The Reading / Listening - Iran-Israel - Level 4

The conflict between Israel and Iran is worsening. This latest crisis comes after Israel launched airstrikes against Iran on Friday. These destroyed Iranian military targets. They also killed senior military figures and nuclear scientists. Israel's prime minister said his country wanted to "thwart the Islamic regime's nuclear and ballistic missile threat". The International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran was in breach of its nuclear non-proliferation obligations.

Iran's capital Tehran was bombed for the first time since the Iran-Iraq War. Iran's leader said Israel started a war. He said Israel would pay a "heavy price" for its attacks. The Israeli military reported Iran fired fewer than 100 missiles. Israel's leader spoke to the Iranian people. He told them: "We are clearing the path for you to achieve your freedom. The regime…has never been weaker. This is your opportunity to stand up and let your voices be heard."

Try the same news story at these levels:

    Iran-Israel - Level 5 or  Iran-Israel - Level 6

Sources
  • https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-iran-launch-more-barrages-israel-aims-wipe-out-tehrans-nuclear-program-2025-06-13/
  • https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/6/13/hundreds-of-missiles-launched-at-israel-as-iran-vows-retaliation
  • https://www.timesofisrael.com/iran-launches-barrages-of-ballistic-missiles-at-israel-hits-buildings-in-countrys-center/


Make sure you try all of the online activities for this reading and listening - There are dictations, multiple choice activities, drag and drop activities, sentence jumbles, which word activities, text reconstructions, spelling, gap fills and a whole lot more. Please enjoy :-)

Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. The conflict
  2. These destroyed Iranian
  3. senior military
  4. nuclear
  5. Israel's prime minister said his
  6. thwart the
  7. ballistic
  8. in breach of its nuclear non-
  1. country wanted to
  2. proliferation obligations
  3. Islamic regime
  4. military targets
  5. between Israel and Iran
  6. figures
  7. scientists
  8. missile threat

Paragraph 2

  1. Iran's capital Tehran
  2. for the first time since
  3. He said Israel would pay
  4. The Israeli
  5. We are clearing the
  6. The regime has never been
  7. This is your opportunity
  8. let your voices
  1. the Iran-Iraq War
  2. to stand up
  3. path for you
  4. be heard
  5. military
  6. was bombed
  7. a heavy price
  8. weaker

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

The conflict between Israel and (1) ________________________________________________. This (2) ________________________________________________ after Israel launched airstrikes against Iran on Friday. These destroyed (3) ________________________________________________. They also killed senior military figures (4) ________________________________________________. Israel's prime minister said his country (5) ________________________________________________ the Islamic regime's nuclear and ballistic missile threat". The International Atomic Energy Agency said Iran was (6) ________________________________________________ its nuclear non-proliferation obligations.

Iran's capital Tehran (7) ________________________________________________ the first time since the Iran-Iraq War. Iran's leader said Israel (8) ________________________________________________. He said Israel would pay a "heavy price" for its attacks. The Israeli military reported Iran (9) ________________________________________________ 100 missiles. Israel's leader spoke to the Iranian people. He told them: "We are (10) ________________________________________________ for you to achieve your freedom. The regime...has (11) ________________________________________________. This is your opportunity to stand up and let your (12) ________________________________________________."

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

TheconflictbetweenIsraelandIranisworsening.Thislatestcrisiscomes
afterIsraellaunchedairstrikesagainstIranonFriday.ThesedestroyedI
ranianmilitarytargets.Theyalsokilledseniormilitaryfiguresandnuclea
rscientists.Israel'sprimeministersaidhiscountrywantedto"thwartthe
Islamicregime'snuclearandballisticmissilethreat".TheInternational
AtomicEnergyAgencysaidIranwasinbreachofitsnuclearnon-prolifer
ationobligations.Iran'scapitalTehranwasbombedforthefirsttimesinc
etheIran-IraqWar.Iran'sleadersaidIsraelstartedawar.HesaidIsrael
wouldpaya"heavyprice"foritsattacks.TheIsraelimilitaryreportedIra
nfiredfewerthan100missiles.Israel'sleaderspoketotheIranianpeople
.Hetoldthem:"Weareclearingthepathforyoutoachieveyourfreedom.
Theregime...hasneverbeenweaker.Thisisyouropportunitytostandup
andletyourvoicesbeheard."

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

(Please look at page 12 of the PDF to see a photocopiable example of this activity.)

Discussion — Write your own questions

STUDENT A’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student B)

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STUDENT B’s QUESTIONS (Do not show these to student A)

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Free writing

Write about this topic for 10 minutes. Comment on your partner’s paper.

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Answers

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