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SvennoJ on 18 June 2025
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Video shows Iranian air defences intercepting Israeli missiles

The footage, posted by the Mehr news agency, shows explosions in the sky over Tehran as air defence systems shoot down incoming missiles. Mehr said the video shows Tehran’s air defences “successfully repelling Israeli aggression”.


War monitors record 5 times as many strikes on Iran compared with attacks on Israel

US-based defence think tanks the Critical Threats Project and the Institute for the Study of War (CTP-ISW) report that Israel’s military has carried out five times as many air attacks on sites in Iran compared with Iran’s attacks on targets in Israel.

Since Israel launched its attack on Iran on June 13, the CTP-ISW said it recorded 197 reported or confirmed air strikes on Iran by Israeli forces. In contrast, the think tanks recorded 39 reported or confirmed Iranian ballistic missile strikes or interceptor impacts in Israel since the outbreak of fighting.

The CTP-ISW also noted a “sharp decline” in the size of recent Iranian missile barrages, which they attribute to Israel’s destruction of missile launchers and storage facilities.

Israel running low on defensive interceptors: Report

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Israel is running low on defensive Arrow interceptors and says this could affect the country’s ability to shoot down the long-range ballistic missiles from Iran.

An anonymous US official told the newspaper that Washington has been aware of the capacity problem for months and has been augmenting Israel’s defences with systems on the ground, at sea, and in the air.

The report said the Israeli military declined to comment “on matters related to munitions”.


Israeli strikes have killed 585 people across Iran, rights group says

The Washington, DC-based group Human Rights Activists says Israeli attacks have killed at least 585 people across Iran and wounded 1,326 others. The group said it had identified 239 of the dead as civilians and 126 as security personnel.

Iran has not been publishing regular death tolls during the conflict. Its last update, issued Monday, put the death toll at 224 people killed and 1,277 others wounded.

Human Rights Activists, which also provided detailed casualty figures during the 2022 protests over the death of Mahsa Amini, says it crosschecks local reports in Iran against a network of sources it has developed in the country.


Some business activities continue in Tehran despite exodus: Report

Despite reports of tens of thousands of people leaving the Iranian capital for safer areas amid threats of more Israeli attacks, some forms of commerce continue in parts of Tehran, according to Iran’s Press TV.

Images posted on X by the English-language news publication showed people lining up for bread, buying their groceries and doing their daily activities in Tehran.

Some residents of Tehran have told Al Jazeera that their families are unable to leave the city due to medical conditions or lack of transport. Others said they are refusing to leave despite the threat by Israel.

An estimated 10 million people live across Tehran’s 22 districts.