Trump urges Tehran to ‘evacuate immediately’; US team discusses possibility of nuclear deal talks with Iran this week, says report

Israel warned hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate the middle of Iran's capital as Israel’s air campaign on Tehran appeared to broaden on the fourth day of an intensifying conflict. An Iranian television anchor fled her studio during a live broadcast as bombs fell on the headquarters of the country's state-run TV station. US President Donald Trump posted an ominous message on his social media site later Monday calling for the immediate evacuation of Tehran. “IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON,” Trump wrote, adding that “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!”

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said on social media shortly after Trump’s post that he was returning from the G7 summit in Canada a day early due to the intensifying conflict between. Israel says strikes have set back nuclear program Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israeli strikes have set Iran’s nuclear program back a “very, very long time," and told reporters he is in daily touch with Trump. “The regime is very weak,” he added. Israel says its sweeping assault on Iran’s top military leaders, uranium enrichment sites and nuclear scientists, is necessary to prevent its longtime adversary from getting any closer to building an atomic weapon.

The strikes have killed at least 224 people since Friday. Iran maintains that its nuclear program is peaceful, and the US and others have assessed that Tehran has not had an organized effort to pursue a nuclear weapon since 2003. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has repeatedly warned that the country has enough enriched uranium to make several nuclear bombs should it choose to do so. Iran has retaliated by launching more than 370 missiles and hundreds of drones at Israel.

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US President Donald Trump's team has reportedly proposed to hold talks with Iran regarding the nuclear deal this week, Reuters reported quoting Axios.

The White House is discussing with Iran for a possible meeting between US Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff and Iranian foreign minister Abbas Araghchi amid heightened tension and continued hostilities between Tel Aviv and Tehran.

Residents of northern Israel are now allowed to leave the shelters as the current threat from the fresh barrage of Iranian strike is over, announced Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

Earlier, sirens were blazing across several parts of Israel after Iran launched a salvo of missiles towards Tel Aviv early on Tuesday morning.

A staffer at the Iranian state broadcaster IRIB was killed on Monday night after an attack by the Israeli military on the building during a live broadcast, The Guardian reported citing Iran's local media.

The staffer named Masoumeh Azimi succumbed to the injuries after an Israeli missile struck the building of IRIB, reported Press TV.

US Secretary of State and National Security Advisor Marco Rubio is also reportedly returning to the White House along with President Donald Trump from G7 Summit being held in Canada, BBC reported.

Earlier, it was announced that Trump would return to Washington early due to the prevailing situation in the Middle East.

A White House aide has clarified that the United States has not joined the Israeli offensive against Iran as claimed by some activists and users on social media.

According to a post by Alex Pfeiffe, Deputy Assistant to the US President Donald Trump, "American forces are maintaining their defensive posture, and that has not changed. We will defend American interests."

France President Emmanuel Macron has said that his US counterpart Donald Trump told the G7 leaders that discussions to finalise a ceasefire between Israel and Iran was underway, and that governments of respective countries in European Union would be ready to take part in the Iran nuclear negotiations if a ceasefire is reached.

"If the US can achieve a ceasefire between Israel and Iran, that's a very good thing," Macron said, reported BBC.

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has said that it has identified missiles launched from Iran towards the capital Tel Aviv early on Monday, Reuters reported.

US President Donald Trump has reportedly requested the National Security Council to be prepared in the Situation Room as he cut short his visit to Canada for the G7 Summit, and plans to return to the White House tonight after the dinner with the Heads of the State amid the prevailing tension and hostilities between Israel and Iran, Reuters reported quoting Fox News.

Earlier, Trump had posted on his Truth Social that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and that everyone should evacuate Tehran immediately.

US President Donald Trump is cutting short his visit to Canada for the G7 Summit and returning to Washington DC tonight due to the prevailing situation in the Middle East, the White House said on Tuesday.

