War with Iran

Extracted Attributes

• Alternative Name

  Twelve-Day War

• Conflict Duration

  12 days (2025-06-13 to 2025-06-24)

• Displaced Persons

  Tens of thousands

• Primary Belligerents

  Israel, Iran, and the United States

• Iranian Retaliation Scale

  550+ ballistic missiles and 1,000+ suicide drones

• Damaged Nuclear Facilities

  Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow

• Estimated Death Toll (Iran)

  1,060 to 1,190 people

Timeline

• U.S. President Donald Trump unilaterally withdraws the United States from the JCPOA nuclear deal. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2018-05-08

• Hamas attacks Israel, leading to open conflict involving Iranian proxies Hezbollah and Hamas. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2023-10-07

• Israel bombs the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, killing senior military officials. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2024-04-01

• The IAEA declares Iran non-compliant with its nuclear obligations in a resolution supported by the US, UK, France, and Germany. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-06-12

• Israel launches a surprise attack on Iranian military and nuclear facilities, marking the start of the Twelve-Day War. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-06-13

• The United States intervenes directly by bombing three Iranian nuclear sites. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-06-22

• Israel and Iran agree to a ceasefire under pressure from the United States. (Source: Wikipedia)

  2025-06-24

• The IRGC publicly displays domestically-manufactured missiles for the first time since the June war. (Source: Council on Foreign Relations)

  2025-11-13

• Iranian regime officials frame domestic protests as an extension of the Twelve-Day War with the US and Israel. (Source: Institute for the Study of War)

  2026-01-11

Iran–Israel war

The Iran–Israel war (13 June – 24 June 2025), also known as the Twelve-Day War, was an armed conflict in the Middle East. The war began when Israel bombed military and nuclear facilities in Iran in a surprise attack, assassinating prominent military leaders, nuclear scientists, and politicians, killing civilians, and damaging or destroying air defenses. Iran retaliated with over 550 ballistic missiles and over 1,000 suicide drones, hitting civilian population centers, one hospital and at least twelve military, energy, and government sites. The United States intercepted Iranian attacks, and bombed three Iranian nuclear sites on 22 June. Iran retaliated by firing missiles at a US base in Qatar. On 24 June, Israel and Iran agreed to a ceasefire under US pressure. The war followed a decades-long proxy war. Iran has called for Israel's destruction, and armed Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Furthermore, Iran's nuclear program has caused international concern for over a decade and Israel considers it an existential threat. In 2015, under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), six countries lifted sanctions on Iran, which froze its nuclear program. In 2018, US president Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the plan. Iran began stockpiling enriched uranium and largely suspended International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) monitoring. The day before Israel attacked, the IAEA declared Iran non-compliant with its nuclear obligations in a resolution put forward by the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Following the October 7 attacks in 2023, both Hamas and Hezbollah entered into open conflict with Israel. In April 2024, Israel bombed Iran's consulate in Damascus, Syria, killing senior Iranian military officials. Direct conflict continued in April and October. The Israeli attacks, which reportedly involved commando units and Mossad operatives in Iran, killed several of Iran's military leaders, leaders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and at least 10 leading nuclear scientists. The war saw Internet blackouts by the Iranian government. Israeli and US airstrikes damaged the nuclear facilities at Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow. Iran's nuclear facilities were extensively damaged. Iran suspended cooperation with the IAEA, which it said had passed information about nuclear facilities and scientists to Israel. Iran's total death toll has been estimated at between 1,060 and 1,190; thousands were wounded, tens of thousands were displaced, and the government ordered Internet blackouts. Israel struck a hospital, and high-rise buildings, including apartments. Iranian missiles struck military and government sites, apartments, a research center, and a hospital. Tightened censorship in Israel made the extent of physical damage unclear. The United Nations and most countries expressed deep concern over Israel's strikes and called for a diplomatic solution. The strikes were condemned by many countries, including most Muslim-majority and Arab states, including Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan, and Turkey. Israel's strikes were also condemned by Armenia, Brazil, Cuba, Japan, Russia, and South Africa. The International Commission of Jurists and some other legal scholars saw the Israeli strikes as a violation of international law. Meanwhile, Argentina, Germany, Ukraine, and the United States said the strikes on Iran were justified to prevent nuclear proliferation and said Iran should agree to a nuclear deal promptly.

