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Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by malali(op): 8:30am On Jun 18, 2025*

TEHRAN – Iran said on June 18 it has fired hypersonic missiles at Israel in the latest round of overnight strikes between the archfoes, hours after US President Donald Trump demanded the Islamic republic’s “unconditional surrender”.

In response to Mr Trump’s ultimatum, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said in a post on X: “The battle begins.”

“We must give a strong response to the terrorist Zionist regime. We will show the Zionists no mercy,” he said.

Mr Trump insists Washington has played no part in ally Israel’s bombing campaign, but also warned Iran his patience is wearing thin as the conflict enters a sixth day.

Israeli warplanes targeted the Iranian capital before dawn on June 18 after the military issued a warning on social media for civilians in an area known as District 18 to evacuate.

Iranian state media reported explosions ricocheting in the Piroozi, Sabalan and Sayyad areas of Tehran.

Israel’s military said it struck an Iranian centrifuge production facility and multiple weapons manufacturing sites.

Iranian news websites said Israel was also attacking a university linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in eastern Iran and the Khojir ballistic missile facility near Tehran.

In retaliation, Iran told residents of Tel Aviv to prepare for an attack, with the Revolutionary Guards claiming its hypersonic Fattah-1 missiles were “repeatedly shaking the shelters” in the commercial hub.

“The 11th wave of the proud Operation Honest Promise 3 using Fattah-1 missiles” was carried out, the Guards said in a statement broadcast on state television.

Hypersonic missiles travel at more than five times the speed of sound and can manoeuvre mid-flight, making them harder to track and intercept.

Iran also sent a “swarm of drones” towards Israel, where the army said it intercepted two over the Dead Sea area.

World powers have scrambled for an offramp, hoping to prevent the conflict from spiralling into a region-engulfing war.

In separate phone calls with his Iranian counterpart and US envoy Steve Witkoff late on June 17, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty urged a diplomatic solution.

Back in Washington on June 17, Mr Trump demanded the Islamic republic’s “unconditional surrender”.

He also boasted that the US could easily assassinate Iran’s supreme leader.

“We know exactly where the so-called ‘supreme leader’ is hiding. He is an easy target, but is safe there – We are not going to take him out (kill!), at least not for now,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform.

He met with his National Security Council to discuss the conflict, ending after an hour and 20 minutes with no immediate public statement.

While he has repeatedly vowed to avoid wading into the “forever wars” of the Middle East, Mr Trump ordered the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier to the region along with a number of US military aircraft.

US officials stressed he has not yet made a decision about any intervention.

Evacuations
Despite international alarm, neither side has backed off from the long-range blitz that began on June 18, when Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign targeting Iranian nuclear and military facilities.

Israel claims its attacks have killed senior Iranian commander Major-General Ali Shadmani, as well as his predecessor, Major-General Gholam Ali Rashid.

Residential areas in both countries have suffered deadly strikes since the fighting broke out, and foreign governments have scrambled to evacuate their citizens.

More than 700 foreigners living in Iran have crossed into neighboring Azerbaijan and Armenia since Israel launched its campaign, according to government figures.

Among those evacuated were citizens of Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, along with others from Germany, Spain, Italy, Serbia, Romania, Portugal, the US, the United Arab Emirates, China and Vietnam, a government source said.

China evacuated its first batch of Chinese citizens from Iran on June 17 via a land route into Turkmenistan.

The US said it was closing its embassy in Jerusalem until June 20 amid the growing conflict, but there was no announcement about helping Americans leave the “crisis area”.

The first in a wave of special flights carrying Israelis stranded abroad landed in Tel Aviv early on June 18. Israel closed its airspace to civilian flights on June 13, leaving about 150,000 travelers with no way to return.

Fearing violence, many residents of Tehran have fled.

Long queues stretched outside bakeries and petrol stations as people rushed to stock up on fuel and basic supplies.

A cyber attack on June 17 crippled Sepah Bank, one of Iran’s main state-owned banks, the Fars news agency reported.

