#OSINT Update for 22 June 2025
🇮🇷 Iran — Cyberattack • Drones • War
→ Iran launched 35 ballistic missiles plus drones into Israel overnight; around 100 intercepted; minor damage and injuries in Tel Aviv area.
→ Deployed Kheybar Shekan surface-to-surface missiles targeting central Israeli cities.
→ Drone reconnaissance flights detected over border zones.
🇮🇱 Israel — Cyberattack • Drones • War
→ Israeli air defences (Iron Dome, Arrow) intercepted Iranian aerial attacks; no confirmed new casualties.
→ Covert Israeli drone/missile strikes reportedly struck Iranian air-defence infrastructure near Tehran.
→ Ongoing cyber-strikes targeting Iranian military command networks continued.
🇺🇸 United States — Military Support
→ U.S. B-2 bombers allegedly conducted precision strikes on Iran's Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities using massive bunker-buster bombs and Tomahawk cruise missiles.
→ President Trump called the operation a “spectacular success” and announced elevated alert for U.S. forces in the region.
🇪🇺 European Union & Member States — Diplomacy • Crypto Regulation
→ EU foreign ministers urged de-escalation in Iran-Israel conflict; UK and Ireland evacuating diplomatic staff from Tehran.
→ Progress in MiCA licensing in Malta/Luxembourg; France advancing stablecoin oversight rules; Germany resisting encryption‑backdoor mandates.
→ EU AI Act regulations finalised, imposing limits on biometric data and facial-recognition systems.
🇨🇳 China — Diplomacy
→ China publicly condemned U.S. strikes as unlawful and called for a diplomatic halt to conflict.
→ No new cyber incidents reported.
🌍 Global — Strategic Alert
→ Warning issued of escalating maritime risks in Gulf and Red Sea due to proxy hostilities.
→ U.S. naval forces repositioned in Eastern Mediterranean and Gulf under heightened alert.
📌 Forward Triggers
→ Iranian military retaliation following U.S. strikes
→ Confirmation of additional Israeli operations inside Iran
→ EU diplomatic or UN ceasefire initiatives
→ Proxy escalations in Lebanon, Yemen affecting maritime security
→ China or Russia response or military support shifts