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Oil prices rise after Iranian missile strikes
Oil prices rose more than three per cent on Monday when markets reopened after the weekend, reflecting renewed concerns over Iran's first attack on Israel since an April 8 ceasefire.
In early trading, the price of Brent crude, the international benchmark, climbed 3.29 per cent to $96.15 a barrel.
Its US equivalent, West Texas Intermediate (WTI), rose 3.25 per cent to $93.48 a barrel.
Tehran fired several missiles at Israel on Sunday, which Israel claimed to have intercepted. The strikes put new strain on a fragile ceasefire on the 100th day of the war in the Middle East.
Netanyahu will have 'no choice' but to accept Iran deal, per Trump
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will have no choice but to accept whatever deal the US negotiates with Iran, US President Donald Trump told the Financial Times in an interview published on Sunday, because Trump “calls the shots”.
“He won’t have any choice,” Trump was quoted as saying.
Iran suspends flights at Tehran international airport
Tehran's international airport suspended all incoming flights after Iranian missile strikes on Israel, local media said Sunday.
"The civil aviation authority announced the suspension of all flights bound for the airport until further notice," said Iranian press agency Mehr – the latest closure for Khomeini International Airport, one of two serving the capital, which had only re-opened in April after being shut for weeks over the Middle East war.
Israeli military chief vows to strike Iran 'with force as soon as green light is given'
Israeli military chief Lieutenant General Eyal Zamir vowed Sunday that the military would strike Iran "with force" upon receiving orders, after the Islamic Republic fired missiles at Israel.
"The IDF will strike the enemy with force as soon as the green light is given," Zamir said in a statement as he conducted a situational assessment, the military said.
Iran FM speaks to European, regional counterparts, ministry says
Iran's top diplomat Abbas Araghchi discussed the latest events in the region on Sunday night with his counterparts in Britain, France, and Turkey, as well as with Qatar's leader and Pakistani mediators.
The separate conversations focused on Iran's response to Israel's "repeated violations of the ceasefire in Lebanon", his ministry said in a statement, without offering further details.
The telephone calls, reported by the IRNA news agency citing the Iranian foreign ministry, came as Iran launched salvoes of missiles at Israel after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs.
Araghchi spoke to Qatar's Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, the French, British and Turkish foreign ministers, and members of the Pakistani team attempting to mediate an agreement between Tehran and Washington to end the Middle East war.
Israel army vows to operate across Lebanon, intensify actions against Hezbollah
The Israeli army has said Iran "commited grave mistake" by firing missiles at Israel and that the army vows to operate across Lebanon and intensify its operations against Hezbollah.
Trump says he will ask Netanyahu not to strike back at Iran, US media reports
President Donald Trump will call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and press him not to retaliate for the Iranian missile attack, US news site Axios reports.
The Iranian missiles "didn't hurt anybody," said Trump in an interview with Axios reporter Barak Ravid. "Hopefully Israel is not going to retaliate."
Trump added that, "We are very close to a final deal with Iran. I don't want it to blow up because of what is happening now."
Iran closes airspace over country's west, state media reports
Iran has closed the airspace over the west of the country shortly after launching a salvo of missiles towards Israel in response to its latest strike on Lebanon.
"Due to safety and security assessments... the western part of the country's airspace was declared closed until further notice," said Majid Akhavan, the spokesman for the National Civil Aviation Organisation, in a statement carried by the news agency IRNA.
Iraq temporarily closes airspace, suspends air navigation over safety concerns
Iraq has temporarily closed its airspace and suspended air navigation for reasons related to air traffic safety following the launch of Iranian rockets, civil aviation officials told Reuters.
The Iraqi Civil Aviation Authority said Iraqi airspace will remain closed for 72 hours.
IRGC says it targeted Israeli air base with ballistic missiles
Iran's Revolutionary Guards has said it targeted Israel's Ramat David air base with ballistic missiles.
The attack was a "warning" of a broader response that would encompass all US and Israeli targets in the region if "aggressions" are repeated, said the Revolutionary Guards.
The acceptance of the ceasefire was conditional on the cessation of fire on all fronts, but the US and Israel did not adhere to their commitments, the Guards added.
Israel military says intercepted all missiles fired by Iran so far
Israel says schools shut tomorrow after Iran fires missiles
Israel reports second salvo of Iranian missiles
Israeli military identifies missiles launched from Iran
The Israeli military said it identified missiles launched from Iran toward the territory of the state of Israel a short time ago, adding that defence systems are operating to intercept the threat.
Israeli military says defence systems operating to intercept missile threat from Iran
Hezbollah confirms it attacked target in northern Israel
Hezbollah said it had launched a drone at an army post in northern Israel on Sunday, confirming an attack hours after Israel said it had struck Beirut in retaliation for cross-border fire.
In a statement, the group said that "in response to the Israeli enemy's violation of the ceasefire and the attacks that struck villages in southern Lebanon... the fighters of the Islamic Resistance targeted, at 9:30 AM on Sunday, June 7, 2026, a gathering of Israeli enemy soldiers at Dovev Barracks".
Two killed, 20 wounded in Israeli attack on Beirut suburbs
The Israeli strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday killed two people and wounded 20 more, Lebanon's health ministry said.
"The Israeli enemy's airstrike on the Mreijeh area in the southern suburbs of Beirut resulted in two martyrs and 20 wounded, including 4 children and 4 women," the ministry said, in a statement.
Iran's top negotiator threatens US targets over Lebanon escalation
The US naval blockade of Iran and its green light on Sunday for Israel to escalate attacks in Lebanon make US bases and Israeli assets in the Middle East legitimate targets, Iran's top negotiator said in a post on X.
The comments from Iran's Parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, follow Israeli attacks on the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital, a stronghold of Iran's ally Hezbollah.
"They are neither committed to a ceasefire nor believe in dialogue, and through the naval blockade and violation of agreements regarding Lebanon they showed that they only understand the language of power," Ghalibaf said in an apparent reference to the US and Israel.
Trump says won't unfreeze Iran assets before deal
US President Donald Trump said in an interview broadcast Sunday that he will not unfreeze Iranian assets before reaching an agreement with Tehran.
Asked whether he would be willing, as part of a potential agreement, to unfreeze Iranian assets or lift certain sanctions against Iran, Trump replied: "No."
"(That) comes after. If they behave, if they do a good job, we start talking," he said in the interview with NBC, recorded Friday.
Iran has demanded that billions in frozen assets be unblocked.
Yesterday's key developments
- Iran fired seven ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain hours after US forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that were launched toward the Strait of Hormuz , the US military said.
- Several Lebanese soldiers, including an officer, were killed in an Israeli strike targeting their military vehicle on the Khardali-Nabatieh road in south Lebanon, the Lebanese army said. The Israeli army announced the deaths of two soldiers who had been fighting in southern Lebanon .
- The UN food agency said millions of people are being pushed into acute hunger by the Iran war , as it warned would happen if the conflict escalated and oil prices remained high.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
