State Department Briefing, June 24, 2025: Israel-Iran Ceasefire and Assisted Departures from Israel

Name: "State Department Briefing, June 24, 2025: Israel-Iran Ceasefire and Assisted Departures from Israel"
Uploaded: 2025-06-24
Duration: 1 h 40 min 5 s
Description: "State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce said the department was assisting over 27,000 people seeking guidance on the Israel-Iran conflict, that assisted departure flights from Israel began June 21, and announced a $5 million reward in the Mahmoud Shah Habibi case, according to the Department of State briefing."

June 24, 2025 · U.S. Department of State · 1:40:05

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What happened

State Department Spokesperson Tammy Bruce opened the June 24, 2025 briefing on the Israel-Iran ceasefire, saying both Israel and Iran wanted to stop the war equally, quoting President Trump’s statement that it was his honor to destroy Iran’s nuclear capability, according to the Department of State briefing (captions partly garbled). She said the department’s 24/7 effort was providing information and support to over 27,000 people seeking guidance on the conflict, and that assisted departure flights from Israel began June 21 and had carried hundreds of U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents and family members, as stated in her remarks.

Bruce said Iran launched several missiles at the Al Udeid air base the day before, that many were intercepted by combined U.S. and Qatari efforts, and that no Americans or Qataris were hurt, according to the briefing. She noted Secretary Rubio had landed with the President at the NATO summit at The Hague, and that the United States would participate that week in the Organization of American States General Assembly in Antigua and Barbuda, as stated in her remarks.

Bruce also announced that the Rewards for Justice program is offering up to $5 million for information leading to the location, recovery and safe return of Mahmoud Shah Habibi, detained on August 10, 2022 and not heard from since, according to the briefing. She condemned the brutal attack on a Greek Orthodox church in Syria, offered condolences, and called on the Syrian government to hold perpetrators accountable and protect religious and ethnic minorities, as stated in her remarks. In questioning, Bruce described the ceasefire dynamic as fragile while noting quiet had held in the region, according to the briefing.

Why it matters

The June 24 briefing is the department’s first full public accounting after the ceasefire — consular numbers, the Al Udeid interception and the NATO summit framed as one continuous operation.

Sources: U.S. Department of State, “Department of State Press Briefing - June 24, 2025 - 2:00 PM”, 2025-06-24 (official upload, embedded above; published 2025-06-24). Transcript via Supadata (private research store, paraphrased and attributed, not republished). All figures and characterizations as stated by the speakers.