Here is some of the latest updates:
A senior Israeli official has told the Wall Street Journal Israel's attacks are "nowhere near over" that West Jerusalem has planned for the operation to span 14 days".
Trump has praised the Israeli strikes on Iran as "excellent" and signaled new attacks are likely in the offing. There's more to come. A lot more". What Trump is saying he was in on what Israel initiated and knows what they're about to do in the coming days.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has warned, "the Islamic Republic would deliver a "powerful" response that would make its adversaries "regret" their actions." In his address to the Iranian nation he called on Iranian's to remain united and support thr government amid rising regional tensions".
In light of these developments along with additional attacks by the IDF according to the Israeli official mentioned above, Iran will surely retaliate further.
Lest we forget Iran demonstrated in 2020 in retaliation for the Trump authorized assassination of Iranian General Soleimani outside the Baghdad airport on January 3, 2020 Iran attacked a US military base in Iraq with 11 highly accurate ballistic missiles. The Iranian's gave advanced warning to the Iraqi government of its intentions and though no US military died in the precision missile strikes more than 100 were wounded suffering concussion injuries.
In all likelihood Iran won't be giving advanced warning of its intentions to send its accurate missiles against its adversaries.
The potential for this situation escalating with additional Israeli strikes and Iran retaliating with its accurate missiles could be a catastrophe with worldwide implications.
Iran could block the Strait of Hormuz preventing oil shipping from traversing the Persian Gulf. This could create havoc in the oil industry where 20 to 30% of the world's oil passes through.
A worldwide economic dislocation would likely occur.
Let's put it this way. It's hard to be optimistic considering the ramifications of this situation possibly getting completely out of hand.
[1] "Israel launches strikes on Iran"=Live updates, RT. June 13, 2025
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