Iran Update Special Report, June 24, 2025, Morning Edition

Information Cutoff: 8:00 AM ET

The Critical Threats Project (CTP) at the American Enterprise Institute and the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) are publishing multiple updates daily to provide analysis on the war with Iran. The morning update will focus on the exchange of fire between Iran and Israel. The evening update will be more comprehensive, covering events over the past 24-hour period and refining items discussed in the morning update.

Click here to see ISW-CTP's interactive map showing the total strikes in Iran since June 12, as well as an interactive timelapse showing the strikes day-by-day.

Key Takeaways:

• The ceasefire between Iran and Israel appears to be holding despite both Israeli and Iranian claims of violations. Israel has responded to perceived Iranian violations of the ceasefire but has not resumed its campaign at this time.
• Iran has conducted at least seven ballistic missile attacks targeting Israel since CTP-ISW's last data cutoff at 5:00 PM ET on June 23. Iran launched five of the attacks before the ceasefire went into effect at 12:00 AM ET, one attack at 12:06 AM ET, and one attack around 3:25 AM ET. Israel conducted several waves of airstrikes in Tehran on June 23 and 24 before and after the ceasefire went into effect.
• An unspecified senior US military official told the Associated Press on June 24 that the United States intercepted drones that targeted Ain al Asad Airbase and another unspecified base near Baghdad Airport overnight on June 23 and 24.

The ceasefire between Iran and Israel appears to be holding despite both Israeli and Iranian claims of violations.[i] US President Donald Trump announced on June 23 that Iran and Israel agreed to a ceasefire.[ii] Trump said that Iran would halt strikes on Israel 12 hours before Israel stopped attacks on Iran.[iii] It appears that Iran halted strikes on Israel at 12:00 AM ET on June 24 whereas Israel halted attacks at 8:30 PM ET on June 23.[iv]  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Iranian Foreign Affairs Minister Abbas Araghchi both confirmed that their forces would abide by the ceasefire.[v]  The Iranian Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) also confirmed that Iran would adhere to the ceasefire.[vi]

Israel has responded to perceived Iranian violations of the ceasefire but has not resumed its campaign at this time. Netanyahu said that Iran launched three ballistic missiles targeting Israel after the ceasefire went into effect.[vii] Iranian media and officials denied the claim.[viii] The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) struck a radar in Babolsar, north of Tehran, in response to the Iranian missile attack after 12:00 AM ET.[ix]  Netanyahu said that Israel would refrain from additional retaliatory attacks after a conversation with Trump.[x] Netanyahu told the Israeli cabinet and senior security officials that the IDF achieved all of its objectives in its campaign against Iran.[xi] Iran has not conducted an attack on Israel since approximately 3:25 AM ET on June 24.[xii] Israel has not conducted an attack on Iran since approximately 7:35 AM ET on June 24.[xiii]

Iran has conducted at least seven ballistic missile attacks targeting Israel since CTP-ISW's last data cutoff at 5:00 PM ET on June 23.[xiv] Iran launched five of the attacks before the ceasefire went into effect at 12:00 AM ET, one attack at 12:06 AM ET, and one attack around 3:25 AM ET.[xv] An Iranian missile impacted a residential building in Beer Sheva in southern Israel, killing four people and injuring 22 others.[xvi]  Iran fired three missiles after the ceasefire went into effect. The missiles were intercepted or landed in open areas in Israel.[xvii]

The IDF intercepted at least 15 one-way attack drones launched from Iran overnight on June 23 and 24.[xviii]

Israel conducted several waves of airstrikes in Tehran on June 23 and 24 before and after the ceasefire went into effect. An IDF spokesperson said that the Israeli Air Force dropped over 100 munitions on “dozens” of Iranian military targets in Tehran overnight on June 23 and 24.[xix]  A security source told Israeli Army Radio that the IDF struck Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) assets, weapons production sites, nuclear laboratories, and personnel.[xx] The IDF struck the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND), which played a leading role in the Iranian nuclear weapons research program before 2003.[xxi] This attack marks the third time that the IDF has struck the SPND headquarters in Tehran.[xxii] The IDF also killed Iranian nuclear scientist Sayyed Mohammad Reza Seddighi Saber in Gilan Province. Saber led the SPND’s Shahid Karimi Group, which works on “explosives-related projects.”[xxiii] The United States sanctioned Saber in May 2025 for conducting research and tests that could support the development of nuclear weapons.[xxiv]

The IDF issued evacuation orders for Mehran Neighborhood in northern Tehran and District Six in central Tehran on June 23 prior to the ceasefire.[xxv] Iranian social media users reported at least two strikes in or near District Six.[xxvi]

An unspecified senior US military official told the Associated Press on June 24 that the United States intercepted drones that targeted Ain al Asad Airbase and another unspecified base near Baghdad Airport overnight on June 23 and 24.[xxvii] One of the drones crashed at an unspecified location.[xxviii] The attacks did not cause any casualties.[xxix] No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks at the time of this writing.