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• Iran–Israel war - Wikipedia

  The Iran–Israel war (13 June – 24 June 2025), also known as the Twelve-Day War, was an armed conflict in the Middle East. The war began when Israel bombed military and nuclear facilities in Iran in a surprise attack, assassinating prominent military leaders, nuclear scientists, and politicians, killing civilians, and damaging or destroying air defenses. Iran retaliated with over 550 ballistic missiles and over 1,000 suicide drones, hitting civilian population centers, one hospital and at least twelve military, energy, and government sites. The United States intercepted Iranian attacks, and bombed three Iranian nuclear sites on 22 June. Iran retaliated by firing missiles at a US base in Qatar. On 24 June, Israel and Iran agreed to a ceasefire under US pressure. [...] The war followed a decades-long proxy war. Iran has called for Israel's destruction, and armed Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah in Lebanon. Furthermore, Iran's nuclear program has caused international concern for over a decade and Israel considers it an existential threat. In 2015, under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), six countries lifted sanctions on Iran, which froze its nuclear program. In 2018, US president Donald Trump unilaterally withdrew from the plan. Iran began stockpiling enriched uranium and largely suspended International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) monitoring. The day before Israel attacked, the IAEA declared Iran non-compliant with its nuclear obligations in a resolution put forward by the United States, United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Following the October [...] The Israeli attacks, which reportedly involved commando units and Mossad operatives in Iran, killed several of Iran's military leaders, leaders of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and at least 10 leading nuclear scientists. The war saw Internet blackouts by the Iranian government. Israeli and US airstrikes damaged the nuclear facilities at Natanz, Isfahan, and Fordow. Iran's nuclear facilities were extensively damaged. Iran suspended cooperation with the IAEA, which it said had passed information about nuclear facilities and scientists to Israel. Iran's total death toll has been estimated at between 1,060 and 1,190; thousands were wounded, tens of thousands were displaced, and the government ordered Internet blackouts. Israel struck a hospital, and high-rise buildings,

• Iran's Conflict With Israel and the United States

  Conflict Between Israel and Iran The outbreak of war between Israel, a close U.S. ally, and the Palestinian Iran-backed militant group Hamas in October 2023 has escalated tensions between Iran and Israel. Iran-backed proxy forces ramped up strikes in protest of Israel’s military incursion into the Gaza Strip, including more thantwo hundred attacks on U.S. and Israeli targets in Iraq and Syria. In response, the United States ordered air strikes on two Iran-backed facilities on October 26, 2023, and eighty-five more Iran-affiliated targets in the two countries on February 2, 2024. TheHouthis in Yemen andHezbollah in Lebanon—both actors in Iran’s axis of resistance—also launched attacks from the Red Sea and Israel’s northern border with Lebanon, spurring fears of regional spillover. [...] On June 12, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) declared Iran was violating itsnon-proliferation obligations for the first time in twenty years, prompting Iran to announce it would open a secret uranium enrichment site. The next day, Israel launched aunilateral military strike against Iran, targeting nuclear facilities, missile factories, senior military officials, and nuclear scientists. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchideclared the attack “an act of war,” and Iran retaliated by launching waves of drones and dozens of ballistic missiles. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described the operation as a last-resort effort to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons. Although the Trump administration had recentlyresumed nuclear negotiations, President Trump [...] ##### Iran Flaunts Military Capabilities November 13, 2025 The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps publicly displayed domestically-manufactured missiles for the first time since its June war with Israel and the United States, as reports suggest that Iran has significantly accelerated its weapons production levels in preparation for a new war with Israel (AP). Meanwhile, in Canada, Canadian Security Intelligence Service Director Dan Rogers gave a rare speech stating that his agency thwarted several potentially lethal Iranian plots against opponents of the Tehran regime this year (Reuters). ##### New Iran Sanctions November 12, 2025

