Putin Joins Iran War? Top Aide's NUCLEAR Threat ‘Stuns' Trump, 'Ready To Supply…'
Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has issued a dramatic statement, claiming that several nations, including Russia, are ready to supply Iran with nuclear warheads if needed. He accused President Trump of igniting a new Middle East war, saying the U.S. strikes failed to destroy Iran's nuclear infrastructure and only strengthened Tehran politically. Meanwhile, Iran's Foreign Minister Aragchi announced an urgent visit to Moscow for consultations with President Putin, as Iran prepares to invoke its right to self-defense under the UN Charter.
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Hindustan Times
39 minutes ago
- Hindustan Times
Israel Iran war LIVE: US issues 'worldwide caution' alert for Americans; UNSC holds emergency meet
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Time of India
an hour ago
- Time of India
Ripples Spread Across World as US Bombs Iran Nuke Trinity
The US inserted itself into the Iran-Israel war by destroying Iranian nuclear sites — at Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan — with bunker busting bombs in the wee hours of Sunday, making very real the threat of a wider conflict. US President Donald Trump said, 'Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated. Iran, the bully of the Middle East, must now make peace' or face more devastating attacks. The Pentagon later said US doesn't want to pursue war with Iran. Iran foreign affairs minister Abbas Araghchi said Tehran would consider all possible responses. There would be no return to diplomacy until it had retaliated, he said. The country's Parliament has approved closing of the Hormuz Strait, through which around 20% of global oil and gas flows. The decision will be finalised by its Supreme National Security Council. Gulf states, home to multiple US military bases, were on high alert. Saudi Arabia upped security, while Bahrain urged drivers to avoid main roads and Kuwait set up shelters. Nuclear authorities in Saudi Arabia and the UAE said they had not detected signs of nuclear contamination. Türkiye said the US strikes had raised the risk of the regional conflict spreading globally. In Europe, leaders of Britain, France and Germany urged Iran not to take any actions that would further destabilise the region. "We have consistently been clear that Iran can never have a nuclear weapon and can no longer pose a threat to regional security,' said an E3 joint statement. 'We call upon Iran to engage in negotiations leading to an agreement that addresses all concerns associated with its nuclear programme. We stand ready to contribute to that goal in coordination with all parties,' they said. The E3 also confirmed their support for the security of Israel, the statement said. Russia and China strongly condemned the bombing. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu said Trump's decision to 'target Iran's nuclear facilities with the awesome and righteous might of the US will change history.' Tehran vowed to defend itself at all costs. It fired another volley of missiles at Israel that wounded scores of people and flattened buildings in Tel Aviv. But perhaps in an effort to avert all-out war with the US, it had yet to follow through on its main threats of retaliation against the US itself — either by targeting American bases or trying to choke off global oil supplies. An advisory from the Department of Homeland Security warned of a 'heightened threat environment in the US.' Speaking in Istanbul, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi called for condemnation of the US attacks by the UN Security Council, which is due to meet later on Sunday. 'The US showed they have no respect for international law. They only understand the language of threat and force,' he said. Trump, announcing the strikes in a televised address, called them 'a spectacular military success'. 'This mission was not and has not been about regime change,' defense secretary Pete Hegseth said. 'The president authorised a precision operation to neutralise the threats to our national interests posed by the Iranian nuclear programme.' Satellite images obtained following the attack appeared to show damage both to the mountain above the site and to entrances nearby. Meanwhile, Rafael Mariano Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency , announced an emergency meeting of its board of governors on Monday. IAEA said no increases in off-site radiation levels had been reported after the US strikes. A senior Iranian source said that most of the highly enriched uranium at Fordo had been moved elsewhere before the attack. While it is clear that US airstrikes had hit the Fordo site, it was not yet possible to assess the damage done underground there, Grossi said.
Time of India
an hour ago
- Time of India
Bombastic
What really are the positives, even for US, after it hit Iran? The possible negatives are plenty, though Fordow is gone, Trump posted on Truth Social early on Sunday, even before experts had time to analyse the aftermath of the raid. In his telling, 'Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated.' If that's true, Israel is the lone, undisputed nuclear power in West Asia now, and the war must stop. For, eradicating Iran's bomb-making infra was the stated aim of Israel's June 13 strikes. Trump has also said, 'Our objective was the destruction of Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity.' But you can't hold Trump to his word. As late as June 10, he said he would like to avoid a conflict. Yet, on June 13, after Israel's airstrikes, he admitted: 'We knew everything.' And on Saturday, when he lamented he wouldn't get a peace Nobel, 'no matter what I do', his fleet of B-2 bombers was already on its way to hit nuclear facilities at Fordow, Isfahan and Natanz. Trump, the consummate dealmaker, perhaps reckons that a humbled Iran will sue for peace. But this isn't business. Here's a regime fighting with its back to the wall. Isolated and sanctioned for 46 years, it derives legitimacy from strength, or a semblance of it. It cannot cower before Trump's 'if peace does not come quickly' threat. And Iran has not run out of moves yet. Although it shouldn't, it can attack military bases in the region that house 40,000 US troops. Iran can also inflict pain globally – as it threatened on Sunday – by shutting off the Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world's oil passes. So, wittingly or otherwise, Trump has walked America and his MAGA voters into another West Asia swamp after vowing not to do so. For what? As experts point out, Iran – world's number one state sponsor of terror, in Trump's words – didn't have planes or missiles to hit America. US friends in the neighbourhood – Oman, Qatar, Iraq – disapprove of the strikes. Even the Saudis, for the second time in 10 days, have 'condemned and denounced the violation of the sovereignty of the Islamic Republic of Iran'. Whose war is Trump fighting then, and what will it achieve, besides steeling Iran's resolve to build its nuclear deterrent, like N Korea? Each GBU-57 that Trump's B-2s dropped shook the international order on Sunday. Global treaties like NPT, and principles of engagement are under a cloud now. And with Pakistan in Trump's embrace, India should be very watchful. Facebook Twitter Linkedin Email This piece appeared as an editorial opinion in the print edition of The Times of India.
