Donald Trump lashed out at Iran’s supreme leader over claims Tehran won the war against Israel. But Iran’s foreign minister warned the US president about his “disrespectful and unacceptable tone”. Follow live and listen to Trump 100 below.
Saturday 28 June 2025 13:53, UK
Here are some of the latest pictures from Tehran.
Huge crowds have turned out to mourn Iranian military commanders and scientists killed in the 12-day war with Israel.
State media claimed more than one million people turned out for the funeral procession.
The Associated Press news agency reported hundreds of thousands of people turned up.
The dense crowd packed the main thoroughfare in Tehran, along the entire nearly three-mile (4.5km) route.
Top officials among the mourners included the Iranian foreign minister.
Catch up on the latest here:
The chief of the nuclear watchdog will not be allowed into Iran’s nuclear facilities, a Tehran politician reportedly said.
Hamid Reza Haji Babaei, vice speaker of the Iranian Parliament, said today that Rafael Grossi chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) would be barred.
Babaei also claimed that Iran wouldn’t allow the installation of surveillance cameras.
The move was reported in state media outlet Mehr News.
It comes after Iran has repeatedly criticised Grossi throughout the fighting and has suspended cooperation with the body.
Before the fighting broke out, the IAEA said Iran was in breach of its non-proliferation obligations.
The IAEA plays an important role in the non-proliferation of nuclear capabilities.
The death toll in Gaza has risen after Israeli strikes late Friday and into this morning.
Now, at least 49 people have been killed across the enclave, health staff have said.
We reported on the attacks earlier – see our 10.09 post.
The Associated Press news agency reported an Israeli minister, Ron Dermer, will head to Washington in the week for talks on a possible Gaza ceasefire, Iran and other subjects.
The ongoing fighting in Gaza has been a central line running through almost all developments in the Middle East in recent months and years.
Many of Iran’s proxies stepped up fighting Israel in solidarity with Palestinians, and the long-running issues remain unresolved with no ceasefire yet in place despite Trump’s claims.
The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) has said it is investigating reports that Palestinians were shot as they waited for aid.
Stepping briefly away from the aftermath of the 12-day war between Israel and Iran, in Gaza, a difficult situation continues.
Recent weeks have seen several incidents where Palestinians have been shot at aid distribution points, or near aid trucks.
It is alleged that Israeli soldiers have fired upon them.
A new report from Israeli outlet Haaretz claimed that soldiers were ordered to shoot at unarmed Palestinians.
The IDF rejects this.
In a statement, it said: “We strongly reject the accusation raised in the article – the IDF did not instruct the forces to deliberately shoot at civilians, including those approaching the distribution centres.
“To be clear, IDF directives prohibit deliberate attacks on civilians.”
It added: “The incidents are being examined by the relevant IDF authorities.”
The IDF went on to say that it was involved in “learning processes aimed at improving the operational response in the area and minimising, as much as possible, potential friction between the civilian population and IDF forces.”
For context: Israel claimed that the old UN-run aid system was seeing supplies siphoned off by Hamas.
It supplanted the UN, replacing it with a US-backed group, the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
However, since taking over, it has seen numerous incidents of Palestinians being shot at aid distribution points, or near aid trucks.
Watch more on the incidents below:
Some more news to bring you now from Iran.
In Tehran, thousands took to the streets to mourn top military officials and scientists killed in the 12-day war with Israel – see our 8.02 post for more.
Mourners dressed in black lined the streets of the capital city.
Chants of “death to America” and “death to Israel” could be heard as well.
At least 16 scientists and 10 senior commanders were among those mourned, according to state media.
Their coffins were driven into Azadi Square adorned with their pictures.
State-run Press TV showed an image of ballistic missiles on display, seemingly as an apparent show of strength following the fighting.
State TV also said the funeral, dubbed the “funeral procession of the Martyrs of Power”, was held for a total of 60 people killed in the war, including four women and four children.
