Iran denies violating ceasefire as Israel orders 'powerful strikes' on Tehran

 Israel's Defence Minister Israel Katz accuses Iran of violating the ceasefire, two hours after agreeing to the deal brokered by Donald Trump and Qatar

• Iran denies firing missiles at Israel after the ceasefire began, state media reports

• Katz vows to "respond forcefully to Iran's violation of the ceasefire with intense strikes against regime targets in the heart of Tehran" 

  
  
  

• Iran's security council warns "any further aggression will be met with a decisive, firm, and timely response" - Tehran earlier said it would respect the ceasefire if Israel did the same

• Overnight, Tehran endured one of its worst nights of the conflict, our BBC Persian reporter writes, while officials say four people were killed in Israel

• It comes after Iran launched missiles at a US airbase in response to strikes on its nuclear sites over the weekend - Qatar said all the missiles were intercepted

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• QATAR.

  The base is in Qatar, but Esmail Baqai says Iran’s actions were an “act of self-defence”.

  “Iran remains fully committed to its good-neighbourliness policy with respect to the State of Qatar and other neighbouring countries,” Baghaei posted on X.

  “We resolve not to let US/Israeli criminal aggressions and malign policies against Iran create division between us and the brotherly countries of the region.”

•  sites over the weekend - Qatar said all the missiles were intercepted