More than half a million Afghans have been expelled from Iran in the 16 days since the conflict with Israel ended, according to the United Nations, in what may be one of the largest forced movements of population this decade.

Judiciary spokesperson Asghar Jahangir posted on the office’s official Mizan news agency website that those killed included staff, soldiers, prisoners and members of visiting families.

The only way to end the possibility that the Iranians will decide to go nuclear—which could set off a very unstable chain reaction of nuclear proliferation in the region, with Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Turkey also seeking nuclear weapons, to join with the already existing Israeli program—is by a negotiated agreement with Iran.

Iran accused Israel of attacking it in three waves within less than half an hour of President Trump saying a truce between the two countries had gone into effect. An Iranian military spokesman said the attacks occurred at around 9 a.

Sirens sounded in Israel as Iran launched dozens of ballistic missiles in retaliation for Israel's strikes on its nuclear facilities.

Rights activists in Iran fear intensified crackdowns following Israel's military campaign targeting Iran's nuclear program.

U.S. President Donald Trump has lauded Israel's strikes and warned Iran of much worse to come. He said it was not too late to halt the Israeli campaign, but only if Tehran accepted a sharp downgrading of its nuclear programme at talks with Washington which had been scheduled for Sunday.

Israel's Arrow air defense system intercepted 90% of the Iranian missiles that it targeted this month, its chief engineer told BI.

BRICS leaders condemned US and Israeli attacks on Iran and called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government to withdraw troops from the Gaza Strip, urging “just and lasting” solutions to conflicts across the Middle East.