Iran says it is 'coordinating with Russia' and warns US should expect 'heavy consequences' as Trump appears to call for Tehran regime change and fears grow UK and other allies face terror backlash

Iran has warned that the United States should expect ‘heavy consequences’ for striking its nuclear sites, issuing a threat that its entry into the conflict with Israel will ‘expand the scope of legitimate targets’.

‘Mr. Trump, the gambler, you may start this war, but we will be the ones to end it,’ Iran’s military command spokesperson Ebrahim Zolfaqari said in a recorded statement today.

Trump declared last night that ‘monumental damage’ has been done ‘to all nuclear sites in Iran’ as he suggested a regime change could take place in the Islamic country.

The US president wrote on his Truth Social page that satellite images he obtained showed the Iranian nuclear facilities were ‘obliterated,’ and noted that the most damage ‘took place far below ground level.’

‘Why wouldn’t there be a regime change,’ Trump went on to question – even though he and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer had earlier urged Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei to ‘return to the negotiating table as soon as possible.’

The two world leaders made the urgent request just one day after the US sent a fleet of B-2 bombers to take out three Iranian enrichment sites. 

The ‘bunker buster’ raid from Trump stunned the world and led the United Nations to hold an emergency meeting on Sunday afternoon, where officials said the US crippled Iran’s crucial enrichment sites.

In response, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi warned that his country will ‘have to respond’ to Trump’s aggression, and said it was co-ordinating with Russia ahead of a meeting with Vladimir Putin today.

Live updates below 

‘Make Iran Great Again’: Trump raises possibility of regime change after US strikes

US President Donald Trump addresses the nation from the White House in Washington, DC on June 21, 2025, following the announcement that the US bombed nuclear sites in Iran. President Donald Trump said June 21, 2025 the US military has carried out a "very successful attack" on three Iranian nuclear sites, including the underground uranium enrichment facility at Fordo. "We have completed our very successful attack on the three Nuclear sites in Iran, including Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan," Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform. (Photo by CARLOS BARRIA / POOL / AFP) (Photo by CARLOS BARRIA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump announced that ‘monumental damage’ was done to all of Iran’s nuclear sites on his Truth Social page.

‘Obliteration is an accurate term! The whole structure shown is deeply imbedded into the rock, with even its roof well below ground level, and completely shielded from flame,’ the president posted, though it was unclear which images he was referring to.

‘The biggest damage took place far below ground level.

‘Bullseye!!!’ he wrote, hours after suggesting it was time for regime change in the Islamic country.

‘It’s not politically correct to use the term, “Regime Change,” but if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change???’ Trump earlier asked on his Truth Social page.

Iran ‘smuggled nearly all of its 400kg of enrichmed uranium to a secret location before US strikes’

Iran claims it smuggled nearly all of its highly enriched uranium to a secret location before the United States launched strikes on nuclear bases in the country.

US President Donald Trump declared the operation a success, saying it took the bomb ‘right out of Iran’s hands.’

But it has now been claimed that most of the material, an estimated 400kg of 60 per cent enriched uranium, was moved away from the sites before Saturday night’s raid.

Satellite images reportedly show convoys leaving three key sites in recent days.

PICTURED: B-2 stealth bomber returns after US hit key nuclear sites in Iran

A US Air Force B-2 stealth bomber has been pictured landing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, hours after it carried out attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

Donald Trump dispatched seven of the bombers to drop massive bunker-busting bombs on three enrichment facilities, Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan,

Trump administration officials said the bombers ‘completely obliterated’ the Fordow nuclear site using 12 30,000-pound bunker buster bombs.

A U.S. Air Force B-2 stealth bomber returns after the U.S. attacked key Iranian nuclear sites, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, U.S. June 22, 2025 in a still image from video.  ABC Affiliate KMBC via REUTERS.    THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT
A U.S. Air Force B-2 stealth bomber returns after the U.S. attacked key Iranian nuclear sites, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, U.S. June 22, 2025 in a still image from video.  ABC Affiliate KMBC via REUTERS.    THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT
A U.S. Air Force B-2 stealth bomber returns after the U.S. attacked key Iranian nuclear sites, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, U.S. June 22, 2025 in a still image from video.  ABC Affiliate KMBC via REUTERS.    THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT

UK foreign secretary warns ‘this is a moment of peril’

The UK’s foreign secretary David Lammy this morning warned that it would be a catastrophic error for Iran to escalate its response following the US bombing of its nuclear sites.

‘Let’s calm this thing down,’ Lammy said on BBC Breakfast.

‘Clearly this is a moment of peril,’ he went ot.

‘I’m an optimist – of course this is a stressful time – but I still believe diplomacy must and can prevail.’

Iranian foreign minister to meet Putin as Russia accuses US of ‘opening Pandora’s box’

Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi in Moscow today, the Interfax news agency said, citing Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov.

Araqchi earlier said that Tehran is coordinating with Russia regarding the current escalation.

The two men are set to discuss ‘common threats’ during their meeting, Iran’s IRNA news agency reports.

It comes after Russia’s UN Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia argued at an emergency meeting on Sunday that the United States’ airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities ‘has opened Pandora’s box.’

‘No one knows what new catastrophes and suffering it will bring,’ Nebenzia said.

Iranian media say up to 50,000 US soldiers could die after nuclear bombings

Iranian state media have ramped up calls for attacks on US bases in the Middle East, with one declaring 50,000 US soldiers could be brought back to Washington in ‘coffins’.

According to Al Jazeera, state television’s Channel 3 showed a map of all US bases across the region highlighting facilities in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Iraq. All are believed to be in range of Iranian missiles.

In quotes translated by Al Jazeera, the channel’s anchor Mehdi Khanalizadeh is purported to have said:

It is now clearer than ever, not just for the Iranian nation but for the whole peoples of the region, that all US citizens and military personnel are legitimate targets.

We were negotiating and progressing through a diplomatic path, but you chose to spill the blood of your soldiers. The US president in the Oval Office chose to take delivery of the coffins of up to 50,000 US soldiers in Washington.

While Hossein Shariatmadari, the editor of the hardline Keyhan daily newspaper, wrote: ‘It is now our turn to immediately rain missiles down on the US naval force in Bahrain as a first measure.’

Welcome to MailOnline’s live blog

Good morning. Iran and Israel have exchanged missiles this morning as Tehran vowed retaliation for US strikes that President Donald Trump said caused ‘monumental damage’ to the Islamic republic’s nuclear sites.

As the war entered its 11th day despite international calls for de-escalation, here are the latest developments:

  • Iran’s military has warned the US of ‘heavy consequences’ for entering its conflict with Israel, saying it has now expanded the scope of legitimate targets.
  • Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said ‘the punishment continues’ against Israel, as Tehran launched new missile strikes on the country overnight.
  • US President Donald Trump raised the prospect of ‘regime change’ in Iran.
  • Iran’s foreign minister said the country is ]’co-ordinating with Russia’ as he is set to visit Moscow today.
  • Trump said strikes on caused ‘monumental damage’ to ‘all nuclear sites in Iran’.
  • The UN’s nuclear watchdog could not immediately verify the exact level of damage.

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