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Baghdad, Iraq - 22 June 2025

1. Wide of people carrying Iraqi, Popular Mobilization Forces, and Hezbollah flags and coffin

2. Various of people carrying coffins of killed people in Israeli attack

3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Murtadha al Amiri, Popular Mobilization Forces media directorate:

“The Zionist and American forces count on assassinating (well- known figures) figures, thinking that it will stop or break down the resistance. On the contrary, today the presence, the youth and funeral attendants are more persistent on the continuation of rejecting the Zionism ideology and American imperialism which violates all international norms.”

4. Various of people carrying coffins

5. Various of funeral attendants chanting (Arabic) “Allah is the greatest, America is the enemy of Allah.”

STORYLINE:

Hundreds of people took part in a funeral ceremony for three people killed by an Israeli airstrike in Iran.

Supporters of the Popular Mobilization Forces, a coalition of Iran-allied militias, and other attendees carried coffins through the streets and waved Iraqi and Hezbollah flags.

The three people killed were Haider al-Moussawi, head of the security unit of the militia Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, Abu Ali Khalil, who had served as a bodyguard for Hezbollah’s late chief, Hassan Nasrallah, and Khalil’ son.

Israeli strikes began launching strikes on Iran on June 13, targeting Iranian military and nuclear sites, they killed several top military officials and nuclear scientists.

Iran retaliated by firing hundreds of missiles and drones at Israel, some of which penetrated the country’s vaunted multi-tiered air defense system.

The war so far has killed hundreds of people and wounded more than 1,000 in Iran and killed two dozen and wounded hundreds in Israel.

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London, UK - 22 June 2025

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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Darya Dolzikova, Senior Research Fellow in Proliferation and Nuclear Policy at the Royal United Services Institute, London:

"With regard to Fordo, in particular, we know that the facility was attacked with what we call bunker busters, massive ordnance penetrators of very large munitions that were carried by American planes. Again, the extent of the damage not entirely clear. The facility is or has been a critical one for Iran, for Iran's nuclear program because it's, well, it's deeply buried. It's an important enrichment facility. That's where Iran has been enriching to 60% enriched uranium, which is not quite weapons grade, but it's getting close. They were doing it there with 20% feed, which allows for more efficient enrichment. So again, hard to say what the extent of the damage is. Folks have seen the satellite images of what looked to be the impact points, but that doesn't tell us much in terms of what's actually happening inside the facility. We don't know the layout of the facility, we don't know what damage has actually been caused by the impact, let alone any secondary implications or damage to the facility.”

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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Darya Dolzikova, Senior Research Fellow in Proliferation and Nuclear Policy at the Royal United Services Institute, London:

“The Iranian nuclear program, as you say, has been under IAEA safeguards. Iran has a comprehensive safeguard agreement with the Agency, which has allowed the Agency to monitor the production of fissile material inside of Iran. Now, over the last few years, Iran has decreased the amount of access that it has given to the Agency, so even before the strikes over the last week, we had, or the Agency rather, had less access to the program than it had had in, in previous years, access was being decreased, but yeah, the access was still there. The Agency had a fairly good sense of where the material was, how much of it there was and what form it was in. My concern, I think the concern of a lot of non-proliferation analysts is that with in light of the last week, that the lesson that the Iranians will take is that less transparency rather than more transparency is the way to go on its program, that it further decreases access, IAEA access, to its facilities. So, it might further restrict access to Agency inspectors. However the kind of the big concern is that Iran might pull out of the non-proliferation treaty altogether. And then we lose most likely all access and all visibility of the program.”

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3. SOUNDBITE (English) Darya Dolzikova, Senior Research Fellow in Proliferation and Nuclear Policy at the Royal United Services Institute, London:

“I think the important thing to keep in mind, is that it's possible to degrade the program to varying degrees, depending on how many strikes the Americans... [truncated]

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Tehran, Iran - 22 June 2025

1. Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian surrounded by protesters as he gets into car, UPSOUND crowd chanting "No compromise! No surrender! Battle with America!"

2. Protesters chanting (Arabic): "The army of Muhammed are victors!"

3. Various of protesters chanting slogans, "Haidar, Haidar (the first shiite saint)!" and "The blood in our vessels is a gift to our leader!"

4. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Mahmoud Izadnahad, Tehran resident:

"In this era, where (the enemies) are not committed to any laws or regulations, we must continue with our military option, and after totally destroying Israel start hitting U.S positions in the region and make them leave the region."

5. Protesters chanting (Arabic): "No compromise! No surrender! Battle with America!"

6. Protesters chanting (Arabic): "Nuclear energy is our inalienable right!"

7. Woman chanting slogan while holding Iranian flag

8. SOUNDBITE (Farsi) Gholami (no first name given), Karaj resident:

"America made a very big mistake, we've been waiting for this mistake for years, and we will make them regret it, as our leader said."

