stealth bombers. so let's talk about exactly what we think. happened here. we're hearing that they dropped six bunker busters on these nuclear sites. >> yes. i mean, that would be about right. you would imagine that that's what they would do. i mean, each of the b-2 bombers carries two of these m57 very heavy bunker buster bombs, and they would have used 2 or 3 aircraft. i mean, one bomb would never do it because nobody quite knows how good these bombs are against a real mountain. they've been tested against concrete and so on, and they said the bombs can penetrate 60m. some have said down to 100m of concrete. but that's not the same as a real mountain of different sorts of rock, different geological, geological structures and soil as well. that would tend to

cushion any blast. so it's entirely logical that the americans would have used a number of bombs, and there would have been some aircraft backing up as well. so i wouldn't be surprised if there were three b-2s in the air with two bombs each. there would probably another couple behind them with other bombs in case something didn't work for a backup. so it would have been quite a big flight of b-2s. and as we understand it, they came from whiteman air force base in missouri. so they flew into continental, and that's about 7000 miles, but they can do it with some air to air refueling. not not necessary for them to go to diego garcia, which is some relief to the british government, i'm sure, because diego garcia is less than 3000 miles away, but flying from missouri there and back to their home base, i think that's what it would have been. in addition, the americans say they fired about 30 tomahawk cruise missiles from an ohio class submarine, which is in the in the area, i think probably in

the arabian sea. and that's probably the uss georgia. we know that that's there. they've got four ohio class submarines, which carry about 150 tomahawk missiles each. and this one said that they fired about 30 tomahawks at probably natanz and isfahan. but the main focus of the attack was fordow, the mountainside, which contains the main base that the israelis probably can't penetrate. >> michael, there's. >> been talk of this possibly happening for. >> quite a few days now, and fordow in. >> particular has been at the front. >> of people's minds. we hear from the iranian side that they've moved their enriched uranium. they may have bombed the facility, but that doesn't necessarily mean that iran is now without the enriched uranium. >> correct. >> and there. >> were a lot of images coming out in the last few days of vehicles lining up on the fordo site, specialist vehicles, i mean, literally 20 or 30 of them. and you could see them

with satellite imagery and it looked as if something was happening at fordow. and the iranians have said, well, we've moved some of the highly enriched uranium anyway. now, whether that's true or not, we don't know. and, you know, putting vehicles onto the site, they would have known that that would be picked up by satellite photography, because everybody, literally everybody is now watching not just the military, but but media organizations using commercial satellite imagery are watching what's going on at fordow. so the iranians would have known that that would be detected. so there's no way of telling whether that is a real phenomenon. have they moved highly enriched uranium, or are they just saying that they have and have gone through the motions to make everyone believe that? but certainly it raises the possibility that destroying the site certainly hasn't removed the highly enriched uranium that everyone was worrying about. and the other thing that the these bombing attacks will be designed to do, the israeli ones as well as the american ones, is to destroy the, the, the infrastructure that would allow the iranians to weaponize the enriched uranium. you know, we know they're very,

very close to having enough enriched uranium for several bombs, but they're probably a year away from being able to make it go off to actually creating a warhead that works. but the, the, the essence of some of these attacks, i think, will be on the technologies and the infrastructure that would have given them an easy route or an easier route to weaponization. and that's in a way that's more important than than the amount of highly enriched uranium which they've produced. >> michael, thank you very. >> much indeed. that's professor michael. >> clarke there. the united arab emirates has called for a. >> quick end. >> to the conflict to protect the wider region. so let's head there now. >> sally lockwood. >> is a journalist and broadcaster who joins us from the middle east. good morning to you, sally. what response from the emirates as well as saudi arabia to and perhaps even the houthis, who are a proxy of iran in the yemen. >> hello, matt. yes, we're beginning to get some public reaction from gulf and arab

