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Israel and Iran have opened a new chapter in their long history of conflict. Israel launched a major attack with strikes early Friday that set off explosions in the Iranian capital of Tehran.
Shapiro served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for the Middle East until January—charged with, among other things, considering scenarios in which tensions between Israel and Iran escalated into all-out war and preparing U.
Iran has long maintained that its nuclear programme is for civilian purposes only. It has several facilities around Iran, at least some of which have been targeted in the Israeli strikes.
Israel launched airstrikes against Iran's nuclear programme and military targets, in the early hours of Friday, June 13. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a statement said US is not involved in the strikes against Iran.
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Israel attacked Iran’s Natanz nuclear site after it announced that it is activating a third nuclear enrichment facility. IAEA confirmed that the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, Isfahan nuclear site and Bushehr nuclear plant,
THE Middle East stands on the brink of all-out war after Israel unleashed a massive wave of missile strikes on Iran – with Tehran then responding with a wave of drones. Israeli forces
Explosions rang out across Iran’s capital as Israel claimed it was attacking the country. People in Tehran, Iran, awoke to the sound of the
Israel's strike has caused severe destruction to the underground facility at Iran’s Natanz nuclear site. Reports suggest that several advanced centrifuge machines were destroyed in the attack.
US President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza and stop talk of an attack on Iran, according to a source familiar with the conversation.