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Israelis asked to avoid military sites, as Iran fires more missiles
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- Web Desk
- Jun 19, 2025
TEHRAN: As Iran launched another salvo of missiles to target Israel on Thursday evening, Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi asked the Israeli citizens “to heed evacuation orders”.
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The advice came after Iran vowed to continue responding to the Israeli aggression and the effective strikes in the morning, which hit some of the military and financial interests in Tel Aviv.
In a message posted on X, Araghchi said, “We call on Israelis to heed our evacuation orders before strikes and to avoid proximity to military and intelligence sites.”
“Our powerful Armed Forces will continue to pummel the criminals who target our people until they cease and pay for their criminal aggression against our nation.
About the damage caused to a hospital in the process, he said the Iranian armed forces had “accurately eliminated” an Israeli military command, control and intelligence headquarter as well as another vital target.
“The blast wave caused superficial damage to a small section of the nearby, and largely evacuated, Soroka Military Hospital.”
In this connection, he explained that the facility was mainly used to treat Israeli soldiers engaged in the genocide in Gaza 25 miles away, “where Israel has destroyed or damaged 94 per cent of Palestinian hospitals.”
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Moreover, the Iranian foreign minister said, “It is the Israeli regime and not Iran that initiated all this bloodshed, and it is Israeli war criminals and not Iranians who are targeting hospitals and civilians.”
“Hundreds of innocent Iranians have been murdered in cold blood since Israel launched its illegal war against the Iranian people last week.”
ISRAEL AND HUMAN SHIELD
Despite the fact that Israel has been using its own citizens as human shield, the powerful western media isn’t highlighting this issue. The proof are IDF headquarters and other installations located in the densely-populated area.
This practice is further complicated by the practice of using civilian buildings for military or intelligence purposes.
Meanwhile, Israel has barred its own citizens from leaving the country, which is seen as tool to blackmail the US and European countries for extracting their support against Iran.
It is worth noting many of the Israeli citizens are dual nationals.
‘YOUR ALLIES WILL BE UNDER OUR FIRE’
Separately, Iraq’s top Shiite Muslim cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani warned against targeting Iran’s leadership and said that the Iran-Israel war could plunge the whole region into chaos.
Sistani said in a statement Thursday that any targeting of Iran’s “supreme religious and political leadership” would have “dire consequences on the region”.
He warned that such action against the Shiite-led Islamic republic could spark “widespread chaos that would exacerbate the suffering of its (the region’s) people and severely harm everyone’s interests”.
Sistani urged the international community to “make every effort to end this unjust war and find a peaceful solution” to concerns about Iran’s nuclear programme.
Sistani, an Iranian, is the highest religious authority for millions of Shiite Muslims in Iraq and around the world, with the power to mobilise a huge following in Iraq.
Despite his Iranian roots, Sistani is seen as a key figure in Iraq’s recent history and has been known for pushing back against Tehran’s growing clout in the country.
Israel’s Defence Minister Israel Katz said Thursday that Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “can no longer be allowed to exist” after an Israeli hospital was hit during an Iranian missile attack.
Similarly, Akram al-Kaabi, the leader of the pro-Iran group Al-Nujaba, warned the United States against going after Khamenei.
“If you harm a hair” of Khamenei’s head “you and your allies will be under our fire,” Kaabi said in a statement.
“No soldier or diplomat will be spared,” Kaabi said.
“Every person holding your nationality in our region, as well as all your direct or indirect interest will be a legitimate target,” he added.
TRUMP MADE A MISTAKE
Meanwhile, the powerful faction Kataeb Hezbollah said that Trump “made a mistake” when he spoke of Khamenei and warned the US president of “unprecedented calamities and destruction” if he goes into war in support of Israel.
In Lebanon, Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah warned against threatening Khamenei, describing it as “an act of recklessness and foolishness” that would have “grave consequences”.
It “constitutes an offence to hundreds of millions of believers”, added the group, which suffered heavy blows in its latest confrontation with Israel last year.
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