countries to this intervention by the us. overnight, and as expected, they are calling for a peaceful resolution to this conflict. no one in this region wants to see this spilling into a wider conflict. but certainly it is something that people here talk about. the uae, for instance, prides itself as being one of the safest places in the world to live. people enjoy that sense of safety here and the lifestyle. but certainly in the last week or so since israel attacked iranian nuclear facilities, people do feel more anxious and a little bit on edge. now, since that attack by israel, around 20 arab nations came out either in joint or individual statements condemning the attack and calling for de-escalation and diplomacy. and we're already hearing from some of those nations again today. oman, iraq and saudi have come out, reiterated their condemnation and called for

de-escalation. but particularly strong words from qatar. i should say, that has warned the current dangerous escalation in the region may lead to catastrophic consequences at both the regional and international levels. now, we, of course, don't know whether iran will react, how they could react. but one of the big concerns is, of course, that there are 40,000 us military personnel in the middle east, in bases in kuwait, bahrain, saudi, here in the uae, and of course in iraq. and there is concern that there could be a target on us assets in the region. i should say that gulf nations and iraq are also monitoring radiation levels. now, there's been no suggestion yet that there's been any contamination. in fact, the iaea has said there's been no increase in off site radiation levels in iran, which will be reassuring to many. but certainly, i would say the region definitely feels at a very tense moment.

>> sally, we've seen obviously. in recent months how. israel has attacked. >> iranian proxies, hamas and hezbollah in particular. >> but i mentioned at. >> the top there the houthis, who are still fairly active in yemen, and if they. >> wanted to, can have a stranglehold. >> over the gulf of aden shipping there. >> and they have responded. >> haven't they? >> yeah. >> that's right. >> thanks for reminding me, matt. hezbollah has once again reiterated that they are not going to intervene in this conflict, which they came out and said after israel attacked iran's nuclear facilities. they've reiterated that again today. the houthis, however, has have said that it's just a matter of time before there's some sort of reaction from them. now, many of you will remember that the us agreed a peace deal, essentially a ceasefire with the houthis back in may to stop them attacking international

shipping. and that was happening from the houthis in support of palestinians in gaza. so that was seen as a real breakthrough by america. but essentially, it seems that that ceasefire is probably now off. and certainly the houthis have said it's just a matter of time before they respond to this us intervention, joining israel in attacking nuclear facilities in iran. >> sally, let's talk. >> about. the saudi aspect of this as. >> only last month, of course, that mohammed bin salman, the crown prince, welcomed donald trump to the to the country. no love lost between saudi and iran. no love lost, of course, between saudi and the houthis either. they're fairly key to this, aren't they? >> yeah. i mean, the saudis were one of the first to come out and condemn this attack by israel on iran. and they've been one of the first nations as well, to go public today to condemn, condemn the attacks once again now that

we've seen us intervention. but like you say, they have also very close relations with the us. it was donald trump's first international state visit. apart from that quick visit to the vatican for the pope's funeral, saudi was his first choice once again, as it was in his first term in office, and he did huge financial deals for america with saudi. they are very close allies. but we should also remember that saudi and iran, who were arch rivals, have also normalized relations in recent years. and it's going to be very interesting to see what role they may play in all of this. but certainly saudi has already come out publicly today to condemn this intervention by the us and these attacks on iranian soil. >> sally, good to see you. thanks for joining us from dubai this morning. fascinating analysis there. we are waiting to hear from iran's foreign minister, who is due to give a press conference in istanbul

very shortly. we can show you some live pictures. they're getting ready there. and i think actually we can cross because it looks like abbas araghchi, the iranian foreign minister, is approaching the lectern. let's hear what he has to say. >> bismillahirrahmanirrahim. >> very good. morning to. >> you, ladies and gentlemen. i'm so glad to be with you this morning. actually, we invited you yesterday for a briefing. >> on the. >> latest developments. on the ground. >> and, of course, on. diplomatic process, because i. >> came here from. >> geneva. >> where we had our first

ministerial meeting of iran e3. and then i had. >> here yesterday. >> lots of. >> useful. >> important meetings with the foreign ministers of. >> our region. >> and we discussed about. different initiatives. >> and ideas existed. for a. >> peaceful settlement of this question. >> but as all of. >> you know, we suddenly faced. >> with the. >> aggression by american forces to our nuclear facilities. >> the islamic. >> republic of. iran condemns in the. >> strongest terms the. united states brutal. military aggression. >> against iran's. >> peaceful nuclear facilities. it is an outrageous, grave. and

