How badly Iran’s nuclear program was set back remains murky. The prospects of renewed U.S.-Iran peace talks are up in the air.
War in Israel
Dozens of staff members, two inmates and a bystander were among the casualties of Israel’s attack last week on Tehran’s Evin prison, a facility where many political prisoners and dissidents have been held.
Iran’s top diplomat said that the possibility of new negotiations with the United States on his country’s nuclear program has been “complicated” by the American attack.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned against any further U.S. attacks in his first public comments since a ceasefire was declared with Israel after 12 days of war.
Israel and Iran seemed to honor the fragile ceasefire between them for a second day and President Donald Trump asserted that American and Iranian officials will talk next week.
A new U.S. intelligence report found that Iran’s nuclear program has been set back only a few months after a U.S. strike and was not “completely and fully obliterated” as President Donald Trump has said, according to two people familiar with the early assessment.
Airports and skies throughout the region have been on edge since Israel began the deadly war on June 13 — with a surprise barrage of attacks on Iran, which responded with its own missile and drone strikes.
A fragile ceasefire between Iran and Israel appeared to hold after initially faltering, and President Donald Trump expressed frustration with both sides.
A tentative truce faltered when Israel vowed to retaliate after saying Iran launched missiles into its airspace more than two hours after a ceasefire was supposed to take effect.
Iran is a major producer of oil and also sits on the narrow Strait of Hormuz, through which much of the world’s crude passes.
The Trump administration on Sunday sent a series of conflicting messages to Iran — with U.S. officials initially indicating a willingness to resume negotiations after a surprise attack on three of the country’s nuclear sites and President Donald Trump talking up the possibility of regime change.
The U.S. military’s strike on three sites in Iran raised urgent questions Sunday about what remains of Tehran’s nuclear program and how its weakened military might respond.
Nevada’s two Democratic senators called on President Donald Trump to come before Congress before any further action in Iran.
The instant divisions in the U.S. Congress reflected an already swirling debate over the president’s ability to conduct such a consequential action on his own.
President Donald Trump’s decision to strike three nuclear sites in Iran will almost assuredly draw more criticism from some of the Republican’s supporters.