With air raid sirens regularly screaming over Tel Aviv, some people relocated to an underground carpark below a shopping mall.

“We’ve decided to permanently set camp here until it’s all clear, I guess,” Mr Mali Papirany, 30, said.

Nuclear facilities
After decades of enmity and a prolonged shadow war, Israel said its surprise air campaign was aimed at preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, an ambition Tehran denies.

Iranian media reported several explosions on June 17 in the central city of Isfahan, home to nuclear facilities.

The UN’s nuclear watchdog said there appeared to have been “direct impacts on the underground enrichment halls” at Iran’s Natanz facility.

Israel has maintained ambiguity regarding its own atomic activities, but the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute says it has 90 nuclear warheads.

The conflict derailed a running series of nuclear talks between Tehran and Washington, with Iran saying after the start of Israel’s campaign that it would not negotiate with the US while under attack.

French President Emmanuel Macron said Mr Trump has a critical role to play in restarting diplomacy with Iran, where attempts at regime change would bring “chaos”.

China accused Mr Trump of “pouring oil” on the conflict, while Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of being “the biggest threat to the security of the region”.

Since June 13, at least 24 people have been killed in Israel and hundreds wounded, according to Mr Netanyahu’s office.

Iran said on June 15 that Israeli strikes killed at least 224 people, including military commanders, nuclear scientists and civilians. It has not issued an updated toll since then. AFP

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by malali(op): 8:38am On Jun 18, 2025

Israel never bargained for this. They thought Iran would be a walkover.
Now they are begging Trump to Intervene

And All Americans are warning trump, they dont want any American to die in a useless war Netenyahu started.
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont (Who is also Jewish) has sponsored a bill in the US Senate, that America must not get involved in the war.

Iran appears to be just getting warmed up as they just only fired their first hyper-sonic ballistic missile today.
Who knows what else they got ?

Always pick someone your size when you decide to bully another person.

Can Israel fight Iran alone ? Without Trump ?

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by Igirigimercenar: 8:48am On Jun 18, 2025

malali:
Israel never bargained for this. They though Iran would be a walkover.
Now they are begging Trump to Intervene

And All Americans are warning trump, they dont want any American to die in a useless war Netenyahu started.
Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont (Who is also Jewish) has sponsored a bill in the US Senate, that America must not get involved in the war.

Iran appears to be just getting warmed up as they just only fired their first hyper-sonic ballistic missile today.
Who knows what else they got ?

. What do they teach you guys over there in the mosque ?

Have you ever taken out your time to think; what if Israel starts shooting hypersonic missile into Iranian cities like they are doing now. I mean this aimless shooting of missiles into Israeli cities doesn't make sense at all and funny enough,it is the only option left for the regime in Tehran. They have nothing left in their firepower except to aimlessly shoot missiles into Israeli cities

I just hope Israel doesn't consider that option of shooting missiles into Tehran because it will be full blown genocide

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by malali(op): 8:53am On Jun 18, 2025

Igirigimercenar:
. What do they teach you guys over there in the mosque ?

Have you ever taken out your time to think; what if Israel starts shooting hypersonic missile into Iranian cities like they are doing now. I mean this aimless shooting of missiles into Israeli cities doesn't make sense at all and funny enough,it is the only option left for the regime in Tehran. They have nothing left in their firepower except to aimlessly shoot missiles into Israeli cities

I just hope Israel doesn't consider that option of shooting missiles into Tehran because it will be full blown genocide

I dont even go to the mosque....but your bigoted mind is too diseased to know people can hold independent opinions.

When Israel went in the middle of the night to do a sneak cowardly attack on Iranians sleeping....I guess that was okay by you ? Now it doesnt make sense....lol. My friend i dont think you had any sense to start with.

All Israel is doing now, is begging America to get involved....and Israel being this desperate will soon send a missile to the US bases in Iraq and blame it on Iran.....We know their usual script. False Flag.