unprecedented. violation of the fundamental. >> principles of the charter. >> of the united nations and international law. >> the warmongering and lawless. >> administration in washington is solely and fully responsible for. >> the dangerous consequences and far. >> reaching implications of. >> its. >> act of aggression. the us military attack on the territorial. integrity and national sovereignty of. >> a un member. state. >> out with genocidal israeli regime, carried out in. >> collusion with the. >> genocidal israeli regime, has. >> once again. >> revealed the extent of the united states hostility towards the peace seeking. >> people. >> of iran, who. >> will never. >> compromise over. >> their independence. >> and sovereignty.

>> the islamic republic. >> of iran continue. >> to defend iran's territory, sovereignty, security and people by all means necessary. against not. just us military aggression, but. >> also the reckless. and unlawful. >> actions of the israeli regime. while president trump was elected on a. >> platform of. >> putting an end to america's costly involvement. >> of forever wars. >> in our part of the. >> world. >> he has betrayed. >> not only iran. >> by abusing our commitment to diplomacy, but also. >> deceived his own. >> voters by submitting to the wishes of a wanted. >> war criminal. >> who has grown. >> accustomed to exploiting the lives and wealth of american citizens. >> to further the. >> israeli regime's objectives. the us act of aggression against iran's peaceful nuclear

facilities constitutes. not only a flagrant. >> breach of the un. >> charter, especially the prohibition of the use of force under article. >> two, paragraph. >> four. >> and the obligation to respect the state's territorial integrity and sovereignty, but also a violation of un security council resolution 2231. it cannot be emphasized enough how much of a devastating blow that the us, a. permanent member of the security council. >> has dealt to. >> the global nonproliferation regime? the islamic republic of iran reminds the united nations, the security council, the un secretary. >> general. >> the international atomic energy. age, the. >> international atomic energy. >> agency. and other relevant international bodies of their duty and responsibility to take

urgent and decisive action. in response to this breach of international law. silence in the face of such blatant aggression. >> will plunge. >> the world into an unprecedented level of danger and chaos. humanity has come too far as a species to. allow a lawless bully to take us back to. >> the. >> law of the jungle. islamic republic of iran. calls on the security council to convene an emergency session to unequivocally condemn. >> the. >> criminal act of aggression by the united states against iran, and to hold the administration in washington accountable for its violations of fundamental principles of united nations charter and of norms of international law. the responsibility of the iaea and its director general.

>> who, through. >> evidence bias in favor of warmongering parties, paved the way for the current violence and bloodshed, is now clearer than ever. we call on the iaea board of governors to immediately convene and carry out its legal responsibility in response to the dangerous us attack on iran's peaceful nuclear facilities, all of which have been under the agency's full safeguards and monitoring. the world must not forget that it was the united states which, in the midst of a process to forge a diplomatic outcome, betrayed diplomacy by supporting the genocidal israeli regime's launch of an illegal war of aggression on the iranian nation. not content with such malign actions, the united states itself has now also opted for a dangerous military

operation and aggression against the people of iran. in doing so, the us administration holds sole and full responsibility for the consequences of its actions, including the islamic republic of iran's right to self-defense. under the principles of the un charter. in accordance with the un charter and its provisions allowing legitimate response in self-defense, iran reserves all options to defend its security interests and people. thank you very much. >> hello. >> we will. >> now be taking questions. >> we'd like to. >> start with the associated press.

>> so you can. come. >> can you hear me now? >> distinguished minister, your. >> question is as follow. >> is the door for negotiations still open? >> are they demon? no. translation. >> from. >> interpreter. please speak. >> can you hear me, sir? can you

hear me, sir? in the english channel? >> can you hear me? >> if i if i may just step in. >> here. >> and just. >> translate real. quick for. >> my colleague. >> he's asking if. >> there are. >> still room. >> for. negotiations moving forward. >> so right now you can translate is okay. ahmed al arabi. is. >> the door is still open. >> did you. >> contact tehran? what kind of damage has been incurred on the nuclear facilities? is there any intermediary country like turkey, like saudi arabia, like qatar? are you continuing your such activities of mediation? how do you see the process? thank you. >> well, i have.

