Iran-Israel conflict

Endgame for Iran

Rajeev Deshpande

The debate over whether the bunker-buster bombs destroy uranium storage and processing facilities may take longer to settle, but Iran’s theocrats have plenty to chew on

Former IAEA chief ElBaradei condemns war on Iran as illegal, hypocritical

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He said that this war is taking place in the backdrop of a total paralysis of the UN Security Council and “obscene double standards by those who trumpet a rule-based system”

Israeli commentator says he expects US/NATO to strike Iran on their own

Ullekh NP

In a statement that may incur MAGA wrath and displeasure at home, Yossi Melman says he prefers Western forces, not Israel, targeting Iran’s nuclear programme

Middle East expert Blaise Metreweli is the first female chief of British intelligence

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The 47-year-old is currently the agency’s Director General of Technology and Innovation

Donald Trump’s Middle Eastern dilemma: end the war or enter It

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Washington-based Iran expert Trita Parsi says Trump can still bring Iran to the negotiating table, but only by abandoning the zero-enrichment demand championed by Israel

The Long Undoing of Iran–Israel Relations

V Shoba

Behind the hostility between the two former allies lies an old, improbable intimacy

Once again, Trump brandishes his typical ‘I did it’ claim

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President Trump’s statement on the Israeli attack on Iran contradicts that of his Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, who described the strikes as a “unilateral action.”