In a post on X, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said "Because of what’s going on in the Middle East, President Trump will be leaving tonight after dinner with Heads of State."

Moments earlier, Trump in a Truth Social post said "America first means many great things, including the fact that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon. Make America Great Again." Trump earlier urged everyone to "immediately evacuate" Tehran.

Several explosions and heavy air defence fire have been heard in Iran's capital Tehran on intervening night of Monday and Tuesday amid the warning by US President Donald Trump to "immediately evacuate" Tehran, Reuters reported quoting Iranian media.

Iran's top diplomat Araqchi has said "The attack by Israel on Iran's state broadcaster, which is not a military facility, is the height of cowardice and a sign of desperation," Reuters reported quoting state media.

This comes amid Israel's bombardment of Iran's state broadcaster on live television on Monday.

The US Consulate in Israel suffered minor damage from the concussion of an Iranian missile landing nearby, US Ambassador Mike Huckabee said on Monday.

Huckabee said in a post on X that there were no injuries to American personnel but the consulate in Tel Aviv and Embassy in Jerusalem would remain closed on Monday as a precaution.

The damage came amid a new wave of Iranian missile attacks on Israel in retaliation for Israel’s sweeping attacks on Iran’s military and nuclear infrastructure.

Israel Defence Minister Israel Katz has said that the residents of Iran will "pay the price soon" after Iranian missiles struck Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa before dawn, killing at least five people, Reuters reported.

US Ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, has reported minor damage from concussions after an Iranian missile hit near the US embassy in Tel Aviv, but confirmed that no US personnel were injured in the incident.

"US Embassy in Israel & Consulate will officially remain closed today as shelter in place still in effect. Some minor damage from concussions of Iranian missile hits near Embassy Branch in Tel Aviv but no injuries to US personnel," Ambassador Huckabee said in a post on X.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian has said that the country is not seeking war and it neither initiated it. Clarifying the Islamic nation's position on nuclear enrichment, President Pezeshkian said "We have no intentions to develop nuclear weapons."

Pezeshkian added, "We have a right to nuclear energy and research, and we won't let anyone take that away from us," Reuters reported.

Oil prices were volatile on Monday, after surging 7% on Friday, as renewed strikes by Israel and Iran over the weekend increased concerns that the battle could widen across the region and significantly disrupt oil exports from the Middle East.

Brent crude futures rose 64 cents, or 0.86%, to $74.87 a barrel by 0507 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures gained 76 cents or 1.04%, to $73.74. They had surged more than $4 a barrel earlier in the session and also fell into negative territory briefly.

Both benchmarks settled 7% higher on Friday, having jumped more than 13% during the session to their highest levels since January. Iranian missiles struck Israel's Tel Aviv and the port city of Haifa on Monday, destroying homes and fuelling concerns among world leaders at this week's G7 meeting that the battle between the two old enemies could lead to a broader regional conflict.

An exchange of strikes between Israel and Iran on Sunday resulted in civilian casualties, with both militaries urging civilians on the opposing side to take precautions against further strikes. The latest developments have stoked concerns about disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz, a vital shipping passage. About a fifth of the world's total oil consumption, or some 18 to 19 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil, condensate and fuel, passes through the strait.

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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said that Iran should not have a nuclear weapon while in conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but didn't mention of calling for an immediate ceasefire between the two warring nation.

Leyen said she told Netanyahu that diplomacy was best on Iran. "Iran is the principal source of regional instability," the European Commission president added.

"The same type of Iranian-designed and -made drones and ballistic missiles are indiscriminately hitting cities in Ukraine and in Israel. As such, these threats need to be addressed together," she said, BBC reported.

As Iran launched a barrage of missile strikes at Israel early on Monday morning, three people have reportedly been killed in the strikes, Israel’s national emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA) said.

The missiles struck several areas in the central and coastal Israel, including residential buildings. The additional deaths of three persons in Israel take the death toll to 17. While Iran has said that 224 people were killed in Israeli strikes and 1,277 have been hospitalized since the hostilities began.

