President Donald Trump says the strikes against Iranian nuclear sites were key to the Israel-Hamas deal following the release of 20 Israeli hostages from Gaza.

Aharon Mizrahi was seriously wounded on June 13, while his partner, Etti Cohen Angel, was killed instantly in the apartment they shared when the missile struck.

An Iranian court has sentenced two French citizens to a combined 63 years in prison on espionage and national security charges.

Tensions rise as Iran rejects U.S. President Donald Trump’s self-proclaimed “man of peace” image, calling him a warmonger aligned with Israel’s aggressive policies. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi criticizes Trump’s baseless claims about Iran’s nuclear program and accuses him of provoking wars across the Middle East.

Trump has been touted as a historic peacemaker after he helped end or de-escalate multiple global conflicts in the wake of his second term, which began just 10 months ago.

From ‘eight wars in eight months’ to Iran’s nuclear sites, several of Trump’s statements went beyond the evidence

Iran has begun rebuilding missile-production sites targeted by Israel during its 12-day war in June, satellite images analyzed by The Associated Press show, but a key component is likely still missing — the large mixers needed to produce solid fuel for the weapons.

Some Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where Israel has for two years waged a brutal and systematic war against Hamas, are returning home and beginning to reckon with the destruction caused by the conflict.

The pair were named as Cecile Kohler and Jacques Paris, who were detained in Iran in 2022 on charges France called "unjustified and unfounded".View on euronews

Iran's judicial news agency Mizan said one of the defendants was sentenced to six years in prison for spying for France, five years for conspiracy against national security and 20 years in exile for "intelligence co-operation" with Israel.

The execution came as Iran vowed to confront what it called its enemies after the United Nations reimposed sanctions on Tehran over its nuclear program this weekend.

In a statement carried by the state news agency IRNA, the Foreign Ministry said: “The US, as the world’s largest generator of terrorism and supporter of the terrorist and genocidal (Israeli) Zionist regime, has no moral authority to level accusations against others.”