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by Igirigimercenar: 8:55am On Jun 18, 2025

malali:
I dont even go to the mosque....but your bigoted mind is too diseased to know people can hold independent opinions.

When Israel went in the middle of the night to do a sneak cowardly attack on Iranians sleeping....I guess that was okay by you ? Now it doesnt make sense....lol. My friend i dont think you had any sense to start with.

All Israel is doing now, is begging America to get involved....and Israel being this desperate will soon send a missile to the US bases in Iraq and blame it on Iran.....We know their usual script. False Flag.

. You know Israel have a lot of options to deal with Iran right? Don't just start crying when that option is activated

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by LordBiden(m): 8:57am On Jun 18, 2025

Igirigimercenar:
. What do they teach you guys over there in the mosque ?

Have you ever taken out your time to think; what if Israel starts shooting hypersonic missile into Iranian cities like they are doing now. I mean this aimless shooting of missiles into Israeli cities doesn't make sense at all and funny enough,it is the only option left for the regime in Tehran. They have nothing left in their firepower except to aimlessly shoot missiles into Israeli cities

I just hope Israel doesn't consider that option of shooting missiles into Tehran because it will be full blown genocide

what brought about mosque into this matter,so anyone who supports tehran is automatically muslim?

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by famouscargo4u: 9:02am On Jun 18, 2025

Igirigimercenar:
. What do they teach you guys over there in the mosque ?

Have you ever taken out your time to think; what if Israel starts shooting hypersonic missile into Iranian cities like they are doing now. I mean this aimless shooting of missiles into Israeli cities doesn't make sense at all and funny enough,it is the only option left for the regime in Tehran. They have nothing left in their firepower except to aimlessly shoot missiles into Israeli cities

I just hope Israel doesn't consider that option of shooting missiles into Tehran because it will be full blown genocide

Israel started it all. They kept shooting missiles into IRAN. IRAN defend itself.

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by YorubaDemonswag: 9:11am On Jun 18, 2025

malali:
I dont even go to the mosque....but your bigoted mind is too diseased to know people can hold independent opinions.

When Israel went in the middle of the night to do a sneak cowardly attack on Iranians sleeping....I guess that was okay by you ? Now it doesnt make sense....lol. My friend i dont think you had any sense to start with.

All Israel is doing now, is begging America to get involved....and Israel being this desperate will soon send a missile to the US bases in Iraq and blame it on Iran.....We know their usual script. False Flag.

Those useful idiot think everybody follow their foreign religion imposed on them by their slave master,must one be a Muslim before he or she can call Israel the terrorist state they're,perhaps we were Christians before most of us call Putin out for attacking Ukraine unprovoked.

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by godliman: 9:11am On Jun 18, 2025

malali:
I dont even go to the mosque....but your bigoted mind is too diseased to know people can hold independent opinions.

When Israel went in the middle of the night to do a sneak cowardly attack on Iranians sleeping....I guess that was okay by you ? Now it doesnt make sense....lol. My friend i dont think you had any sense to start with.

All Israel is doing now, is begging America to get involved....and Israel being this desperate will soon send a missile to the US bases in Iraq and blame it on Iran.....We know their usual script. False Flag.

IF YOU DONT GO TO MOSQUE， THEN I AM WONDERING WHERE THIS YOUR CONFUSION IS COMING FROM

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by Hyperchi(m): 9:19am On Jun 18, 2025

We all know Israel started it, but the doctrine of shooting rockets anyhow into cities.
What if Israel does the same, u all know what the outcome will be

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by erad(m): 9:23am On Jun 18, 2025

The fact you think his opinion has to be fed to him by someone else somewhere shows you have no mind of your own.

Everyone can't be thoughtless mindless zombies that have to be programed to hold an opinion.