The Israeli emergency service Magen David Adom has said that it evacuated 29 people with physical injuries following the latest barrage of missile attack by Iran on early Monday morning.

According to Magen David Adom spokesperson, "Following the latest barrage, from all rocket strike sites, MDA teams have so far evacuated 29 people with physical injuries, including 3 in moderate condition and 26 in mild condition. Search and rescue efforts are still actively ongoing at all sites."

Several people have been injured in the port city of Haifa following a fresh wave of missile strike by Iran on Monday. Haifa, which is a port city and houses oil refineries, is situated 90 kilometres from the capital Tel Aviv.

Emergency services have said that they are responding to "several hit sites" following Iran's latest strike on Israel. Tel Aviv's public broadcaster Kan said that there is fire at the scene in Haifa.

Israel and Iran traded more missile attacks on Sunday despite calls for a halt to the fighting, with neither country backing down as their conflict raged for a third day. Iran said Israel struck its oil refineries, killed the intelligence chief of its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard and two other generals and hit population centres in intensive aerial attacks that raised the death toll in the country since Israel launched its major campaign on Friday to 224 people. Health authorities also reported that 1,277 were wounded, without distinguishing between military officials and civilians.

Israel, which has aimed its missiles at Iran's rapidly-advancing nuclear programme and military leadership, said Iran has fired over 270 missiles since Friday, 22 of which slipped through the country's sophisticated multi-tiered air defences and caused havoc in residential suburbs, killing 14 people and wounding 390 others.

In an indication of how far Israel was seemingly prepared to go, a US official told The Associated Press that President Donald Trump nixed an Israeli plan to kill Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has the final say on all major policies, serves as commander-in-chief of the armed forces and controls the powerful Revolutionary Guard.

Israel, the sole though undeclared nuclear-armed state in the Middle East, has said this attack -- its most powerful ever against Iran -- was to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.

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A statement from the Israel Defense Forces confirmed that Iran has launched a fresh wave of missiles towards it and the Israeli military is currently working to intercept the threat.

Red alert sirens were sounded in several parts of Israel, including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, while the IDF warned that its defense were “not hermetic.”

“Leaving the protected space is only permitted following an explicit directive,” the IDF stated, CNN reported.

Iran has informed the mediators Qatar and Oman that until the Islamic country remains under the Israeli attack, it is not open to any form of negotiations, an official briefed on the situation told Reuters.

The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said "The Iranians informed Qatari and Omani mediators that they will only pursue serious negotiations once Iran has completed its response to the Israeli pre-emptive strikes," Reuters reported.

Leaders of some of the world’s biggest economic are arriving in the Canadian Rockies on Sunday for a Group of Seven summit, overshadowed by an escalating conflict between Israel and Iran and US President Donald Trump’s unresolved trade war. Israel’s strikes on Iran and Tehran’s retaliation, which appeared to catch many world leaders unawares, is the latest sign of a more volatile world. Trump in recent days vetoed an Israeli plan to kill Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a U.S. official told The Associated Press, in an indication of how far Israel was prepared to go.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he had discussed efforts to de-escalate the crisis with Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as other world leaders and said he expected “intense discussions” would continue at the summit. Trump is summit's wild card As summit host, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has decided to abandon the annual practice of issuing a joint statement, or communique, at the end of the meeting.

With other leaders wanting to talk to Trump in an effort to talk him out of imposing tariffs, the summit risks being a series of bilateral conversations rather than a show of unity. Trump is the summit wild card. Looming over the meeting are his inflammatory threats to make Canada the 51st state and take over Greenland. French President Emmanuel Macron visited Greenland on Sunday for a highly symbolic stop on his way to Canada.

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Some of the Indian students in Iran are being relocated to "safer places" informed the Ministry of External Affairs on Monday, adding that "other feasible options" are also being examined.

