Donald Trump is considering a range of options, including a possible US strike on Iran, following a meeting with top national security advisers in the Situation Room. It comes on the fifth day of fighting between Iran and Israel. Follow the latest.
Tuesday 17 June 2025 23:06, UK
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Satellite photographs taken by Maxar show the impact of Israeli airstrikes on Iranian facilities at Tabriz missile base in northwestern Iran.
Moments ago, explosions could be seen lighting up the skies above Tel Aviv, Israel.
Israel's Iron Dome rockets shot upwards to intercept missiles fired from Iran.
The exiled son of Iran's deposed monarch has called for an uprising.
Reza Pahlavi told Iranians it was "the time to rise; the time to reclaim Iran" in a post on X.
"The regime鈥檚 apparatus of repression is falling apart. All it takes now is a nationwide uprising to put an end to this nightmare once and for all."
He called on the military and state security forces to stand "with the people" and "play a historic role in the transition from the Islamic Republic" to a democracy.
"The Islamic Republic has reached its end and is in the process of collapsing.
"[Ali] Khamenei, like a frightened rat, has gone into hiding underground and has lost control of the situation.
"What has begun is irreversible."
The Iranian regime is just "keeping its head above the water" as Israel launches a two-pronged attack on its nuclear facilities and the Iranian state itself, an expert tells The World with Yalda Hakim.
The regime was "shocked by" the attack, losing control of its airspace and seeing its nuclear and military sites hit, says Professor Vali Nasr, a former US state department adviser.
Israel wants to bring about the "collapse of the Iranian state" - not merely regime change, he says.
"[Iran] is also facing a systematic effort by Israel to degrade state institutions and make the state unable to govern.
"So attacking civilian sites, refineries, electrical grid, sending messages to the people of Tehran to evacuate the city, hitting various civilian targets around the city, television stations, ministries, etc. is all designed to overwhelm the state."
Israel denies it targets civilians, saying it issues evacuation orders before strikes.
"It's not just decapitating the regime, it is making Iran smaller, weaker," Nasr continues.
Iranians fear "Syria-fication", he says, meaning degrading Iran to become a "failed state".
As for the Iranian regime, they are not ready to surrender, says Nasr.
"Surrender essentially has a high cost politically and also it's not very clear what is it that the United States is giving in return for the surrender."
Iran's Revolutionary Guards says it is attacking Israeli air bases used to strike Iranian territory, according to the Quds News Network.
"These strikes will continue in a sequential, complex, multi-layered and gradual manner," it says.
Donald Trump is considering a US strike on Iran, according to multiple current and former administration officials.
The president is considering a range of options, including a possible strike, following a meeting with his national security team inside the Situation Room, the officials told our US partner network NBC News.
A senior Houthi official has told Al Jazeera Mubasher TV that the group will support Iran against Israel like they did Gaza.
Mohammed al-Bukhaiti, a member of the Houthis' political bureau, also said the group is coordinating with Tehran during its ongoing military escalation with Israel.
The Houthis have carried out intermittent rocket attacks on Israel since it began attacking Gaza.
On Sunday, the Houthis said they targeted Israel's Jaffa in coordination with Iran, the first time an Iran-aligned group publicly announced joint cooperation.
By Deborah Haynes, security and defence editor
John Healey, the defence secretary, said a decision to send additional British warplanes and other military assets to the Middle East could be used "to help support our allies".
Speaking at an army conference in London, he repeated the government position that the UK has so far not been involved in the Israeli attacks on Iran.
"We have not played any part in the Israeli attacks on Iran," he said.
"We have been consistent in recognising and supporting the right of Israel to self-defence.
"We have been consistent and strong in our determination through diplomacy to avoid Iran getting the nuclear capabilities.
"And the deployment of the Typhoons [warplanes] and other military assets the prime minister has announced are part of the moves to reinforce de-escalation in the region, to reinforce security in the region and may also be used to help support our allies."
Dominic Waghorn, our international affairs editor, explains why Donald Trump said he's not working on a ceasefire in the Israel-Iran conflict - and what he might mean when he says he's aiming for something "much better".
He also runs through the current state of the fighting after Israel's surprise attacks on Iran last Friday.
Just watch his two-minute explainer video below to get up to speed...
A bipartisan resolution seeking to stop Donald Trump from attacking Iran has been introduced to Congress in the US.
Republican House representative Thomas Massie has teamed up with Democrat politicians like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, representing an unlikely alliance.
"The Constitution does not permit the executive branch to unilaterally commit an act of war against a sovereign nation that hasn't attacked the United States," Massie said.
Massie added: "Congress has the sole power to declare war against Iran.
"The ongoing war between Israel and Iran is not our war.
"Even if it were, Congress must decide such matters according to our Constitution."
The resolution echoes a warning issued by senior Democrat Senator Bernie Sanders a little earlier (see our post at 19.19).