>> been in touch with tehran. >> of course. >> i still do not have exact information about the level of damages. but i don't think it matters how much damages have been made. attacking a nuclear facility by itself is an unforgivable violation of international law and should be condemned. yesterday, as i said, i had discussion and talks with a number of foreign ministers of the region, almost all of them are very much concerned and interested to play a role to end this aggression by by israel, of

course, they are worried about. >> a possible. >> attack by the united states. but yesterday we were all. talking about how to stop the israeli aggression. well. of course, the door for diplomacy should be always keep open. but this is not the case right now. my country has been under attack, under aggression, and we have to respond based on our legitimate right of self-defense. and we will do that as long as needed and necessary. >> we'd now. >> like to. >> take. >> question from. >> al jazeera.

>> yes. >> okay. >> thank you very much, minister. so you say that. >> you need to. >> respond right now, but we know that iranians are known for. their talents in negotiations, in diplomacy and trade. what would be the conditions. after responding. for iran to come back to the negotiation table, maybe. >> with the us. >> as well. and turkey has been offering that ankara can mediate. >> for a. >> trilateral between turkey. us and iran. what would be your response to that? because right now the us is technically involved in this conflict. thank you. >> well, i think it is irrelevant to ask iran to return

to diplomacy because we were in the middle of diplomacy. we were in the middle of talks with with the united states when israelis blew it up. and again, we were in the middle of talks and negotiations with europeans happened only two days ago in geneva, when this time, americans decided to blow it up. so we were in diplomacy. but we were. but we were attacked. militarily. so it was not iran, but the us. who betrayed diplomacy. they betrayed negotiations when at the middle of negotiations with us, they gave green light to israelis if

not instructed them. to attack iran's nuclear facilities. i think they have proved that they are not men of diplomacy, and they only understand the language of threat and force, and this is very unfortunate. the united states showed that they have no respect to united nations charter. they have no respect to international law. they have no respect to. any international law regarding, you know, managing the world and

facing challenges of the world. there is no red line that they have not crossed. and the last one and the most dangerous one was happened only last night when they crossed a very big red line by attacking nuclear facilities. i don't know how much room is left for diplomacy. we are now calculating the damages and as i said, the damages are not only for our nuclear facilities. the damages are for the united nations charter. it was not only iran's facilities which was bombed, it was also the united nations charter. it was also nonproliferation regime and npt, which was bombed last night by americans. and it was a the rule of law and international law,

which was bombed. so now we have to see how much room is left for diplomacy, and we will decide. >> i'd like to hand over to. >> trt world. >> commentator. >> mr. minister, the. >> us president. >> donald trump, warned that. >> iran must. >> now make peace. otherwise the future attacks, he says. >> will be far. >> greater and much easier. so how is. tehran responding to that. threats from washington? thank you. >> i think it's not up to iran to respond to that. the whole international community should respond of such a clear threat against the united nations charter. iran has done nothing wrong. we don't we do not understand why iran should be attacked. for a false accusation

that iran is seeking nuclear weapons. it's now more than 20 years that we are trying to prove that our peaceful, nuclear, peaceful nuclear program is, in fact peaceful and would remain peaceful. we negotiated for a long time with the so-called p5 plus one, and we came to a deal which the whole world celebrated as an as an achievement of diplomacy. and then it was the us who withdrew from that deal and reimposed their sanctions and restarted their threats again. we were negotiating with the same administration. then all of a sudden, suddenly they decided to attack us, first by israelis, then by themselves, and now they are threatening us for more attacks. so it's not up to iran,

but it's up to international community to condemn this, to prevent this. otherwise there would be no nothing left for the international law, for the security. at the world level. the security council should play its role, should play its responsibility to prevent, to condemn and prevent these kind of threats. we will certainly defend our interests. we will certainly defend our territorial integrity, our sovereignty and our people. and i'm so glad that our people are now fully understand what injustice they are doing against the iranian people. they are united and in solidarity with, with the government. and we stand firm against any aggression. >> next cnn türk.

