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Eight days into the latest conflict between Iran and Israel, and Iran's foreign minister has met with some of his European counterparts for talks in Geneva - as part of an effort to ease tensions.

Speaking to reporters afterwards, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said he and his fellow Europeans were "keen" to continue "ongoing discussions" on negotiations with Iran.

While Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said Iran was only ready to consider diplomacy "once the aggression is stopped".

Shortly afterwards, US President Donald Trump cast doubt over the impact European ministers had today, saying that "Iran doesn't want to speak to Europe, Iran wants to speak to us".

And away from the talks in Europe, Israel and Iran have continued to trade strikes.

Dozens of people were injured earlier today in strikes in Israel, according to its emergency service Magen David Adom (MDA). Overnight Israel said it had about 60 jets hitting targets around the Iranian capital Tehran.

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Lyse Doucet
Chief international correspondent, reporting from Geneva

More than three hours of discussions in Geneva yielded no breakthrough.

But European ministers emerged convinced that Iran was ready to keep talking, and more willing to put issues on the table which hadn’t been there before.

They all emphasised that Iran has to resume its talks with the United States.

In his statement, Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he was ready to meet with the Europeans again, but would only consider diplomacy with the US once Israeli attacks stopped and, in his words, the aggressor was held accountable.

Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who flew straight to Geneva after meetings in Washington with US officials, came with tough messages – that the threat of U.S. military action was real, but a window for diplomacy was still open.

No one can say for sure for how long.

Lammy warned it was “a perilous moment”.

The message from Europe’s top diplomats was that only a negotiated agreement - not more military action - could provide a lasting solution to Iran’s nuclear programme, and to regional stability.

Kawoon Khamoosh
BBC World Service

We visited the Kapikoy-Razi border crossing - one of the major crossing points between Iran and Turkey.

We spent a few hours a short walk from Iranian soil and spotted a few small groups - families and individuals - crossing the border.

One woman was standing on her feet for four hours waiting for her close friends to arrive from Iran.

“They’ve lost internet connection but I’m hoping they’ll arrive anytime now,” she says.

Hours later, two young girls arrive - they hug and cry. “They've had a long journey, and I want them to be with me now,” she says.

Meanwhile, on the right side of the road, minibuses arrive and families walk towards the border. These are those who are returning to Iran.

“We don’t have anywhere else to go, where should I go,” one woman tells me, as she was rushes towards the border with her mother. “My home is in Tehran, my life is there.”

More now from US President Donald Trump, who briefly spoke to reporters on the tarmac next to Air Force One.

He was asked what intelligence he has that suggests Iran is building a nuclear weapon, when his intelligence community has previously said they have no evidence.

"Well, then my intelligence community is wrong. Who in the intelligence community said that?" Trump asked.

The reporter replied that it was Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard.

"She's wrong," Trump quickly replied.

In March, Gabbard told Congress that US intelligence agencies determined Iran had not resumed its suspended 2003 nuclear weapons programme, even as the nation's stockpile of enriched uranium - a component of such weapons - was at an all-time high.

• Read more: What's behind the Trump and Gabbard split?

Sarah Jalali
BBC Monitoring

I have spoken to a friend who lives in the northern town of Rasht, Iran - one of the places many people are fleeing to for safety.

Last night, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued a warning on its X account directed at an industrial park located very close to the town. At the time, the country was under an internet blackout.

Despite the lack of internet access, one of my contacts who lives nearby somehow managed to stay online using a VPN. I sent him the warning.

Although the industrial park is a considerable distance from his home - and he believed he was safe - he returned late last night and, just as he was about to enter the house, he saw a bright flash, heard an explosion, and felt a tremor shake the building.

Since this morning, vehicles equipped with loudspeakers from the Islamic Republic have been driving through several parts of the town, urging residents to evacuate.

Ghoncheh Habibiazad
BBC Persian, World Service reporter

Iran’s state TV ran a video earlier today of what it claimed was an Iranian missile making impact in Israel - but in reality, it showed an Israeli strike in Iran.

The video, in which a huge plume of smoke can be seen rising from a mountainous area, was played with no audio.

However, the video was posted by Iranian social media users earlier today and depicts the impact of an Israeli strike near western Tehran on 16 June.

The BBC was able to confirm the location of the video, which was filmed near a residential area looking towards the impact site in the mountains.

