Israel-Iran conflict LIVE: Iran to open airspace for return of stranded Indians

Israel and Iran exchanged strikes a week into their war on Friday (June 20, 2025) as new diplomatic efforts appeared to be underway. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi is headed to Geneva for meetings with the European Union’s top diplomat and counterparts from the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
Iranian Deputy Chief of Mission Javad Hosseini said that Iran is cooperating with India to bring back about 1,000 Indian nationals by three special flights, beginning tonight.
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The Israeli military said on Thursday (June 19, 2025) that Iran used a missile with multiple warheads, posing a new challenge to its defences. Instead of having to track one warhead, missiles with multiple warheads can pose a more difficult challenge for air defence systems, like Israel’s Iron Dome.
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A week of Israeli strikes on Iran has killed at least 657 people and wounded 2,037 others, the Washington-based group Human Rights Activists said Friday.
French President Emmanuel Macron said France and other European powers would make an offer to Iran of a comprehensive diplomatic solution to end the escalating conflict with Israel.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot will later Friday meet Iranian counterpart Abbas Araghchi in Geneva “to make a complete diplomatic and technical offer for negotiations,” Macron told reporters, adding that France and allies Germany and the UK were “putting a diplomatic solution on the table”.