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by agulion: 9:25am On Jun 18, 2025

We Yoruba Muslims are praying for peace, the two countries should de- escalate tension, we do not support islamic terrorism anywhere in the world

Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by malali(op): 10:02am On Jun 18, 2025*

Hyperchi:
We all know Israel started it, but the doctrine of shooting rockets anyhow into cities.
What if Israel does the same, u all know what the outcome will be

Your logic lacks common sense.
Somebody comes to your house and stabs your wife with a knife.
You have a machete under your bed......but you are afraid to use it, because the intruder might have a gun.

If you stab my wife, i dont care if you have a gun on you, i will bring out my machete and chop you to bits.
Dont threaten Iran with "what Israel can do".......Do you have any knowledge about the Persians ?
Go and read about Karabala story.

The Persians were as strong as the Americans back in the days.....they are not a walkover.

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by tanigororo: 10:03am On Jun 18, 2025

godliman:
IF YOU DONT GO TO MOSQUE， THEN I AM WONDERING WHERE THIS YOUR CONFUSION IS COMING FROM

So because you go to church your reasoning faculty is non functional?
I see, abeg dey reason, talk like an intelligent beings.

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by hotwax: 10:07am On Jun 18, 2025

malali:
I dont even go to the mosque....but your bigoted mind is too diseased to know people can hold independent opinions.

When Israel went in the middle of the night to do a sneak cowardly attack on Iranians sleeping....I guess that was okay by you ? Now it doesnt make sense....lol. My friend i dont think you had any sense to start with.

All Israel is doing now, is begging America to get involved....and Israel being this desperate will soon send a missile to the US bases in Iraq and blame it on Iran.....We know their usual script. False Flag.

Iran is using all it left now to hurt israelis. Israelis are ensuring not to kill iranian people despite having the fire power to do so.

A terrorist killing the mass is not a strenght. Its an act of cowardise and desperation. For someone to pick who to kill means he is in total control.

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by Harddiskng(m): 10:10am On Jun 18, 2025

Igirigimercenar:
. What do they teach you guys over there in the mosque ?

Have you ever taken out your time to think; what if Israel starts shooting hypersonic missile into Iranian cities like they are doing now. I mean this aimless shooting of missiles into Israeli cities doesn't make sense at all and funny enough,it is the only option left for the regime in Tehran. They have nothing left in their firepower except to aimlessly shoot missiles into Israeli cities

I just hope Israel doesn't consider that option of shooting missiles into Tehran because it will be full blown genocide

It is not even about Christian or Muslim.

Let me even clear your doubt if you believe Jesus is the Lord and Savior, an average Jew despises you with a passion, if you tell it to them, they can slap you.

That aside, the moral of the story is not to start what you can’t finish. That is what Israel has just done. America should step aside and let they fight their own wars please.

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by malali(op): 10:14am On Jun 18, 2025

godliman:
IF YOU DONT GO TO MOSQUE， THEN I AM WONDERING WHERE THIS YOUR CONFUSION IS COMING FROM

People like you dont even know that we have
Iranian Muslims
Iranian Christians
Iranian Jews
Iranian Zoroastrianism
Iranian Baháʼí Faith
Iranian Atheists

There is more religious diversity in Iran, living together peacefully than there is in Israel. Israel built Bomb Shelters and Bunkers in only the Jewish Neighborhoods in Israel. They allow the other people to die from attacks.

A lot of people have no idea, who Israel is. Iran has lived in Persia for over 800 years......They have never sought to destroy any state around them. Why is Netenyahu so paranoid ?

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by malali(op): 10:17am On Jun 18, 2025

hotwax:
Iran is using all it left now to hurt israelis. Israelis are ensuring not to kill iranian people despite having the fire power to do so.

A terrorist killing the mass is not a strenght. Its an act of cowardise and desperation. For someone to pick who to kill means he is in total control.

Are we talking about the same Israel, that's killing helpless Palestinian infants, toddlers, women , grandmothers, ?

Or is there another country called Israel in Africa ?

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by Proudlyngwa(m): 10:23am On Jun 18, 2025

Hyperchi:
We all know Israel started it, but the doctrine of shooting rockets anyhow into cities.
What if Israel does the same, u all know what the outcome will be

Isreal will only end up wasting Rockets.

You guys seem to forget one thing called Terrain.

One bomb will do more damage to Isreal because of its cluster nature, than ten bombs will do to Iran because of its terrain

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by crestedaguiyi: 10:59am On Jun 18, 2025

They should ramp it up and wait for the repercussion. Their people are hiding in bonkers while they destroy their country.

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by ICANLecturer(m): 11:00am On Jun 18, 2025

Third world war in disguise.....

The two countries are now at a point of no return

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by harjay1986: 11:11am On Jun 18, 2025

Hyperchi:
We all know Israel started it, but the doctrine of shooting rockets anyhow into cities.
What if Israel does the same, u all know what the outcome will be

You can't compare the stockpile between a producer and user... Iran produce their own weapon , Israel make use of other people weapon

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by joeyswift(m): 11:36am On Jun 18, 2025

Which yeye supersonic missile? Something wey sling of David don neutralise. Wait till Israel sends "spear of Solomon" to the heart of Iran.

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by Axis313(m): 11:53am On Jun 18, 2025*

So all the ones that were hitting targets in the occ.upied territory is not hypersonics.Ha!The illegal occupiers don buy market.

Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by malali(op): 11:54am On Jun 18, 2025

joeyswift:
Which yeye supersonic missile? Something wey sling of David don neutralise. Wait till Israel sends "spear of Solomon" to the heart of Iran.

LOL...You are here fighting online, The Israelis are already fleeing by boat to cyprus.
Guess what ?
The Palestinians never ran
The Hezbollah never ran
The Houthis never ran
The Iranians never ran

The Israelis are running because the land doesn't belong to them

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by joeyswift(m): 11:57am On Jun 18, 2025

malali:
LOL...You are here fighting online, The Israelis are already fleeing by boat to cyprus.
Guess what ?
The Palestinians never ran
The Hezbollah never ran
The Houthis never ran
The Iranians never ran

The Israelis are running because the land doesn't belong to them

O boy, you are right. Israelis fled to Nigeria. Whatever makes you feel good.

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by AntiisIam(m): 12:04pm On Jun 18, 2025

If you are in support of Iran, pls get your buckets ready.

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Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by Axis313(m): 12:05pm On Jun 18, 2025

Israel has maintained ambiguity regarding its own atomic activities, but the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute says it has 90 nuclear warheads.
undecided

The hypocrisy is very glaring.
They will be using those nuclear warheads to thre.aten and bu.lly their neighbors.

Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by Axis313(m): 12:17pm On Jun 18, 2025

malali:
LOL...You are here fighting online, The Israelis are already fleeing by boat to cyprus.
Guess what ?
The Palestinians never ran
The Hezbollah never ran
The Houthis never ran
The Iranians never ran

The Israelis are running because the land doesn't belong to them

The Palestinians never ran
The Hezbollah never ran
The Houthis never ran
The Iranians never ran

The Israelis are running because the land doesn't belong to them
Omo,this is very deep o.
That's how we know the original owners of the land apart from the illegal occu.piers.

Re: Iran Fires First Hypersonic Missiles At Israel. by ruggedtimi(m): 12:18pm On Jun 18, 2025

malali:
People like you dont even know that we have
Iranian Muslims
Iranian Christians
Iranian Jews
Iranian Zoroastrianism
Iranian Baháʼí Faith
Iranian Atheists

There is more religious diversity in Iran, living together peacefully than there is in Israel. Israel built Bomb Shelters and Bunkers in only the Jewish Neighborhoods in Israel. They allow the other people to die from attacks.

A lot of people have no idea, who Israel is. Iran has lived in Persia for over 800 years......They have never sought to destroy any state around them. Why is Netenyahu so paranoid ?

jews and christians in iran will rather live in Israel if they had a chance....Other religion faithfuls dont have a say in Iran.

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