Iranian state TV has previously run other false or misleading videos and images in its coverage of the conflict, including an AI-generated image claiming to show a downed-Israeli fighter jet.

Meanwhile, Iran says it has limited internet access inside the country to combat Israel’s cyberattacks.

With the internet disruptions and the drop in the number of videos and photos sent to the BBC, we need to rely more on footage from Iran’s state TV and other affiliated media, which usually do not cover the scale of attacks on Iran and their aftermath in full.

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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) says it prepared its strikes against Iran for "years".

In an update, its Chief of Staff, Eyal Zamir, says preparations were accelerated in recent months in "strict secrecy".

Without providing details, Zamir says the operation was made possible "thanks to the convergence of operational and strategic conditions", and that delaying the strikes would have risks losing those conditions and putting Israel at a disadvantage.

"Thanks to a powerful and surprising opening strike, we achieved extraordinary results," Zamir says.

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US President Donald Trump has just been speaking to reporters. He says he's been talking to Iran and casts doubt over the impact the Europeans have had.

"We've been speaking to Iran and we'll see what happens," he says, adding that he believes today's talks in Geneva didn't help.

"Iran doesn't want to speak to Europe, Iran wants to speak to us. Europe is not going to be able to help on this one," he says.

Chris Mason
Political editor

The UK foreign secretary is returning to London tonight after meeting his Iranian opposite number in Geneva in Switzerland, alongside the foreign ministers of France, Germany and the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs.

I understand the message David Lammy brought from Washington, where he had met the Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Middle East Envoy Steve Witkoff yesterday, amounted to the threat of American military action being “real and approaching” but where a “diplomatic pathway” remains open.

The message from the European leaders amounted to a condemnation of Iran’s military nuclear programme and how a negotiated solution might be arrived at.

But while I am told the European representatives expressed a willingness to meet Iran again, there was no agreement on where or when this might happen.

I understand the Iranian foreign minister told the meeting that Tehran couldn’t negotiate with the United States while the Israeli offensive continued.

But the European ministers said the best way to secure a ceasefire was to come to the table.

It is expected that David Lammy will speak to his US counterparts over the weekend.

Soroush Negahdari
BBC Monitoring Iran specialist

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Telegram is emerging as a vital source of information and news as Iran grapples with ongoing cyberattacks and mounting restrictions on internet access.

Despite being banned in Iran, the app remains hugely popular and many people inside the country use VPNs to circumvent the ban and access it.

With the country's major news websites and streaming platforms either offline or inaccessible from abroad, Telegram channels have become crucial for news dissemination.

The app is also one of the few ways for Iranians abroad to communicate with loved ones inside the country.

Official Telegram channels linked to state news agencies are continuing to post news reports and links to their websites – though the sites may not be accessible to foreign-based users.

We've previously reported on the difficulties Iranians face in following evacuation notices ahead of Israeli attacks.

John Sudworth
North America correspondent

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There’s been a heated exchange at the United Nations Security Council between Iran and Israel as world powers meet to discuss the escalating military conflict.

While the UN secretary general warned that the world is racing towards crisis, and the permanent European powers on the council - the UK and France - called for urgent de-escalation, the tough exchange of words between Iran and Israel highlighted the entrenched nature of their positions.

The Iranian ambassador called the Israeli attack “unprovoked”; he insisted his country’s nuclear programme was peaceful and – accusing the US of complicity and the rest of the Security Council of failing to act - he said Iran would continue to defend itself until Israel’s military action stops.

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The Israeli ambassador, in his following remarks, accused Iran of having a “genocidal agenda,” claiming that its ability to deploy nuclear weapons was approaching faster than anyone could imagine and, he said, Israel would not stop targeting its nuclear facilities until the threat had been “dismantled”.

China said Israel was in violation of international law, Russia said it had showed a “blatant disregard” for diplomacy. But the US, calling Iran the principal source of terror in the Middle East, said it continues to stand with Israel as an ally, and supports its actions.

We're hearing more now from UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who has been involved in talks today in Geneva.

Lammy says he was there with his European counterparts discussing "our absolute firmness" that Iran "cannot have nuclear capability that would endanger the immediate Middle East but also the global community".

"We had constructive discussions today and we will continue", he says.