The development comes as Israel and Iran continue to strike each other with missiles, UAVs among others and the entire region has come under security nightmare.

The Ministry of External Affairs, in a statement said, "The Indian Embassy in Tehran is continuously monitoring the security situation and engaging Indian students in Iran to ensure their safety. In some cases, students are being relocated with the Embassy's facilitation to safer places within Iran. Other feasible options are also under examination."

US President Donald Trump reportedly vetoed a plan by Israeli authorities to eliminate Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a US official aware of the matter told Associated Press. The Israeli administration had informed its US counterpart in the recent days that they have readied a plan to kill Khamenei.

After the plan was briefed to the United States, the White House made it clear to the Israeli authorities that Trump was opposed to Tel Aviv making any such move, the US official added.

Meanwhile, Trump issued a stark warning to Iranian authorities not to retaliate against the US targets in the Middle East region. The Republican president said that "US had nothing to with the attack on Iran".

Images from Tehran showed the night sky lit up by a huge blaze at a fuel depot after Israel began strikes against Iran's oil and gas sector - raising the stakes for the global economy and the functioning of the Iranian state. Brent crude futures were up $2.14, or 2.9%, to $76.37 a barrel by 22:25 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures climbed $2.03, or 2.8%, to $75.01. They surged more than $4 earlier in the session.

An Iranian health ministry spokesperson, Hossein Kermanpour, said the toll since the start of Israeli strikes had risen to 224 dead and more than 1,200 injured, 90% of whom he said were civilians. Those killed included 60 on Saturday, half of them children, in a 14-storey apartment block flattened in the Iranian capital. Explosions rattled Tel Aviv in the afternoon as Iran launched its first daylight missile raid since Israel attacked on Friday. At least 10 people, including children, have been killed so far, according to Israeli authorities.

Hours later, shortly after nightfall, Iran launched a second wave of missiles, which struck a residential street in Haifa, a mixed Jewish-Arab city in northern Israel. The national emergency service reported nine people were injured in the strike, along with two others following a missile impact in the south. In Bat Yam on Sunday evening, shocked residents surveyed the damage of an overnight strike, while many across Israel braced for another sleepless night, unsure of what may come next. "It's very dreadful. It's not fun. People are losing their lives and their homes," said Shem, 29, whose home was shaken overnight when a missile struck a nearby apartment tower.

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Sirens were heard across the Israel on early Sunday morning as the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) instructed its residents of northern and central Israel to remain near the shelters.

The IDF said that it identified missiles launched from Iran towards Israel. "Defensive systems are operating to intercept the threat," IDF added.

Israel has targeted Iran's two major oil gas fields in southern Bushehr province; South Pars natural gas field – the largest in the world – and Shahran oil depot.

The South Pars Gas field was hit by miniature UAVs. The targeted area by Israel also includes the Fajr Jam Gas Refining Company.

Israel had reportedly warned earlier that it would attack Iranian oil refineries and natural-gas facilities if Tehran launches missiles at Israel's population.

The Israeli police has confirmed that it received reports of rockets and shrapnel falling in community in the capital Tel Aviv area, which has caused damage but no injuries or casualties have occurred, Reuters reported.

The Israeli military said on Sunday that it completed a large wave of strikes in Iran's capital Tehran on the infrastructure of the Iranian nuclear weapons project and fuel storage facilities.

However, the Israeli forces intercepted missiles launched from Iran as air raid sirens were activated in Israel's capital Tel Aviv.

At least two people have been killed in Israel's Northern District following a wave of attack by the Iranian military on Saturday. Reports suggests eight fire and rescue teams were working at the area of strike on Sunday morning.

"This is a scene with extensive destruction of a four-story building that was damaged, and the upper floor partially collapsed," said Northern District Commander, Sergeant Yair Elkayim, CNN reported.

Search is underway by the rescue team in the area in order to look for additional people who might be trapped in the collapsed buildings.