Morning Briefing: June 22, 2025

ISTANBUL  Here is a rundown of all the news you need to start your Sunday, including Israel claiming the killing of a third senior Iranian commander in an overnight strike in western Iran; Turkish President Erdogan meeting Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi to discuss the Israel-Iran conflict; and officials reporting the arrest of a cousin of…

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Turkish president receives UN high representative, Qatari premier in Istanbul

ISTANBUL/ANKARA  ​​​​Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday met with the UN Alliance of Civilizations high representative, the Qatari prime minister, the chief of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, and senior Pakistani officials. The meeting between Erdogan and UN Alliance of Civilizations High Representative Miguel Angel Moratinos took place in Istanbul following the 51st…

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Turkish president receives UN high representative, Qatari premier in Istanbul

ISTANBUL/ANKARA  ​​​​Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Saturday met with the UN Alliance of Civilizations high representative, the Qatari prime minister, the chief of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, and senior Pakistani officials. The meeting between Erdogan and UN Alliance of Civilizations High Representative Miguel Angel Moratinos took place in Istanbul following the 51st…

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U.S. launches strikes on 3 Iranian nuclear facilities, Trump says

Washington — The United States launched strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities, President Trump announced Saturday evening, calling them a “spectacular military success.”  “The U.S. military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear assemblies in the Iranian regime: Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan,” President Trump said in a national address from the White House…

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Swiss urge restraint, diplomacy after US strikes on Iran

GENEVA: Switzerland on Sunday urged all parties to exercise maximum restraint and immediately return to diplomacy, after the United States joined Israel’s war with Tehran by striking Iranian nuclear sites. “Switzerland is deeply alarmed by the dangerous escalation between Israel and Iran since June 13, including today’s attacks by the US,“ the foreign ministry said…

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Iran condemns US attack on nuclear sites as ‘grave violation’ of UN Charter

NewsFeed Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has condemned the US military attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, calling it an ‘outrageous, grave and unprecedented violation’ of international law. He accused the Trump administration of colluding with Israel to breach Iran’s sovereignty, and vowed Tehran would defend its territory ‘by all means necessary.’ Published On 22 Jun…

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