Iran says US attacks will get 'response', as Trump claims 'we took bomb out of their hands'

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Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian says the US "must receive a response for their aggression", after it bombed three Iranian nuclear sites
US President Donald Trump says the strikes took "the 'bomb' right out of their hands"
The UN's nuclear watchdog says it can't asses the damage at the Fordo underground site, while Iran's foreign minister says its nuclear knowledge "can't be destroyed by bombing"
Earlier, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the strikes were not about regime change - but about stopping Iran getting a nuclear weapon
BBC Verify has looked at satellite pictures of the damage at Isfahan and Natanz, and also Fordo
Meanwhile, Iran and and Israel continue to fire at each other, with Israel saying it hit dozens of military targets - the Iranian Red Crescent accuses Israel of hitting hospitals and medical centres

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Edited by Neha Gohil with Gary O'Donoghue in Washington DC and Ghoncheh Habibiazad from BBC Persian

European discussions yield no breakthrough, but Iran ready to keep talkingpublished at 07:36 British Summer Time 21 June
Lyse Doucet
Chief international correspondent, reporting from Geneva

Yesterday, European foreign ministers met with their Iranian counterpart in Geneva. Here are the key takeaways from the discussions:
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.
Israeli military intercept Iranian strikes overnight, IDF sayspublished at 07:18 British Summer Time 21 June

Israel says it has intercepted multiple Iranian drones that entered its airspace overnight and this morning.
Two were intercepted by the Israeli air force in Israeli-occupied Syrian territory roughly an hour apart, just just before 07:00 (5:00 BST) and 08:00 (06:00 BST) local time, according to the IDF.
It says a third was intercepted less than an hour later just north of the West Bank.
Israel strikes Isfahan nuclear facility - Iranian state mediapublished at 07:04 British Summer Time 21 June

Israel has continued its military operation against Iran's nuclear infrastructure overnight.
Iranian state media reports an Israeli attack on a nuclear facility in Isfahan in the early hours of this morning.
Iranian air defences reportedly responded to the attack, causing loud explosions.
The attack did not cause the leakage of any hazardous material, Fars News Agency reports, although there has been no update yet from the UN's atomic agency, the IAEA, on the facility's status.
Overnight, the Israeli military said it launched a "series of strikes" against missile storage and infrastructure sites in central Iran.
Iran and Israel exchange strikes, as Iran refuses nuclear talks while attacks continuepublished at 07:02 British Summer Time 21 June

Image source, Getty Images
Image caption,
Missiles fired from Iran in retaliation for Israeli attacks are seen in the sky over the Hebron, West Bank
Good morning and welcome to our live coverage as Israel and Iran continue to exchange strikes on the ninth day of the ongoing conflict.
Israel targets nuclear infrastructure in fresh strikes as Iranian media report an attack on a nuclear site in Ifsahan, in the centre of the country.
Israeli Defense Forces say they struck down several drone and missile attacks from Iran overnight.
It comes after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi ruled out nuclear talks while under attack.
Speaking to reporters yesterday, Aragchi said Iran is "ready to consider diplomacy once again once the aggression is stopped" and "the aggressor is held accountable for the heinous crimes committed".
We'll continue to bring you the latest developments and analysis throughout the day, stay with us.