Trump thanks Iran after attack choreographed to de-escalate https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/world/trump-iran-attack-de-escalate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #middleeast #iran #qatar #us
The European Union's top diplomat said she would speak to Israel's government regarding its suspected human rights breaches, as divisions remain within the bloc over how to influence Israeli actions in the Gaza Strip. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/world/politics/eu-israel-human-rights/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #eu #middleeast #israel #gaza #israelhamaswar #palestinians #humanrights
Around 84% of oil passing through the Strait is destined for Asia, leaving the economies of China, India, South Korea and Japan vulnerable to an Iranian blockade. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/24/economy/asia-oil-strait-of-hormuz/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #straitofhormuz #iran #unitedarabemirates #oman #shipping #trade #middleeast #oil #asia #china #india #southkorea
Iran launched a missile attack on an American air base in Qatar on Monday that caused no injuries, and President Donald Trump dismissed it as a "weak response" to U.S. attacks, while urging Iran and Israel to make peace. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/24/world/politics/us-strikes-iran-response/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #us #israel #middleeast #donaldtrump #nuclearweapons #usmilitary #qatar
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With the world’s attention on the #Iran / #Israel / #US conflict, Israeli forces are killing dozens of people in Gaza on a daily basis, while ambulance services have halted due to a fuel shortage.
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Israeli warplanes kept up their attacks on Iranian missiles systems, airfields and the Fordo nuclear site following U.S. strikes at the weekend, as debate raged in the country over how long the campaign should continue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/23/world/israel-iran-attacks-debate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #israel #iran #nuclearweapons #donaldtrump #us #middleeast
Japan’s biggest banks are among the first global firms to evacuate employees from Dubai and other financial hubs in the Middle East, just days after U.S. airstrikes on Iran increased risks in the region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/06/23/companies/japan-banks-pull-staff-from-middle-east/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #banks #middleeast #iran
China has criticized the United States' weekend strike on Iranian nuclear facilities and reiterated that it’s willing to join international efforts to restore peace in the Middle East. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/23/world/politics/china-iran-beijing-hormuz-trade-route/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #politics #iran #middleeast #straitofhormuz #trade #shipping #china #marcorubio #us
The second #Trump admin skipped the pretense, opting to speed-run the #US into conflict, at a time when public polling shows that the idea of #war with #Iran is spectacularly unpopular with the American people.
In his address to the nation Saturday evening, Trump said, "Our objective was the destruction of Iran's nuclear enrichment capacity & a stop to the #nuclear threat posed by the world's number one state sponsor of terror."
"There is no intel," said one of the ofcls…."The president is protecting the United States & our interests, [but] the intelligence assessments have not really changed from what they were before."
Sen #ChrisMurphy, who sits on the #ForeignRelations Cmte, confirmed…American #intelligence assessments on #Iran have not changed. "I was briefed on the intelligence last week. Iran posed no imminent threat of attack to the United States. Iran was not close to building a deliverable nuclear weapon."
#Trump's attacks on #Iran constitute an act of #war - & could set off a new, long-term conflict with potential to grow into something much larger. Unlike a previous time an American president preemptively initiated a war in the #MiddleEast, when George W. Bush plunged America into a disastrous war in Iraq, he & his team spent roughly a year building a case of lies & propaganda to sell to a public that was already broadly supportive of post-9/11 military action.
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A #MiddleEast-based maritime center overseen by the #US #military warned Sunday that there’s a “high” risk to US associated ships after the American strikes on #Iran #nuclear sites.
“The threat to US associated commercial shipping in the Red Sea & Gulf of Aden is currently assessed as HIGH,” the Joint Maritime Information Center, which is overseen by the US #Navy, wrote in an advisory to shippers.
The #Trump admin said that its attack on 3 #Iran #nuclear facilities was not about toppling the country’s government.
“This mission was not and has not been about regime change,” #Defense Secretary #PeteHegseth said at a Sunday news briefing.
Air Force Gen. #DanCaine, the chairman of the #JointChiefs of Staff, stressed that the goal of “Operation Midnight Hammer” had destroyed the nuclear sites in #Fordow, #Natanz & #Isfahan.
In concluding his briefing, #PeteHegseth attempted to once again reiterate an unwillingness for America’s intervention in #Iran to turn into a protracted #war & labeled the overnight strikes as “intentionally limited.”
“I would just say, as the president has directed & made clear, this is most certainly not open-ended,”Hegseth said, adding that it doesn’t limit #US ability to respond & it will do so if necessary.
#Trump Secretary of #Defense#PeteHegseth said Sunday that despite a surprise attack overnight on Iranian #nuclear sites, America “does not seek war.”
#Hegseth said it was important to note that #US strikes did not target Iranian troops or the Iranian people, a veiled effort to indicate to #Iran that they don’t want retaliation on American targets in the region.
#Hegseth said that a choice to move a number of B-2 bombers from their base in Missouri earlier Saturday was meant to be a decoy to throw off #Iran.
He added that the #US used other methods of deception as well, deploying fighters to protect the B-2 bombers that dropped 14 #BunkerBuster bombs on Iran’s most powerful #nuclear site. He said that all of these tactics helped the U.S. drop the bombs without tipping off Iran’s fighter jets or its air missile systems.
#Trump Secretary of #Defense#PeteHegseth said Sunday that despite a surprise attack overnight on Iranian #nuclear sites, America “does not seek war.”
#Hegseth said it was important to note that #US strikes did not target Iranian troops or the Iranian people, a veiled effort to indicate to #Iran that they don’t want retaliation on American targets in the region.
#Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the time for #diplomacy had passed & that his country had the right to defend itself, saying the #US had “crossed a very big red line.”
#Trump#Defense Secy #PeteHegseth echoed his remarks in a press conference.
“I can only confirm that there are both public & private messages being directly delivered to the Iranians in multiple channels, giving them every opportunity to come to the table,” #Hegseth said.
The #US #military struck 3 sites in #Iran early Sunday, inserting itself into #Israel’s effort to decapitate Iran’s #nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe amid Tehran’s threat of reprisals could spark a wider regional conflict.
#Trump says Iran’s key nuclear sites were “completely & fully obliterated” by US strikes. Speaking hours after the attacks, he threatened more strikes & said Iran faced a choice between “peace or tragedy.”
#MiddleEast #war
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