He adds that the delegation also "urged" the Iranians to "get back into discussions" with the US - referring to talks between Iran and the US on Iran's nuclear programme.

Lammy says that in today's discussions, he and the European foreign ministers were "very clear" that "zero enrichment" of uranium is the "starting point".

Iran's foreign minister has also been speaking after talks in Geneva.

Abbas Araghchi tells reporters that Iran is "ready to consider diplomacy once again once the aggression is stopped" and "the aggressor is held accountable for the heinous crimes committed".

He goes on to say that Iran's nuclear programme is peaceful, and that attacks on it are a violation of international law, adding that Iran will continue to "exercise its legitimate right of self-defence".

"I make it crystal clear that Iran's defence capabilities are non-negotiable," he says.

Also speaking after talks, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot says that they do not think there is a "definitive solution" militarily to the "Iranian nuclear problem".

"The Iranian Foreign Minister has indicated his willingness to continue these discussions on the nuclear program and, more broadly, on all issues," he tells the gathered media.

"And we expect Iran to be open to discussion, including with the United States, to reach a negotiated settlement through dialogue", he says.

Meanwhile German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul says it is "our common endeavour to avoid further escalation" in the Middle East and to "make progress with negotiations".

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In brief comments to the media after talks finished, the vice-president of the European Commission says regional escalation "benefits no one" and that is why "we need to keep discussions open".

Kaja Kallas adds that both parties agreed to discuss nuclear and "broader issues".

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy says that "we were clear, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon".

He adds that him and his fellow European foreign ministers are "keen" to continue "ongoing discussions" on negotiations with Iran.

"We urge Iran to continue their talks with the United States," Lammy says, adding that "this is a perilous moment" and it's "hugely important" we don't see a regional escalation of the conflict between Iran and Israel.

The meeting between European foreign ministers and an Iranian delegation in Geneva has come to an end.

They've been holding talks today as part of efforts to ease the conflict between Iran and Israel.

European leaders are just giving a statement now, we'll bring you all the key lines from that shortly.

We can share with you this footage now of the European and Iranian delegations meeting ahead of talks in Geneva.

Representatives from the UK, France, Germany and the EU are there. We'll bring you the latest lines from the meeting as soon as we get them.

Lyse Doucet
Chief international correspondent, reporting from Geneva

The mood is grim at this luxury Geneva hotel where talks between European foreign ministers and their Iranian counterpart are continuing into the evening.

The high-stakes talks taking place here in Switzerland could determine the course of an escalating war.

This is the first time Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has met some of his western counterparts face to face since Israel attacked his country a week ago. Before he joined them, he addressed the UN Human Rights Council here.

Israel’s Ambassador to the UN in Geneva, Daniel Meron, issued a statement expressing his vehement objection that Araghchi was given the floor at the council – a small spat compared to the major military escalation unfolding on the ground in both countries.

These Geneva talks are seen as a last gasp effort to find a negotiated way out.

Sources say Iran is being told its nuclear enrichment must end completely - a demand it has always rejected, insisting it violates its right to a peaceful nuclear programme.

But that’s a US ultimatum too.

Britain’s Foreign Secretary David Lammy flew into Geneva on an overnight flight from Washington with a clear message to convey here.

Tehran may confront a stark choice - keeping its nuclear programme or keeping America’s military might out of this perilous conflict.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin says that a solution to the Iran-Israel conflict can be found, and that Moscow is talking to both sides, according to reporting from our colleagues at BBC Monitoring.

Speaking at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum, the president says "we have some proposals with our participation.

"We are in no way, I would even like to draw attention to this, we are not seeking mediation, we are simply offering ideas."

Putin adds that "acceptable solutions can definitely be found for both countries. In my opinion, such a solution exists".

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We're hearing now from the Israeli Defense Force's (IDF's) Chief of Staff, Eyal Zamir, who says the Israeli military "does not stand idly by in the face of developing threats".

Zamir says Israel are "in the midst of a multi-front war", citing a visit to the Gaza Strip, as well as to see sites in Israel hit by Iranian strikes.

He adds: "The IDF is prepared. Day by day, our freedom to operate is expanding, and the enemy's is narrowing."

"We have embarked on the most complex campaign in our history to remove a threat of such magnitude, against such an enemy, we must be ready for a prolonged campaign."