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.