In attendance was Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and other senior figures including Ali Shamkhani, an adviser to the supreme leader who was injured during the fighting.
Catch up on some of the latest pictures below:
Fighting in Gaza between Israel and Hamas is “intensifying” now the 12-day war between Israel and Iran is over, our correspondent Tom Cheshire has said.
Reporting from Jerusalem, he said: “We actually went down to the border between Israel and Gaza in the south of the country just this morning… you can see from the skyline that this war is intensifying.”
Speaking to presenter Samantha Washington, Cheshire added: “Israel Defence Forces say that with the conclusion of the Iran-Israel 12-day war, they were refocusing on Gaza, trying to defeat Hamas.
“IDF sources are telling me it’s basically all-out guerrilla warfare at this stage.
“And also bearing in mind that the IDF troops have been killed in recent days down there.”
War of words breaks out as diplomacy needed
Cheshire also touched on the latest from Iran, where a “post-conflict landscape” is emerging.
Despite the need for a diplomatic solution, he said a rather undiplomatic war of words had broken out instead.
Watch his full analysis below:
Emirates Airlines has extended its cancellation of all flights to and from Tehran until Friday.
The carrier cited the “regional situation”.
It added: “Customers connecting through Dubai with final destinations in Iran will not be accepted for travel at their point of origin until further notice.”
The Dubai-based airline said its operations in Baghdad would recommence on Tuesday, and in Basra on Wednesday.
“We apologise for any inconvenience caused to our customers. We continue to closely monitor developments. The safety of our passengers, employees and operations will always be our top priority,” Emirates said.
Donald Trump has claimed reports that he was weighing up helping Iran access as much as $30bn (£21.9bn) to build a civilian-energy-producing nuclear programme “fake news”.
The US president took issue with reports that emerged on CNN on Thursday and our US partner NBC News on Friday.
It was said that the Trump administration had explored economic incentives for Iran in return for Tehran halting its uranium enrichment.
Read the US president’s full message below:
A nuclear Middle East
Since April, Iran and the US have held indirect talks aimed at finding a new diplomatic solution regarding Iran’s nuclear programme.
However, Israel interrupted these talks with strikes on Iran, claiming it was nearing a nuclear weapon.
Contention over whether Tehran was nearing a nuclear bomb or not – something it claims isn’t true – was a key factor in the 12-day war.
Israel is widely believed to have nuclear weapons and said its war against Iran aimed to prevent Tehran from developing its own.
Iran is a party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, while Israel is not.
The UN nuclear watchdog, which carries out inspections in Iran, has said it has “no credible indication” of an active, coordinated weapons programme in Iran.
What next?
While the US is seemingly not going ahead with this reported plan, it raises the question of what is next for Iran’s nuclear programme?
While fighting has been halted for now, it isn’t clear how a path forward is forged and whether a lasting peace can be achieved.
And for more on Team Trump vs the press, watch one of the latest episodes of our Trump 100 podcast here:
At least 34 people have been killed across Gaza by Israeli strikes, health staff have told the Associated Press news agency.
The strikes began late Friday and continued into Saturday morning.
Among those killed were 12 people at the Palestine Stadium in Gaza City, which was sheltering displaced people.
A further eight people were living in apartments according to staff at the Shifa hospital where the bodies were brought.
Six others were killed in southern Gaza when a strike hit their tent in Muwasi, according to the hospital.
The Israeli army is yet to comment.
The Houthis have taken responsibility for a ballistic missile attack on Israel.
In a statement shared by a spokesperson, it said it had implemented a “military operation targeting a sensitive target of the Zionist enemy”.
It claimed this had taken place in the Beer Sheba area, in southern Israel.
Earlier today, see our 8.51 post, we reported on the Israeli army saying it had “most likely successfully intercepted” a missile launched from Yemen.
While the Houthis claimed the operation “successfully achieved its goal,” it isn’t clear if the missile hit anything or made its target.
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