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Francis Chung—Getty Images  by [Olivia-Anne Cleary](https://time.com/author/olivia-anne-cleary/)  ## Olivia-Anne Cleary Cleary is an editor at TIME, based in the London bureau. Updated: Jun 16, 2025 5:43 PM UTCPublished: Jun 15, 2025 12:42 PM UTC Israel and Iran[ continue to trade deadly missiles](https://time.com/7293976/israel-iran-attack-war-hezbollah/), with the heightened conflict showing no signs of easing. Israel struck Mashhad Airport in east Iran on Sunday afternoon, completing its "[longest-range strike](https://x.com/IDF/status/1934276948051595660)" conducted since the beginning of its Iran-focused operation. This came after Iranian missiles rained down on Israel overnight, into the early hours of Sunday morning. Israel was also active during those hours, expanding its military operation by completing an “[extensive series of strikes on targets in Tehran](https://x.com/IDF/status/1934033330216825209) related to the Iranian regime’s nuclear weapons project.” In the midst of the explosive scenes in the Middle East, U.S. President Donald Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, to issue a stark warning to Iran, with whom the U.S. has, until the recent flare-up of this conflict, been engaged in talks with regarding a potential nuclear deal. Trump used the public platform to state that the U.S. had “nothing to do with” the overnight attack on Iran. He once more warned Iran not to target the U.S. as part of its retaliation. “If we are attacked in any way, shape, or form by Iran, the full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before. However, we can easily get a deal done between Iran and Israel, and end this bloody conflict,” [he said](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114685507052179501). Later on Sunday morning, Trump followed up with an additional statement, urging a de-escalation of the raging conflict and suggesting a possible U.S. intervention in making that happen. "Iran and Israel should make a deal, and will make a deal, just like I got [India and Pakistan](https://time.com/7284654/india-pakistan-ceasefire-trump-us-mediation-kashmir-conflict-strikes/) to make, in that case by using TRADE with the United States to bring reason, cohesion, and sanity into the talks with two excellent leaders who were able to quickly make a decision and STOP," [he said,](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114687664442020232) signing off his message with: "Make the Middle East Great Again." Trump doubled down on this during an interview with ABC later in the day. “We’re not involved in it. It’s possible we could get involved. But we are not at this moment involved,”[ he said](https://x.com/rachelvscott/status/1934240419677684208) of the [Israel-Iran conflict](https://time.com/7294202/grim-reality-conflict-iran-israel/), adding there's no strict "deadline" for Iran to come to the table over a nuclear deal. Officials from Iran and the U.S. were set to meet in Oman's capital of Muscat on Sunday for the next round of nuclear talks. Oman's Foreign Minister [Badr Albusaidi announced on Saturday afternoon](https://x.com/badralbusaidi/status/1933909335291428917) that, in light of the Israel-Iran active conflict, those talks would no longer be going ahead. This came after state television reported that Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei [called nuclear talks with the U.S. ](https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog%5Fentry/iran-calls-nuclear-talks-with-us-meaningless-after-israeli-strikes/)“meaningless.”  Fire and smoke rise into the sky after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15, 2025 in Tehran, Iran. Stringer—Getty Images Trump had aired his grievances with the lack of completion regarding the Iran-U.S. nuclear talks earlier in the week, in response to Israel’s initial launch of its military operation against Iran. “I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal. I told them, in the strongest of words, to 'just do it,' but no matter how hard they tried, no matter how close they got, they just couldn’t get it done,” Trump[ said](https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114675456780398208). “Certain Iranian hardliners spoke bravely, but they didn’t know what was about to happen. They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse.” **Read More**: [_Netanyahu Says Israel ‘Will Strike Every Site of the Ayatollah’s Regime’_](https://time.com/7294186/israel-warns-tehran-will-burn-deadly-strikes-traded-nuclear-program/) Despite Trump’s eagerness to secure a nuclear deal swiftly, it remains to be seen if and how those talks will get back on track, especially as there seems to be no end in sight for this most recent flare-up in the Middle East. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has [said the strikes](https://x.com/netanyahu/status/1933340443343008068) from his military, part of Operation Rising Lion, “will continue for as many days as it takes to remove this threat.” Israeli residential areas were hit hard overnight into Sunday morning. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) issued a public statement as sirens called out across the country, saying that “millions of Israelis are currently running for shelter.” As deadly missiles showered over civilians’ heads, both countries have reported respective casualties. After the overnight combat, the Israeli death toll has now risen to at least 13, including three minors, according to officials in the country. Meanwhile, per the Iranian authorities, at least 75 people have been killed in Iran. Dozens more have been injured. Ahead of the latest exchange of missiles, Netanyahu hinted at what was to come in a [video address](https://x.com/netanyahu/status/1933903971225346115) on Saturday evening. “We have paved a path to Tehran. In the very near future, you will see Israeli planes, the Israeli Air Force, our pilots, over the skies of Tehran,” he said, going on to warn that Israel "will strike every site and every target of the Ayatollah’s regime." Hours before, Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz threatened dire consequences if Iran’s Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei didn’t retreat. “If Khamenei continues to fire missiles at the Israeli home front, Tehran will burn,” Katz said, after a meeting with Israeli military leaders. As Israel unleashed its next series of strikes against Iran overnight, Katz said: “Tehran is burning.”  Debris is scattered amid heavily damaged buildings following an overnight Iranian missile strike in Bat Yam, Israel, on June 15, 2025. Gil Cohen-Magen—Getty Images On Sunday afternoon, local time, Katz delivered another update, reaffirming that Israel’s course of military action is far from over. “I instructed the IDF to issue evacuation notices to residents in Tehran living near weapons production complexes,” he said. “The Iranian dictator is turning Tehran into Beirut and the residents of Tehran into hostages for the survival of his regime.” Katz doubled down, adding: “The IDF continues to peel the skin of the Iranian snake with great force, from nuclear weapons to Tehran and everywhere else.” **Read More**: [_Israel Gets the War It Wanted_](https://time.com/7293976/israel-iran-attack-war-hezbollah/) Meanwhile, according to state media in Iran, the country's President Masoud Pezeshkian warned of a "more severe" response if Israel continues its operation. "The continuation of Zionist \[Israeli\] aggression will be met with a more severe and powerful response from the Iranian armed forces," [Pezeshkian is quoted as saying on Saturday,](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c93ydeqyq71t?post=asset%3A00bc0f5b-fd35-4e9d-bb01-30bc5c948843#post) reportedly during a phone call with Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Amid the prolonged trade of deadly missiles between [Israel and Iran](https://time.com/7293839/iran-retaliation-israel-attack-what-to-know/), and with no immediate end in sight, there’s rising concern that the conflict could spiral even further, directly involving other countries—an outcome that Trump and his fellow world leaders are likely desperate to avoid. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/7294360/trump-warns-iran-bloody-conflict-israel-death-toll-rises/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/7294360/trump-warns-iran-bloody-conflict-israel-death-toll-rises/"},"headline":"Trump Delivers Almighty Threat to Iran, Says It's 'Possible' U.S. Could Get Involved in Israel-Iran Conflict","datePublished":"2025-06-15T12:42:47.000Z","dateModified":"2025-06-16T17:43:07.000Z","description":"\"The full strength and might of the U.S. Armed Forces will come down on you at levels never seen before,\" Trump warned.","url":"https://time.com/7294360/trump-warns-iran-bloody-conflict-israel-death-toll-rises/","keywords":["Donald Trump","News Desk"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9593587a2192fa00/6998c786f1b082896e6f16fa/GettyImages-2217140020.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia-Anne Cleary","jobTitle":"Cleary is an editor at TIME, based in the London bureau.","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-anne-cleary/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9593587a2192fa00/6998c786f1b082896e6f16fa/GettyImages-2217140020.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"President Trump Holds Press Conference With Musk As He Departs DOGE","caption":"President Trump Holds Press Conference With Musk As He Departs DOGE","creditText":"Francis Chung—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/7294360/trump-warns-iran-bloody-conflict-israel-death-toll-rises/","name":"Trump Delivers Almighty Threat to Iran, Says It's 'Possible' U.S. Could Get Involved in Israel-Iran Conflict"}}]}] ```