9. Protesters chanting (Arabic): "Oh our free leader! We are ready!"

10. Protesters chanting (Arabic): "No compromise! No surrender! Battle with America!"

11. Wide of protesters chanting slogans

12. Protesters chanting (Arabic): "Death to Israel"

STORYLINE:

Hundreds gathered in a protest rally in Tehran on Sunday hours after the U.S. carried out a strike against three nuclear sites at dawn, dropping 30,000-pound bombs on a uranium enrichment site.

President Masoud Pezeshkian joined part of the protest in the Iranian capital.

Demonstrators chanted slogans against the U.S. and Israel.

The attack raised urgent questions about what remains of Tehran’s nuclear program and how its weakened military might respond.

Iran lashed out at the U.S. for crossing “a very big red line” with its risky gambit to launch strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites with missiles and the bunker-buster bombs.

Amid fears of a wider regional conflict, the Trump administration sent a clear message that it wanted to restart diplomatic talks with Iran.

AP Video by Saeed Sarmadi

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Knob Noster, Missouri - 22 June 2025

1. B-2 "Spirit" Bombers flying around Whiteman Air Force Base in the distance

2. Various of Bombers landing

3. Various of Bomber flying in distance

4. Various of bombers flying overhead

STORYLINE:

The stealth bombers that dropped massive bunker-buster bombs on Iranian nuclear facilities have begun returning to a U.S. base in Missouri.

An Associated Press journalist watched on a clear but windy Sunday afternoon as at least seven of the B-2 Spirit bombers came in for landing at Whiteman Air Force Base.

A first group of four of the stealth aircraft did a loop around the base before approaching a runway from the north. A final group of three arrived within 10 minutes.

U.S. officials have said that one B-2 group headed west from the Missouri base on Saturday, intended as a decoy to throw off Iranians. Another flight of seven quietly flew off eastward, ultimately engaging in the Iran mission.

The U.S. military struck three sites in Iran Saturday evening, inserting itself into Israel’s effort to destroy Iran's nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe.

The decision to directly involve the U.S. comes after more than a week of strikes by Israel on Iran that have moved to systematically eradicate the country’s air defenses and offensive missile capabilities, while damaging its nuclear enrichment facilities.

But U.S. and Israeli officials have said that American stealth bombers and a 30,000-pound (13,600-kilogram) bunker buster bomb they alone can carry offered the best chance of destroying heavily fortified sites connected to the Iranian nuclear program buried deep underground.

AP Video by Nicholas Ingram

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Dweil’a, Damascus, Syria - 22 June 2025

1. Wide of distressed residents gathering at the entrance of Mar Elias church in Dweil’a, neighbourhood on the outskirts of Damascus

2. Woman crying and fainting at the church entrance

3. Wide of the damaged interior of the targeted church

4. Pool of blood on church floor, shoe and debris

5. Ambulance taking a victim of the church explosion

6. Syrian security vehicle heading towards Mar Elias church

STORYLINE:

A suicide bomber in Syria on Sunday detonated himself inside a church filled with people, killing at least nine, Syrian state media reported.

The explosion in Dweil’a in the outskirts of Damascus took place as people were praying inside the Mar Elias Church.

SANA, citing the Health Ministry said that at least 15 others were wounded.

Britain-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says there were 30 people wounded and killed, but did not give exact numbers.

Some local media reported that children were among the casualties.

The attack was the first of its kind in Syria in years, and comes as Damascus under its de facto Islamist rule is trying to win the support of minorities.

As President Ahmad al-Sharaa struggles to exert authority across the country, there have been concerns about the presence of sleeper cells of extremist groups in the war-torn country.

No group immediately claimed responsibility Sunday, but the Syrian Interior Ministry said an extremist from the Islamic State group entered the church, fired at the people there before detonating himself with an explosives vest, echoing some witness testimonies.

Syrian Information Minister Hamza Mostafa condemned the attack, calling it a terrorist attack.

AP video by Abdel Rahman Shaheen

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Van, Turkey - 22 June 2025

1. Wide of Turkey-Iran border gate, people with suitcases

2. Various of bordergate, people with suitcases

3. SOUNDBITE (Azerbaijani Turkish) Ferishat Hosseini, Iranian citizen:

"They (Israel) told us. Everybody should leave Tehran, no one should be there. Tehran is empty, there is no one. 

Journalist: "Who told you this?"

Hosseini: "Israel. Israel said we don’t hit people, only other targets. They don’t hit people and apartments."

