21 Jun 2025

Israel and Iran conflict

From Saturday Morning, 7:11 am on 21 June 2025
The heavily damaged building of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) state controlled television and radio media corporation, on 19 June, 2025, after it was hit a few days earlier in an Israeli strike, in Tehran.

The heavily damaged building of the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) state controlled television and radio media corporation, on 19 June, 2025, after it was hit a few days earlier in an Israeli strike, in Tehran. Photo: AFP

The recent upsurge in conflict between Israel and Iran continues to build.

European foreign ministers have been holding talks with Iran to try to restore a diplomatic path over its nuclear programme. Before they got underway, Iran's foreign minister angrily denounced what he called Israel's merciless, barbaric and unjust war against his country.

This comes at a time when Israeli strikes continue in Gaza and a French-Saudi summit to discuss wider recognition of a Palestinian state was postponed indefinitely.

The BBC's Middle East Editor Seb Usher talks to Susie.