Mag 5.1 earthquake strikes Iran near capital Tehran… as Israel blitzes country to destroy nuke program
A STRONG earthquake of 5.1 magnitude has struck northern Iran amid a war with Israel.
The quake struck some 22 miles away from Iran's Semnan region at 9:19pm local time and was also felt in Tehran's Qom region.
1
It is understood to be a shallow quake with just 35 meters of depth.
It comes as Israel continues to pound Iran's nuclear facilities and other military targets.
The goal, as the Israelis say, is to thwart the Iranian regime's efforts to produce nuclear weapons as well as more ballistic missiles.
It also includes long-range weapons that can strike targets far beyond Israel.
.
Hashtags
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Daily Mail
22 minutes ago
- Daily Mail
The whole world knew the US and Israel were going to strike Iran - but Keir Starmer was blindsided. And that's just the start of the humiliation, reveals DAN HODGES...
Two months ago I was sitting in a hotel in Tel Aviv, where I wrote the following words. 'According to several senior political, military and diplomatic sources, the United States and Israel are preparing to launch a strike on Iran that will finally eradicate the threat posed by the country's programme.' "This should have been avoided a long time ago,' a senior Israeli government source told me. 'It's time to draw a line.''
BBC News
41 minutes ago
- BBC News
Voice of America: Hundreds of reporters fired as Trump guts agency
Hundreds of journalists for Voice of America (VOA) - most of its remaining staff - have been fired by President Donald Trump's administration, effectively shutting down the US-funded news Trump administration, which has long accused VOA of left-wing bias, said the layoffs were because the agency was "riddled with dysfunction, bias and waste".Steve Herman, VOA's chief national correspondent, called the dismantling of the outlet, which was set up during World War Two to counter Nazi propaganda, a "historic act of self-sabotage".Among those axed were Persian-language reporters who had been on administrative leave, but were called back to work last week after Israel attacked Iran. According to the Associated Press news agency, the Persian reporters had left the office on Friday for a cigarette break, and were not allowed to re-enter the building after the termination notices went out."Today, we took decisive action to effectuate President Trump's agenda to shrink the out-of-control federal bureaucracy," Kari Lake, whom the president appointed to run VOA, said in a statement on Friday announcing the layoffs of 639 total, more than 85% of the agency's employees - about 1,400 staff - have lost their jobs since March. She noted that 50 employees would remain employed across VOA, the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, and VOA's parent company, the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM).A statement issued by three VOA journalists who have been suing to stop the elimination of the network said about the latest firings: "It spells the death of 83 years of independent journalism that upholds US ideals of democracy and freedom around the world."The move had been expected since March when Trump ordered VOA, as well as USAGM, which oversees VOA and funds outlets such as Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia, to be "eliminated to the maximum extent consistent with applicable law".The agencies have won acclaim and international recognition for their reporting in places where press freedom is severely curtailed or non-existent, from China and Cambodia to Russia and North Dan Robinson, a former VOA news correspondent, wrote in an op-ed last year that the outlet had become a "hubris-filled rogue operation often reflecting a leftist bias aligned with partisan national media".Trump's criticisms of VOA come as part of his broader attacks against the US media, which studies suggest American news consumers view as highly president has also urged his fellow Republicans to remove federal funding for National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).
Reuters
an hour ago
- Reuters
Houthis threaten U.S. ships if Washington joins strikes on Iran
June 21 (Reuters) - Yemen's Houthis will target U.S. ships in the Red Sea if Washington becomes involved in Israeli attacks on Iran, the group's military spokesperson said on Saturday. In May, the U.S. and the Houthis agreed to a ceasefire under which neither side would target the other.