4. Wide of people sitting, some passing with suitcases

5. Mid of men sitting, people walking with suitcases

6. SOUNDBITE (Azerbaijani Turkish) Behnam Puran, Iran citizen:

"We won’t leave our rights, we won’t leave our land. We will stay in our land, as long as we live, we will stay in our land until the war ends. You know Israel is bombing Gaza for many years now, killing children and families. I thank Erdogan for seeing these all the time during his speeches. This gives us more power. Despite that nobody accepts this war, (we know) Turkey is a fellow country and helps us."

7. Various of the bordergate

8. SOUNDBITE (Azerbaijani Turkish) Perîyah Gomani, Iran citizen:

"The United States and Israel, they united against Iran. But Iran is strong, always strong.

Journalist: "So you won’t flee the war?"

Gomani: "No, we always stand with Iran."

9. Wide of the bordergate

10. Mid of two people hugging 

11. SOUNDBITE (Azerbaijani Turkish) Ferishat Hosseini, Iran citizen:

"The war should end. Now the U.S have also been included. This war should end. If not, it will be very bad for people. Everyone lives in groups of 10-20, in the same house. But supplies are running short."

12. Mid of the gate

13. Wide of the bordergate reading (Turkish) “ Kapikoy Bordergate”

STORYLINE:

At Turkey's border with Iran, Iranian citizens expressed hope despite the recent escalation as the U.S. joined in Israel's war to dismantle the country's nuclear apparatus.

Ferishteh Husseini said many residents had left Tehran, following a warning from Israel for citizens to evacuate the city. "Tehran is empty, there is no one," she said shortly after crossing into Turkey.

"Now the U.S have also been included. This war should end," she added. "If not, it will be very bad for people."

Husseini said many people and families are living in groups of 10-20 people per house as they evacuated, and supplies are running short.

The United States inserted itself into Israel’s war against Iran early Sunday by dropping 30,000-pound bombs on an uranium enrichment site buried under a mountain, a risky gambit that aimed to destroy the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program after months of failed diplomacy.

The attack prompted fears of a wider regional conflict as Iran lashed out at the U.S. for crossing “a very big red line.”

The U.S. also fired dozens of missiles, and President Donald Trump said in a televised address from the White House that the combination of strikes “... [truncated]

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Karachi, Pakistan - 22 June 2025

1. Various of protesters chanting slogans "Down with Israel", "Down with the U.S."

2. Women walking over Israel flag with picture of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

3. Various of female protesters marching

3. Protester holding placard reading (English) “Imam Khumani: Israel must vanish from the page of time”

4. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Sabir Abu Maryum, Shiite scholar:

“Pakistan’s people are condemning Israeli and US aggression on Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen and now Iran. We want to assure the Iranian people that Pakistani people are standing with Iran and yesterday night the world terrorist state United State attacked Iran which is a blatant violation of the United Nations charter and international laws. We condemn this act and support Iran’s right to defence which is being used against Israel. We hope that Iran will teach a lesson to the U..S and use its right of self-defense.”

5. Various of protesters chanting slogans “Down with Israel”, holding portraits of Iranian supreme leader

6. Placard reading (English) "Hassan Nasrallah: we will not give up even one grain of Palestine soil to the Zionist”

7. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Shagufta Zahid, protester:

“I want to tell the Pakistani government to see this protest demonstration, that everyone is here, whether Sunni or Shia Muslim, and they want to show that they are all standing with Iran. And how could the Pakistani government name U.S. Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize in such a situation. When Trump came into power we did not see him (Trump) do any substantial work for peace in Palestine and Gaza. The Pakistan and India escalation could not be termed as war and how could he (Trump) be given a Nobel Peace Prize for a peace deal when he is involved in atrocities against Muslims all over the world.”

8. Various of protesters chanting slogans “Down with the U.S.”

9. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Syeda Zahra, protester:

“Today, it is a clear message for the world: Those (referring to the US ) who said that this war was started to restore peace in the world, they are themselves are ready to launch a huge atomic bomb on people. How could they (U.S.) restore peace when they themselves do not take actions based on justice. You (U.S.) have the right to make an atom bomb, but we don't (have the same right)? Our brother country Iran has been saying for a long time that they do not want to build an atomic bomb and yesterday's bombardment on Iran was not the first attack and Iran will respond to this attack."

10. Protesters carrying banner reading (English) “Pakistan stand with Iran”

11. Various of protesters standing on U.S. flag and portrait of U.S. president Donald Trump

STORYLINE:

Hundreds of Shiite Muslims in Karachi held a demonstration in protest against Israel and the United States' strikes on Iran on Sunday.

Protesters held placards depicting Iran's supreme leader and chanted anti-America and anti-Israe... [truncated]

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Tel Aviv, Israel - 22 June 2025

1. Various of damage to building in Tel Aviv, emergency workers, police at scene

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mira Goshen, Tel Aviv resident:

“The mamad (reinforced safe room) was shaking like a leaf, and I thought it was the end of the world, but touch wood that we were there (at the safe room), otherwise, I can imagine like the cage (her bird's cage that was destroyed), it could happen to me.”

