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Let's just catch you up on the last few bits from Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi.

Taking some more questions in Istanbul, Araghchi said he had "never trusted Western countries" during negotiations, and "there are now even more reasons why we shouldn't trust them at all."

He said that everyone should "wait for our response first" before they try to engage in more diplomacy.

Indirect US contact continuing

Asked a final question about communications with the US, Araghchi said he had held indirect talks with Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump's chief negotiator, prior to the attacks.

"When the talks were stopped because of the US aggression, we are still receiving messages from Americans through different channels, Oman in particular," he said.

Oman has acted as a mediator between Washington and Tehran.

The news conference in Istanbul has now ended.

Away from the Iranian foreign minister's news conference, we have an update from the UN's nuclear watchdog.

US attacks on Iran's nuclear complex at Isfahan last night hit six buildings, in addition to four previously damaged in Israeli attacks, according to the watchdog. 

The International Atomic Energy Agency said the buildings contained little or no nuclear material.

It added: "The facilities targeted today either contained no nuclear material or small quantities of natural or low-enriched uranium, meaning any radioactive contamination is limited to the buildings that were damaged or destroyed."

The US strikes also targeted two other sites - at Fordow and Natanz. 

Iran's foreign minister Abbas Araghchi is still speaking in Istanbul. 

He has just said he is going to Russia to meet Vladimir Putin.

Iran and Russia have long had close ties.

"I'm going to Moscow this afternoon, and I have a meeting with President Putin tomorrow morning," Araghchi said.

He described Moscow as a "friend of Iran", adding "we always consult with each other."

Araghchi added: "Even in the past two or three months that we were negotiating with the United States, we always briefed our Russian friends about the latest offer, about any progress or lack of progress in our talks.

"I will have serious consultations with the Russian president tomorrow, and we continue to work with each other."

The next question is from a reporter at TRT World, who asks Iran's foreign minister about Donald Trump's warning that Iran must now make peace or face far greater attacks in future.

Asked for his response, Araghchi says: "I think it's not up to Iran to respond to that - the whole international community should respond [to] such a clear threat to the United Nations charter.

"Iran has done nothing wrong. We do not understand why Iran should be attacked for a false accusation that Iran is seeking nuclear weapons."

He says Iran has been trying to prove for 20 years that their nuclear programme is and will be peaceful, and the world "celebrated" the nuclear deal agreed under the Obama administration, that Trump then withdrew from.

"Again, we were negotiating with the same administration, then all of a sudden, they decided to attack us," he says, and adds that more attacks are now threatened.

"So it's not up to Iran, but it's up to the international community to condemn this, to prevent this - otherwise there will be nothing left for the international law, for the security at the world level."

He calls on the United Nations Security Council to take action, and says the Iranian people are "united and in solidarity with the government".

Abbas Araghchi has said diplomatic talks are "irrelevant" because he claimed Israel and the US attacked Iran in the middle of such talks previously.

Asked a question by Al Jazeera on what conditions would be needed to get Tehran back to the diplomatic table, Araghchi said there was "no red line [the US] had not crossed".

Araghchi has already been asked about diplomacy once - see our previous post.

In apparent reference to last Friday's initial attacks on Iran by Israel, he went on: "I think it is irrelevant to ask Iran to return to diplomacy because we were in the middle of diplomacy, we were in the middle of talks with the United States when Israelis blew it up."

He added: "And again, we were in the middle of talks and negotiation with the Europeans happened only two days ago in Geneva, when this time, Americans decided to blow it up. 

"So we were in diplomacy, but we were attacked."

The first question to the Iranian foreign minister is from the Associated Press, whose reporter asks if the door is still open for negotiations, if any discussions via intermediaries are under way, and what kind of damage has been done to nuclear facilities.

Araghchi replies: "I have been in touch with Tehran, of course. I still do not have exact information about the level of damages. But I don't think it matters how much damages have been made.

"Attacking a nuclear facility by itself is an unforgivable violation of international law, and should be condemned."

He goes on to say that he had talks yesterday with "a number of foreign ministers of the region", and "almost all of them are very much concerned and interested to play a role to end this aggression by Israel, of course".

On possible talks, Araghchi says: "Of course, the door for diplomacy should be always kept open, but this is not the case right now.

"My country has been under attack, under aggression, and we have to respond based on our legitimate right of self-defence, and we will do that as long as needed and necessary."

Tehran's foreign minister has said the US holds "full responsibility for the consequences of its actions" after it attacked Iran overnight.

Speaking in the ongoing news conference in Istanbul, Abbas Araghchi said that the US launched its attack "in the midst of a process to forge a diplomatic outcome".

On Friday, Abbas met the E3, foreign ministers from Britain, France and Germany, as well as the EU's foreign policy chief.

He added: "Not content with such malign actions, the United States itself has now also opted for a dangerous military operation and aggression against the people of Iran. 

"In doing so, the US administration holds sole and full responsibility for the consequences of its actions, including the Islamic Republic of Iran's right to self-defence."

We're able to bring you the latest from Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi's news conference now.

He has condemned the US attacks and said Donald Trump has deceived his own voters over his promises not to get involved in anymore "forever wars".

Speaking just minutes ago, he said: "While President Trump was elected on a platform of putting an end to America's costly involvement in forever wars in our part of the world, he has betrayed not only Iran by abusing our commitment to diplomacy, but also deceived his own voters."

He also described Trump and the US as a "lawless bully".

Araghchi repeated previous calls from Iran for the UN Security Council to condemn Washington's attacks.

The Iranian foreign minister also warned the world that "silence will plunge the world into an unprecedented level of danger and chaos", as he called for the US attacks to be condemned more widely.

Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi will be speaking at a news conference shortly.

He's in Istanbul, Turkey, after the US strikes overnight on Iran's nuclear facilities.

We'll bring you the latest as it comes in. You can also watch Sky News live at the top of this page.

Our military analyst Michael Clarke has been telling us that it could take a couple of days at least before we know how successful the US strikes on Iran's nuclear sites were.

Speaking on Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips, he said the other problem is that the Iranians may have moved much of their highly enriched uranium.

He references satellite imagery of a line of trucks at the Fordow site (see more on this in our 9.14 post).

Watch his full breakdown of the attacks below: