Updated On: 21 June, 2025 08:52 AM IST | Tel Aviv | Agencies
As Israel and Iran traded intense airstrikes, President Trump is considering US military involvement. Talks in Geneva offer a slim hope of de-escalation amid rising regional threats. ‘Opportunity ’ in site as EU leaders meet Iranian diplomat

A plume of smoke rises in Jabalia in the Gaza Strip during an Israel strike on Thursday. Pics/AFP
Israel and Iran exchanged more strikes on Friday as President Donald Trump weighed US military involvement and new diplomatic efforts appeared to be underway.
Trump has been weighing whether to attack Iran by striking its well-defended Fordo uranium enrichment facility, which is buried under a mountain and widely considered to be out of reach of all but America’s “bunker-buster” bombs. He said he’ll decide within two weeks whether the US military will get directly involved in the war.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi appeared to be en route to Geneva for meetings with the European Union’s top diplomat and counterparts from the United Kingdom, France and Germany. A plane with his usual call sign took off from the Turkish city of Van, near the Iranian border, flight-tracking data from FlightRadar24 showed.