• Iran Update, January 11, 2026 | ISW - Institute for the Study of War

  Some Iranian regime officials have framed the ongoing protests as the next phase of the Israel-Iran War. The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) attributedthe ongoing protests to Israel and the United States on January 11, arguing that the “riots” have killed hundreds of people and are an “extension of the 12-day war” with the United States and Israel. The IRGC claimed that the United States and Israel have equipped and armed “terrorists” to cause chaos in Iran. Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian similarly claimed on January 11 that the United States and Israel aim to incite internal unrest in Iran under the pretext of economic issues. Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf declared on January 11 that Iran is at war with the United States and Israel on four fronts: cognitive, [...] 1. Iranian Regime Rhetoric about the Protests: Some Iranian regime officials have framed the ongoing protests as the next phase of the Israel-Iran War. The Iranian security establishment has repeatedly stressed since June 2025 that it believes that the Israel-Iran War is ongoing, despite the fact that the 12-day military conflict ended in June. 2. Iranian Threat to Attack US Forces: Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned the United States against “miscalculations” on January 11 and threatened that Iran could target US military bases in the region or Israel if the United States attacks Iran. Ghalibaf’s threat is likely a response to recent Western media reports that US President Donald Trump is considering various options to intervene in the ongoing protests. [...] them to the United States and Israel to increase security forces’ willingness to use lethal force against protesters and reduce the risk of defections. The regime’s framing of protesters as “terrorists” and characterization of the protests as a continuation of the Israel-Iran War further indicate that the regime is approaching the ongoing protests as a military issue rather than a law enforcement one.

• Iran–Israel proxy conflict - Wikipedia

  The Iran–Israel proxy conflict, also known as the Iran–Israel Cold War, is an ongoing proxy war between Iran and Israel. In the Israeli–Lebanese conflict, Iran has supported Lebanese Shia militias, most notably Hezbollah. In the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Iran has backed Palestinian groups such as Hamas. Israel has supported Iranian rebels, conducted airstrikes against Iranian allies in Syria, assassinated Iranian nuclear scientists, and directly attacked Iranian forces in Syria. In 2024 the proxy war escalated to a series of direct confrontations between the two countries, and in June 2025, the Iran–Israel war began, involving the United States. [...] Despite the tension between the two countries, Israel provided support to Iran during the Iran–Iraq War from 1980 to 1988. During the war, Israel was one of the main suppliers of military equipment to Iran and also provided military instructors. Israel gave direct support to Iran's war effort when it bombed and destroyed Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor in Operation Babylon. The nuclear reactor was considered a central component of Iraq's nuclear weapons program. [...] intentions, while Iran has accused Israel of conducting a genocide in Gaza. Consequently, Israel has sought sanctions and military action against Iran to stop it from acquiring nuclear weapons. News outlets expressed how Iranian proxy militias stayed largely silent and left Iran "isolated in war" during the 2025 war with Israel.

• Iran ratchets up warnings against protesters, threatens U.S. troops in ...

  It remains unclear just how serious Iran is about launching a strike, particularly after seeing its air defenses destroyed during the 12-day war in June with Israel, which also saw the U.S. carry out strikes against its nuclear facilities. Any decision to go to war would rest with Iran's 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The U.S. military has said in the Mideast it is "postured with forces that span the full range of combat capability to defend our forces, our partners and allies and U.S. interests." [...] "The people of Iran should know that we will deal with them in the most severe way and punish those who are arrested," Qalibaf said. He went on to directly threaten Israel, "the occupied territory" as he referred to it, and the U.S. military, possibly with a preemptive strike. "In the event of an attack on Iran, both the occupied territory and all American military centers, bases and ships in the region will be our legitimate targets," Qalibaf said. "We do not consider ourselves limited to reacting after the action and will act based on any objective signs of a threat."