BBC Persian, World Service reporter

A London-based Persian-language news channel has accused Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of arresting family members of one of its female presenters.

Iran International says the IRGC has detained the family of an unnamed presenter “to pressure her into ceasing work with the channel”.

The network said the presenter received a call from her father, who urged her to resign. Iranian officials were “dictating what her father should say”, the channel added.

In a statement, Iran International said that it “will not back down despite attempts to silence its voice”.

Tehran said in November 2022 that it would treat Iran International as a “terrorist entity”, following the channel’s coverage of anti-establishment protests.

Media watchdog Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has recently warned about a surge in threats against journalists working at Persian-language broadcasters based in London, namely Iran International and BBC Persian, along with their families who live in Iran.

Earlier this month the BBC accused Iran of escalating a campaign of intimidation against its Persian journalists. Tehran is yet to respond to the latest allegations.

The Iranian regime has previously been accused of conducting unlawful operations against journalists abroad. It has denied those allegations and accused the BBC of spreading false information to encourage its overthrow.

It is now after 02:00 in Israel and Iran. As we enter the tenth day of hostilities between the two nations, there seems to be little indication that an end to the conflict is in sight.

Israel said it had launched fresh strikes on southern and central Iran, targeting a "weapons depot" and "military infrastructure". Iranian media said, as a result, air defences were being engaged in southern and Israeli drones were being "monitored" and "destroyed".

Earlier, Israel said it had killed three senior Iranian commanders, including Saeed Izadi - described as being one of the architects of the 7 October attacks - and Quds Force commander Behnam Shahriyari.

The UN's nuclear watchdog confirmed Israel had hit the Isfahan facility in the centre of Iran, and the head of the agency released a statement saying the attack will have "no radiological consequences". BBC Verify identified fresh damage to several buildings at the site with satellite imagery.

The ongoing strikes in the region were accompanied with strong rhetoric, as Iran's president asserted his country's right to develop peaceful nuclear programmes, according to the country's official IRNA news agency.

Iran's foreign minister also warned of the consequences if the United States entered the conflict, saying it would be "very, very dangerous" while in Istanbul for talks with the Turkish president.

Stick with us as we continue to follow the latest developments.

The Israeli Air Force says it has intercepted an unmanned aerial vehicle launched "from the east" towards Israel.

Sirens sounded after midnight in response to a "hostile aircraft infiltration" in the areas of Ramat Magshimim and Haspin, according to a post on X.

This comes after Iran announced that a new drone assault was under way on "strategic targets" in Israel.

Iran's military says it has launched a new drone attack on Israel.

IRGC spokesperson Ali Mohammad Naini was quoted by state TV as saying the drones were headed towards "strategic targets throughout the regime's territory".

BBC Persian

A British travel blogger and his family detail how they fled Iran just 24 hours after their arrival, as the conflict between Israel and Iran intensified.

Nadia, who travelled to Tehran with her husband Irfan and their three-year-old son Zakariya, told BBC Persian that “they decided to leave Iran after witnessing missiles and hearing drones from their hotel balcony".

The family landed in Iran on 12 June but, by the following morning, they found themselves caught in the middle of the conflict.

They had only a few hours to explore the Iranian capital on Friday. Irfan said: “It was in the evening, when we were driving back to our hotel, that the bombing got worse."

In the early hours of Saturday, their tour guide offered to drive them to the nearest border with Turkey. A few hours later, they arrived at the Bazargan checkpoint. The family is now in a safe country.

Irfan said they had chosen to visit Iran based on recommendations from friends and their own previous positive travel experiences.

BBC Persian, World Service reporter

Iran has said that a nuclear reactor which was targeted by an Israeli strike was going to be used for “health and medicine” purposes.

Israel said it bombed the Arak heavy water reactor in central Iran, which was under construction, on Thursday to stop it being used for "nuclear weapons development".

The head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation (AEOI), Mohammad Eslami, has now accused Israel of targeting a “centre that operates for radiopharmaceutical research with the products used in the fields of health and medicine”.

Eslami added that Iran “no longer trusts” the inspections of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) because he says all of its inspections “have been used to espionage on behalf” of Israel.

Eslami had previously said that Tehran will pursue legal action against the IAEA for its "inaction" over Israel's targeting of Iranian nuclear sites.

He added that none of recent Israeli attacks have led to any radioactive leakage, therefore “there is no cause of public concern”.

Previously, the head of the IAEA Rafael Grossi said that Israel's strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities have led to some radiological leaks. There is currently “no danger to the public”, but Grossi said that “there remains a risk that this could still occur".

BBC News, Washington

The US military has sent American B-2 stealth bombers to the US island territory of Guam in the Pacific Ocean, as President Donald Trump continues to decide whether to join Israel in launching offensive air strikes on Iranian nuclear sites.

The large jets are considered to be the only aircraft capable of carrying the GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, a 30,000lb (13,608kg) bunker-busting bomb that experts say is required to destroy Iran's deep nuclear facility at Fordo.

US officials have not commented on whether the deployment is linked to the conflict in the Middle East.

The facility is thought to be buried around 100m below the surface, protected by reinforced concrete. Despite their overwhelming aerial superiority, Israel lacks the munitions to damage the facility, hence requiring US support.

Read more on the possible implications of the B-2 movements in our full article.