Israel's military has targeted Iran's Fordow nuclear site a day after the US bombed the facility, while also blowing the doors off of a notorious Iranian prison. Iran has asked Russia for help, while vowing revenge against the US. Follow the latest and listen to The World podcast below.
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We reported earlier that the entrance to Iran's notorious Evin prison in Tehran has been hit by an Israeli strike (see post at 11.05).
It came as defence minister Israel Katz said Israel was "now attacking with unprecedented force" targets in "the heart of Tehran".
Now, we can bring you footage of the strike on the facility which houses political prisoners...
Armed attacks on nuclear facilities should never take place and could result in radioactive releases with grave consequences, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has warned.
Speaking at an IAEA emergency meeting, Rafael Grossi said the world was in the "midst of a serious conflict" with Iran's nuclear sites coming under attack.
But there was still a "path for diplomacy".
He said Iran, Israel, and the Middle East need peace, and the first step to help was to return to the negotiating table and to allow IAEA inspectors to go back to Iran's nuclear sites.
On the status of Iran's nuclear sites following US attacks, he said craters are now visible at the Fordow site.
At the Natanz enrichment site, the fuel enrichment plant was hit, with the US confirming that it used ground-penetrating munitions, he added.
Iran has informed the IAEA that there was "no increase in off-site radiation levels at all three sites", Grossi said.
"Let me again recall past general conference resolutions that state that armed attacks on nuclear facilities should never take place and could result in radioactive releases with grave consequences within and beyond the boundaries of the state which has been attacked," he added.
"I therefore again call on maximum restraint. Military escalation not only threatens lives, it also delays us from taking the diplomatic path."
Vladimir Putin has met with Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi.
During the meeting, the Russian leader condemned the US strikes on Iranian nuclear sites, telling Araghchi: "You are visiting Russia at a difficult time, during a sharp aggravation of the situation in the region and around your country."
He also said Russia was "making efforts to assist the Iranian people".
Araghchi thanked Russia for condemning the US and Israeli attacks on Iran.
Defence minister Israel Katz says Israel is "now attacking with unprecedented force" targets in "the heart of Tehran".
This includes notorious Evin jail for political prisoners, the internal security headquarters of the Revolutionary Guards and the headquarters of its paramilitary Basij force.
"For every shot fired at the Israeli home front, the Iranian dictator will be punished and the attacks will continue with full force," he says.
The entrance to Iran's notorious Evin prison in Tehran has been hit by an Israeli strike.
Israeli foreign minister Gideon Saar posted "long live freedom" in Spanish alongside a video of the attack on X.
"We warned Iran time and again: stop targeting civilians!
"They continued, including this morning. Our response: Viva la libertad, carajo!"
By Helen-Ann Smith, Asia correspondent
The Chinese have "strongly condemned" US strikes against Iran and have repeatedly called for de-escalation.
But be in no doubt, China will be working fervently behind the scenes to protect its own interests and, if pushed, would certainly come down on the side of the Iranians.
In this matter, China's voice will be a powerful one.
Iran would count China amongst its most important allies.
Indeed, it is one of the largest providers of foreign direct investment in Iran and it buys 90% of its oil exports.
Any follow-through on the threatened closure to the Strait of Hormuz would hit China hard; it is likely using its considerable diplomatic weight to ensure that doesn't happen.
And while the relationship between the two countries is primarily an economic one, politically, there is a narrative to be pushed here that will be useful.
Indeed, it plays nicely into the worldview being promoted in the Global South that the US is not a good global actor - that if countries want to ally themselves with a stable superpower, they should be looking East.
By Michael Drummond, foreign news reporter
A quick look at ship tracking around the Iranian port of Tombak shows something quite odd.
Dozens of vessels appear to be all arranged in a circle... on land. And it's a similar story a little way along the coast.
So what's going on?
For obvious reasons, these ships probably aren't all on land in a neat circle, but something is interfering with the AIS tracking signals they submit that is making it look like they are.
This appears to be the shadowy practice of GPS interference - an issue that has rocketed in recent years as warfare changes.
What is GPS jamming?
There are two main types of GPS interference - "jamming" and "spoofing".
Jamming overwhelms navigation systems and stops them working properly, while spoofing is more serious and involves sending false GPS signals that make planes and ships look hundreds of miles away from where they actually are.
Why does GPS jamming happen?
Increasingly GPS interference is being used as part of air defence systems to try and stop missiles and drones from reaching their intended targets.
Some militaries also seek to obscure the location of navy vessels or other potential targets by interfering with GPS signals.
If it is indeed GPS jamming in this area, it's not certain who is behind it.
However there has been mass interference since the start of the conflict between Israel and Iran, affecting nearly 1,000 ships in the Gulf, shipping analysis firm Windward said earlier this month.
Iran's nuclear facility of Fordow has been hit again, this time by an Israeli attack, according to reports.
The site, built into a mountain, was the target of US bunker-busting bombs.
A spokesperson for Qom Province's Crisis Management Headquarters told Tasnim news agency that Fordow has been hit once more.
Israeli media has reported the military attacked an access road to the nuclear facility.
The US strike over the weekend was expected to have caused "very significant damage" to the site, given the vibration-sensitive nature of its centrifuges, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, said earlier today.
He added that no one can yet say how bad the damage is underground.
This map shows the three sites struck by the US early on Sunday.
As missiles are exchanged between Israel and Iran, this video captures the moment of impact beside a road in Ashdod, south of Tel Aviv.
