UserEdited/About Iran's retaliation against Israel
Retaliation background
In the early morning of June 13, 2025 local time, Israel launched a large-scale air strike against Iran, bombing Iran's nuclear facilities and military targets, causing a large number of casualties, including several senior Iranian military and nuclear science experts. Israel's attack was launched for multiple purposes: first, to destroy Iran's nuclear capabilities, with a focus on Iranian nuclear facilities and ballistic missile deployment sites; The second is to cause chaos in Iran and attack Iran's political and military leaders, hoping to trigger political changes in Iran and even influence the Iranian regime; The third is to prevent the United States and Iran from reaching a nuclear deal, and the United States and Iran were originally scheduled to hold the sixth round of talks on the Iranian nuclear issue on the 15th, but Israel is extremely dissatisfied and worried about this, believing that if the United States and Iran reach an agreement, it means that the front of Israel and the United States to jointly contain Iran will collapse.
Retaliation
Missile and drone strikes: After an Israeli blitzkrieg in the early hours of June 13, Iran retaliated that night with missile and drone strikes against Israel. Iran said it launched three waves of missile attacks on Israel that night, firing hundreds of missiles, dozens of missiles broke through Israeli air defense systems and accurately hit strategic targets, and also claimed to have shot down Israeli F-35 fighters and released photos of the wreckage, but Israeli officials have not confirmed it. However, according to other information, the IDF denied reports that Iranian forces shot down two Israeli F-35 fighters and captured one pilot. There is also information that Iran has launched four or even five waves of missile strikes to retaliate against Israel.
Relevant statements and decisions: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei issued a statement on the evening of the 13th, saying that the Iranian armed forces will take force action to completely destroy the Israeli regime. On the same day, Khamenei issued a series of decrees and made a series of new personnel appointments, with Abdul-Rahim Mousavi, who previously served as commander-in-chief of the Iranian army, as the new chief of general staff of the Iranian armed forces, and Pakpur, commander of the ground forces of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, as commander-in-chief of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, to replace the chief of the general staff of the Iranian armed forces, Bagheri, and the commander-in-chief of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Salami, who were killed in the airstrikes. At the same time, Iran announced its withdrawal from the sixth round of US-Iran nuclear talks scheduled for the 15th. In addition, nationwide demonstrations broke out in Iran on the 13th, with people waving national flags and chanting "Death to Israel" and "Revenge, blood debt and blood repayment".
The results of the two sides are said
Iranian side
Iran said it fired hundreds of missiles, dozens of which broke through Israeli air defenses and accurately hit strategic targets, and also shot down Israeli F-35 fighters.
Israeli side
Israel said that Iran launched two rounds of ballistic missile attacks on it on the night of the 13th, launching a total of nearly 100 missiles, most of which were intercepted or fell halfway, and the attack injured at least 41 people, two of whom were seriously injured. On the 14th local time, the Israeli military said that it had detected a new round of missile attacks by Iran against Israel, and the air defense alarm was sounded again in many places, and the Israeli army said that the air defense system was intercepting Iranian missiles. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on the 13th that Israel had destroyed the uranium enrichment facility in Natanz and warned that the attack on Iran would continue. Israel has also attacked several air bases in western Iran, destroying dozens of targets, including air defense systems, drones and surface-to-surface missile launchers.
Situational impact
Regional situation
Niu Xinchun, a professor at the Institute of Chinese Arab Studies at Ningxia University, said that this round of military conflict between Iran and Israel has put the entire Middle East region at the most dangerous moment since the new round of Palestinian-Israeli conflict on October 7, 2023. In the next two or three days, the military conflict between Iran and Israel will escalate further. Moreover, the situation is made even more dangerous by the involvement of the United States, which has publicly stated that it will help Israel build air defense systems against Iranian missile attacks, and if the United States intervenes, Iran could attack US military bases throughout the Middle East.
International reaction
Many countries condemned Israel's attack on Iran, believing that it violated the UN Charter and international law and posed a threat to international peace and security in the Middle East and the region. For example, the United Nations Security Council held a public meeting on the Israeli-Iranian situation on the 13th, at which Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the United Nations, said that China condemns Israel's violation of Iran's sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, and urges Israel to immediately stop all military adventures. On the same day, Russian President Vladimir Putin had telephone conversations with Iranian President Pezekhizsian and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu respectively to push for de-escalation of the conflict. French President Emmanuel Macron called on Israel and Iran to exercise maximum restraint on the 13th in order to ease the situation in the Middle East.