>> mr. minister, how do you assess. >> the. >> west's stance. >> on israel massacres? no one seems. >> to mention israel's allegedly. >> illegal nuclear weapons. >> the german. >> chancellor even. >> said israel is doing the dirty work for us. >> so what is. >> your response? >> thank you. >> well, what should i say? you said everything that iran is under attack by a nuclear armed superpower and a nuclear armed regime, and iran, as you know, is a non-nuclear armed country that should be strongly condemned, if not, the whole nonproliferation regime would be undermined. and would be

defeated. iran is a committed member of npt. but npt is not able to protect us. so why a country like iran or other countries who are interested to have a peaceful nuclear energy, should rely on npt for their peaceful activities? it is very unfortunate that israel is doin, as the german chancellor called, a dirty job. and by the way, they supported that dirty job. it's a shame they know that israel is doing a dirty job and they support it, and they give it every right to do it, and

they call it defending its itself. it's very it's really a shame. pardon? well, i think i'm not in a position to reveal what we are going to do in response to what americans did last night. i just talked about the fact that npt failed to protect iran from and its peaceful nuclear program. and this is a serious challenge. >> next, we'd. >> like to take a question. >> from irib.

>> are you? >> irib if i. >> can get a. >> question from irib? >> iran. >> it is. >> indicated that china is supporting iran. >> how do. >> you evaluate. >> its. >> deterrence power. vis a vis usa and israel? >> and can we. >> learn your expectations about your relations with the russian federation? >> well, there was a problem with the translation or i think with the device it doesn't work properly. i understood the last part of your question. well, i'm

going to moscow this afternoon and i have a meeting with president putin tomorrow morning. russia is. a friend of iran. and we enjoy. a strategic partnership. and we always consult with each other and coordinate our positions. russia has been a part and the participants of jcpoa, so they have been always a party to nuclear negotiations. and even in the past 2 or 3 months that we were negotiating with, with the united states, we always. briefed our russian friends about the latest. of about any

progress or lack of progress in our talks. well, i will have serious consultations with the russian president tomorrow, and we continue to work with each other. russia is also a permanent member of the security council. and we know that they were trying together with china to introduce a resolution to the security council to for the cessation of hostilities. obviously, now the situation has been changed and i will have discussion with them that how it should be proceed. >> the final. >> question from. >> irib. >> if we can hand. >> over the microphone. >> to the. >> gentleman right there. thank

you. >> i said i was. a erdogan supporter. turkey, turkey. >> yesterday president erdogan mentioned a mediation instrument. can turkey handle such a diplomacy or mediation? >> erdogan. turkey. ham? turkey. ham had. >> very productive meetings with the president of the republic of turkey yesterday. and i also had contacts with some of the countries of the region. some of the countries of the region, such as turkey, are. indicating that they could be mediating so that the attacks from israel

could stop. i do believe that i'm going to start some actions and discussions about this to prevent this american aggression. turkey very definitely has condemned the israeli attacks, and also the countries of the region have also condemned these attacks. now, all the countries of this region and the islamic countries are condemning the massacres and the killing of israel. we, as members of the oic and the foreign ministers, we had a special meeting on the situation in iran. turkey was the chair of the session and in relation to condemning israeli attacks, the a statement was shared to end this attack and they indicated that they were on our side. the attack last night was a big

murder. it was not just an attack against the iranian people, but also the lows and the provisions of the united nations were also violated. and the. npt was also damaged. thus, this was a big blow to international security and to peace by america. we believe that the united nations should see this as a threat. the behavior of america is threatening the world peace, and it is also a serious bottleneck for the international system. and we have important problems and pain in our region because of this creating an important damage. the attack last night

showed once again that the zionist regime of israel. >> has not. actually reached its. >> targets and aims in iran, and they have been harmed and they have actually been in a crisis because of the heroic defense of iran and vis-a-vis this defense. they have received support from america. and this direct intervention of america is actually to save the zionist regime and maybe to save the prime minister, specifically of the zionist regime. this was the reason why america acted this way. and this shows that the white house is under the influence of this individual called netanyahu. and this is a shame for the all american citizens. we continue to defend