3. Various of damage to building in Tel Aviv, emergency workers, police at scene

STORYLINE:

Hours after the U.S. struck three nuclear sites in Iran, Iran launched more than 40 missiles towards Israel on Sunday morning, injuring 23 people and destroying apartment buildings and homes in three cities across Israel.

Iranian missiles damaged the homes of hundreds of people in Tel Aviv on Sunday morning, the city deputy mayor Haim Goren said.

Residents sat with their pets and suitcases stuffed with belongings outside the buildings.

Strikes have displaced more than 9,000 people from their homes, according to a military official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with military regulations.

Missiles have damaged 240 residential buildings, including more than 2,000 individual apartments.

Mira Goshen, 79, said her entire apartment in Tel Aviv was destroyed.

“The mamad was shaking like a leaf, and I thought it was the end of the world,” Goshen said, referring to the reinforced safe rooms that are required in all new buildings.

She said the fact that they were inside the shelter saved their lives. The reinforced rooms stood intact amidst rubble of entire homes that were flattened.

Goshen’s pet bird, Chica, was in her cage on the balcony during the siren, fell 11 floors but was rescued by emergency workers after escaping the destroyed cage.

Hours after the impact, Chica was still snuggled into Goshen’s neck as Goshen wandered around next to her building, where municipality workers had set up a temporary situation room to assist people, handing out sandwiches and water.

Multiple businesses on a nearby street had their windows blown out, with piles of glass surrounding children’s clothes and books. Workers were quickly installing temporary protection and trying to salvage any non-damaged goods.

AP video by Shlomo Mor

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Milan - 22 June 2025

1. SOUNDBITE (English) Filippo Biraghi and Simone Botte, designers:

Biraghi: "There is a big evolution this time first of all because we are hosted in prestigious location. And we decided in this collection to make garments that even though they are upcycled, as we always do, but in a way that they can be reproduced, remaining one of a kind but with a lot of styles. It's like a recipe book that we wrote this time in deciding to give this opportunity. The collection is based on details. So we decided to go for a more quiet color pallet which is between white and black with all the shades in between and we decided to focus on a kind of uniform we created made by a pair of tailored shorts and a squared t-shirt. And one garment on each model, so there is basically no styling. And we decided to focus on garments to being the attention back on garments."

2. Various of catwalk show

3. Filippo Biraghi and Simone Botte on catwalk

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Washington, U.S. - 22 June 2025

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1. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambassador Barbara Leaf, the Assistant Secretary of State for Near-Eastern Affairs under President Joe Biden:

“Now, with regard to the U.S. entering the fray, what we heard this morning very clearly from Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, General Caine, but especially from Secretary Defense, to a direct question, 'does this take us to regime change?' He was crystal clear that he and the U.S. Military were given a very precise and focused mission which was to go after and to devastate or destroy. He used a number of different verbs, the Iranian nuclear program. And that the limitations of this mission had been clearly conveyed publicly and privately to the Iranians. Nonetheless, of course, there is room for escalation.”

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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambassador Barbara Leaf, the Assistant Secretary of State for Near-Eastern Affairs under President Joe Biden:

“There must always be room for diplomatic effort, to take the conflict to a close, to an off-ramp. So, we heard Hegseth refer explicitly to public and private channels. I believe those channels have been ongoing throughout the nine days of this conflict. The question is, where does the U.S. intend to take these negotiations? At the outset of, in the two months of diplomatic effort led by Steve Witkoff, the president himself seemed to change the goalposts periodically, ultimately settling on the complete end of enrichment on Iranian soil, and that has been a red line for the Iranians. So, if the U.S. has largely obliterated, as Hex has said, the ability of the Iranian regime to enrich, is that a starting point since there's nothing to negotiate about in terms of those previous facilities. Very unclear.”

++BLACK FRAMES++

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambassador Barbara Leaf, the Assistant Secretary of State for Near-Eastern Affairs under President Joe Biden:

“What I would want people to understand, what I would want the American people to understand is that there is enormous leverage now to be used for diplomatic purposes to end the threat, the nuclear threat that Iran has posed, with many of the other pieces of the suite of threats that the Iranian regime has built over decades, now largely disabled, not completely destroyed. Hezbollah is still out there. The Iraqi militias are out there. But the regime is in a profoundly weakened state.This is the moment to capitalize on that and to drive for a political settlement, lest the U.S. and others be drawn into a wider war.”

++BLACK FRAMES++

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ambassador Barbara Leaf, the Assistant Secretary of State for Near-Eastern Affairs under President Joe Biden:

“So ultimately, the consistent priority for this regime and for Khomeini before Khamenei was preservation of the Islamic Republic, preservation of the theocratic style of gov... [truncated]

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