Israel and Iran are launching new attacks. What the media is writing
On the fourth day of the armed conflict, Israel and Iran exchanged a new series of strikes, bringing the death toll in both countries closer to 250. Tehran has so far refused to negotiate a ceasefire, despite Tel Aviv's intention to overthrow the current regime of the Islamic Republic. What the world's media write about the ongoing confrontation is in the Izvestia article.
CNN: Israel and Iran continue attacks against each other
Israel and Iran launched a new round of attacks on the fourth day of the armed conflict. The Israeli military said fighter jets struck command centers belonging to the Quds Force, a foreign unit of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Both Iran and Israel have warned residents to evacuate areas close to important military installations.
CNN
At least five people have been killed in Israel as a result of overnight strikes, bringing the death toll of Israelis since the start of hostilities to 19. Meanwhile, at least 224 people in Iran have been killed and 1,277 hospitalized, most of them civilians, according to Iranian authorities and state media.
Overnight, Iran launched a new wave of rockets at central Israel, and air defenses were activated throughout the country, including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem. In the coastal city of Haifa, several residential buildings were damaged and explosions were seen around an oil refinery. The power grid in the central part of Israel was also damaged.
Reuters: Iran rejects cease-fire talks
Iran has informed the mediators in Qatar and Oman that it is not ready to negotiate a cease-fire while it is under attack by Israel. The statement was made against the background of new attacks and concerns about a larger escalation. According to the official, Iran "has made it clear that it will not negotiate while under attack."
Reuters
"The Iranians have informed the Qatari and Omani mediators that they will begin serious negotiations only after Iran completes its response to the Israeli pre—emptive strikes," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the conflict.
The official noted that Iran's reports that Oman and Qatar's calls to involve the United States in mediating a cease-fire and resuming nuclear negotiations are not true. Oman and Qatar maintain good relations with both Iran and the United States, and also communicate directly with Israel.
Bloomberg: Israel seeks to overthrow the current regime in Iran
Israel is trying to take advantage of the Islamic Republic's weaknesses to provoke economic unrest and provoke the overthrow of the religious regime that has ruled Iran for almost half a century. Now Tehran is facing a dilemma.: How far can he go against Israel without going so far as to be joined by the United States? How big is his appetite for a war of attrition that could provoke internal unrest?
Bloomberg
"Our pilots in the skies of Tehran will inflict strikes on the Ayatollah regime that they cannot even imagine,— [Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu said in a message that began with birthday greetings from US President Donald Trump. — I can tell you that we have signs that senior leaders in Iran are already packing their bags. They feel what's coming."
On June 15, Netanyahu said that regime change "can certainly be a result, since the Iranian regime is very weak," although he added that the "decision to act" remains with the Iranians. The precision and speed with which Israel managed to destroy the top of the Iranian military command stunned many in Tehran. Iran currently has about 2,000 ballistic missiles left, which it can use to attack Israel, regional oil infrastructure, or U.S. military installations.
CBS News: Trump spoke out against the assassination of Iran's supreme leader
US President Donald Trump has spoken out against Israel's plan to assassinate Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The Israelis had the opportunity to kill Khamenei, but Trump told Netanyahu that it was not a good idea, one U.S. official said. According to him, the conversation between Netanyahu and Trump took place after Israel launched a massive attack on Iran.
CBS News
A senior U.S. official said on June 14 that there had been no direct contacts between the U.S. and Iran. An Israeli official in Washington said on June 14 that there are regular contacts between the United States and Israel, the leaders spoke on June 9, 12 and 13.
The Israeli official said that Israel "does not kill political leaders" and is focused on the nuclear and military spheres. However, he pointed out that decision makers regarding these programs "should not live freely and easily." The official noted that Ayatollah Khamenei is among those who make decisions.
The New York Times: Diplomacy with Iran is damaged, but not dead
As long as Israel and Iran are in a state that could escalate into a prolonged war, the possibility of resuming negotiations on Iran's expanding nuclear program cannot be discounted. At the moment, Washington does not seem to be doing anything to force both sides to stop the violence and start talking again. But the Iranians say they still want a deal, just like President Trump. The form of future negotiations will inevitably depend on when and how the fighting stops.
The New York Times
"We are ready for any agreement aimed at ensuring that Iran does not seek to build nuclear weapons," Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told foreign diplomats in Tehran on Sunday. But his country would not accept any deal that "deprives Iran of its nuclear rights," he added, including the right to enrich uranium, albeit at low levels that could be used for civilian purposes.
Araghchi said that Israel attacked not to prevent Iran from building a bomb, which Iran denies, but to disrupt negotiations on an agreement that Netanyahu opposes. These attacks are "an attempt to undermine diplomacy and disrupt negotiations," he continued, a view shared by various Western analysts.
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