Iran says its drone warning forced UK warship to turn back in Persian Gulf

While Iran says the fire at the Fajr Jam refinery has been contained, videos show it is still burning following the Israeli airstrike.

Located in Bushehr province, Fajr Jam is one of the largest gas refineries in the Middle East.

Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian told his French counterpart that the Islamic Republic will not sit at the negotiating table under pressure from unreasonable demands, double standards, or while Israeli attacks continue.

"Instead of accepting our arguments, world powers chose to believe the lies of a regime that seeks to destabilize the region," Iran's president told Macron, referring to Israel's warnings about Tehran's alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons.

Iranian student activist Motahareh Gounei was re-arrested after posting criticism of Iran’s leadership on X.

Freed from prison in March, she wrote: “This hell may have many fueling its flames, but it was built by one devil alone: religious despotism.”

Gounei, a final-term dental student at Tehran University of Medical Sciences, had previously been barred from continuing her studies.

A photo of IRGC Quds Force commander Esmail Ghaani appeared among the victims of Israeli airstrikes during a program on Iranian state TV, fueling speculation that he may have been killed.

Iranian authorities have not yet confirmed his death.

Another Iranian nuclear scientist, Ali Mansour Bakouei, has been killed in the Israeli airstrikes, the governor-general of Iran's Mazandaran province announced.