our country in a heroic manner. our armed forces are ready, our people. with high level of self-confidence and with high level of motivation, is ready to defend itself. the iranian peoples national honor has been damaged, and to win this back, they will defend themselves. we will never take a step back from our own law, from our honor, from our territory, and from. >> our people. bloomberg habertürk. >> well, that's iran's foreign. >> minister, abbas. >> araghchi, finishing. >> that press. conference in. istanbul in turkey. he said. >> that he's off to moscow today and we'll be meeting vladimir

putin tomorrow. and a couple of other things to note. he accused the us of being brutal, carrying out outrageous and grave actions and describing the us administration lawless and warmongering. there is another question. let's listen to. >> that as well. >> two times. >> while you are at the table of negotiation, israel and the us attacked your soil. >> so do you. >> still have. >> the. >> same level of. trust to western diplomacy? thank you. >> there are a variety of options available to us, and that's it. we never trusted western countries when we negotiated them, and there are now even more reasons why we shouldn't trust them at all. of course, the way for diplomacy

should be always remain open. but as i said, we are not in the situation right now to decide how to engage in diplomacy once again. and with whom? so let's wait for our response first. and when the aggression is ended, we decide how to engage in diplomacy once again. >> next, over to ntv. >> russia. >> mr. minister, thank you. >> i just. >> would like to ask a quick question. you had many dialogs with mr. steve witkoff, the us

representative, during the negotiations. did he call you after the attack? who you talk with? did you ever talk with any western countries or united states? did they call you? thank you. >> well, my talks with mr. witkoff was indirect through. the omani foreign minister as intermediator, to whom i'm very grateful. and when the talks were stopped because of the us aggression, we are still receiving messages from americans through. different channels. oman in particular. and there are also others who are passing the messages of the united states to us. and if needed, we pass. we respond to those messages through

intermediaries. well, thank you very much, everybody. i think we are done. >> so yes, we've come. >> to the end. >> of that press briefing. >> we'd like. >> to thank. >> the foreign minister for holding that briefing. >> well, that's the end of that press conference in istanbul from iran's foreign minister, abbas araqchi. let's bring in our security and defense editor, deborah haynes, for some immediate analysis of that. deborah, what did you make of what he had to say? >> i think the most important, immediate thing that he said is about his plan to head to moscow today to have what he described as serious consultations with vladimir putin tomorrow. why is that so important? russia is, of course, a key ally of iran. the russian president in the last few days has issued what his government has issued serious warnings to the united states against taking military action against iran in line with what

israel has been doing, saying that that would lead to unprecedented negative consequences. the big question is what russia is going to do now? the iranian regime is under extraordinary pressure. it's lost a huge amount of military capability. it's lost large numbers of senior military commanders. the regime itself is under threat. it's now it's had its nuclear facilities targeted in this way, including by the united states. so what is vladimir putin going to do? his country has the ability to give iran more military strength. but if russia, for example, were to join this fight, then we are in a whole new era of conflict. it no longer is contained in the way that it has been, relatively speaking. but, but, but would become, at a minimum, a regional war. so this is obviously a hugely serious moment to see

what russia will do. maybe it decides that that is a step too far and too risky. but for the iranian regime to fall, that would be a significant strategic blow to the kremlin. and that's something that clearly vladimir putin will want to avoid. don't forget that iran has proved a key ally to russia in its war in ukraine, providing lots of weapons, missiles, ammunition, drones in particular. >> some things are just better at home. like picking out new floors. >> for a limited time. >> get up to. >> 40% off. >> your entire. >> project during our june. >> savings event. >> 805 882 300. >> empire today. >> i need. products that work just as hard as i do. that's why i choose pretty litter. the health. monitoring cat litter with advanced. >> odor control. >> each lightweight bag. >> lasts up to a month. >> i suggest you make the switch and see why pretty litter is. >> on my. >> list of favorite things.

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