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Bloomberg
an hour ago
- Politics
- Bloomberg
A Weakened Iran Can Still Inflict Pain on the US — and the World
When the dust settled on Iran's nuclear sites on Sunday after a US bombing raid that President Donald Trump said had 'totally obliterated' its atomic program, one thing was missing: its highly enriched uranium, which international authorities haven't seen for more than a week. While the US attacks have set back Iran's nuclear ambitions and dealt its clerical regime a humiliating blow, the program hasn't been completely destroyed. The US attack may ultimately lead Tehran to end international monitoring of its nuclear program and consider going ahead to develop a bomb. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, the top ranks of his military and government winnowed by days of Israeli attacks, hasn't been seen in public in 11 days but remains in control. Even as allies Russia and China have stayed on the sidelines and its network of armed proxies in the region remains weakened, Tehran still has ways to inflict pain on the US as it plans its retaliation.
Times
3 hours ago
- Politics
- Times
Offer of talks went unanswered — so Trump sent bombers instead
T he clock started ticking down towards the US bombing of Iran after the Iranian regime failed to respond within a 60-day deadline set in a private letter from President Trump to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Even as military preparations were in full swing over the past week, senior officials said Trump remained open throughout to a meaningful overture from Tehran, as indicated when he told his press secretary to announce on Thursday that he would decide 'within two weeks' whether or not to join Israel's campaign. Marco Rubio, the secretary of state, went even further, saying on Sunday that the bombing mission could have been aborted while the planes were in the air if circumstances had changed.
SBS Australia
4 hours ago
- Politics
- SBS Australia
Live: World awaits Iranian response after US hits nuclear sites
The US bombing targeting three nuclear sites in Iran on Sunday marked the first act of direct military involvement by the US in the rapidly escalating conflict between Iran and Israel. Iran has condemned the strikes and said it will defend its people, territory and sovereignty by "all means necessary". Iran's allies have called for a "united front against aggression" amid security fears throughout the Middle East. Keep it here for the latest developments, expert analysis and global reactions.
RNZ News
4 hours ago
- Politics
- RNZ News
World waits for Iran's response to US bombing
The aftermath of US bombing on Iran's Isfahan nuclear enrichment site. Photo: AFP / Satellite Image Maxar Technologies Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian says the US "must receive a response for their aggression", following yesterday's strikes on Iran's nuclear enrichment sites. The US President Donald Trump claimed the strikes were a "spectacular military success" and warned Iran could face more attacks if it didn't "make peace". So where do things stand now? Kathryn speaks with the BBC's MidEast correspondent Seb Usher. David Smith is The Guardian's Washington DC correspondent and joins Kathryn to talk about the US President's decision to carry out the strikes and American domestic reaction to it.
New York Times
10 hours ago
- Politics
- New York Times
How the Attacks on Iran Are Part of a Much Bigger Global Struggle
There are so many things to say in the wake of the U.S. bombing of three key Iranian nuclear facilities that it is easy to get lost in the gripping details. So for now, let me try to step back and explore the global, regional and local forces shaping this story. What's really going on here? It is a very, very big drama, and it is not confined to the Middle East. To my mind, Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, with the sole aim of wiping its democracy off the map and absorbing it into Russia, and the attacks on Israel in 2023 by Hamas and Iran's proxies in Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq were manifestations of a global struggle between the forces of inclusion and the forces of resistance. That is a struggle between countries and leaders who see the world and their nations benefiting from more trade, more cooperation against global threats and more decent, if not democratic, governance — versus regimes whose leaders thrive on resisting those trends because conflict enables them to keep their people down, their armies strong and their thieving of their treasuries easy. The forces of inclusion had steadily been growing stronger. Ukraine in 2022 was getting closer to joining the European Union. This would have been the biggest expansion of a whole and free Europe since the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, because it would have added to the West a huge agricultural, technological and military power and left Russia more isolated — and looking more out of step to its own people — than ever. At the very same time, the Biden administration was making rapid headway on a deal for the U.S. to forge a security alliance with Saudi Arabia. In return, Saudi Arabia would normalize relations with Israel, and Israel would begin talks with the Palestinians on possible statehood. This would have been the biggest expansion of an integrated Middle East since the Camp David peace treaty between Egypt and Israel in 1979. In short, Ukraine looked poised to join the West, and Israel looked poised to join the East. So what happened? Putin invaded Ukraine to stop the first movement, and Hamas and Iran's other proxies attacked Israel to stop the second. Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
