Netanyahu says fall of Iran’s leadership will be a consequence of attacks, not main target of Israel
Military analysts believe Israel might need the help of US military bunker-busting bombs to destroy the Fordow Fuel Enrichment Plant, the crown jewel of Iran’s nuclear programme buried beneath a mountain near the city of Qom.
Israeli strikes render 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lonely, allies keep off
Iran’s 86-year-old Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei cuts an increasingly lonely figure. Khamenei has seen his main military and security advisers killed by Israeli air strikes, leaving major holes in his inner circle and raising the risk of strategic errors, according to five people familiar with his decision-making process. One...
While US spies’ verdict is Iran ‘is not building a nuclear weapon’ Trump dismisses it, tells Tehran to ‘surrender unconditionally’
President Donald Trump dismissed the assessment of US spy agencies during an overnight flight back to Washington as he cut short his trip to the Group of Seven summit to focus on the escalating conflict between Israel and Iran.
Trump warns Tehran against nuclear programme as Israeli strikes damage Iran’s underground site
Israel says its sweeping assault on Iran’s top military leaders, nuclear scientists, uranium enrichment sites and ballistic missile programme is necessary to prevent its adversary from getting any closer to building an atomic weapon. The strikes have killed at least 224 people in Iran.
Israel warns Natanz nuclear sites attacks is just a warm up compared to what is coming
Israel pounded Iran for a second day on Saturday and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said its campaign would intensify, while Tehran called off nuclear talks that Washington had held out as the only way to halt the bombing. A day after Israel wiped out the top echelon of Iran’s military...
Iran responds to nuclear strikes to with a barrage of missile attacks on Israel’s ironclad defence system
The attack was a stiff challenge for Israel’s air-defence system, which has intercepted projectiles fired from Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Iran since the start of the war October 7, 2023. They have ranged from short-range rockets to medium-range missiles to attack drones to ballistic missiles like those fired Friday night.
World oil markets react to ramped up hostilities in Middle East as Israel pounds Iran’s nuclear sites
US President Donald Trump urged Iran to make a deal over its nuclear programme, to put an end to the “next already planned attacks.” The National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company said oil refining and storage facilities had not been damaged and continued to operate.
Israel’s blistering attack on Iran nuclear sites and killed top military commanders, scientist’s sets stage for Middle East war
Iran quickly retaliated by sending a swarm of drones at Israel and Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned of “severe punishment.” Iran had been censured by the UN’s atomic watchdog a day earlier for not complying with obligations meant to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon.
Top Iranian army chiefs killed as Israel blasts nuclear and military targets, Trump warns Tehran of imminent devastating strikes
An Israeli security source said Mossad commandos had been operating deep inside the Islamic Republic before the attack and the Israeli spy agency and military had mounted a series of covert operations against Iran’s strategic missile array.
Israel army takes journalists on tour of tunnel under Gaza hospital deemed command centre of Hamas, body of Sinwar’s brother found
Mohammed Sinwar was the younger brother of Yahya Sinwar, the Palestinian militant group’s deceased leader and mastermind of the October 2023 attack on Israel that killed 1,200 people according to Israeli tallies and which triggered the Israeli invasion of Gaza.
