Official Israel Vs. Iran 2025 thread: First post updates! US/Israel attacks set Iran back months at best. Ceasefire in effect. Everybody wins(?)
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Video Karoline Leavitt discusses US strikes on Iran
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt joins “GMA” to discuss the White House’s message following U.S. strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear program.
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White House says Iran was 'imminent threat’
The White House on Monday defended the US airstrikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, calling Iran an "imminent threat" and asserting that the attacks crippled Tehran’s ability to build a nuclear weapon.
Speaking to ABC News, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said, "Iran was an imminent threat, and President Trump is the first president with the guts to actually do something about it."
Leavitt said the US strikes had “taken away Iran’s ability to create a nuclear bomb.”
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1 hr 25 min ago
UN nuclear watchdog chief is not sure where Iran has stashed its stockpile of enriched uranium
From CNN’s Christian Edwards
Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), arrives for an IAEA Board of Governors meeting at the IAEA headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on Monday.
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Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), was unable to confirm the whereabouts of Iran’s stockpile of near-weapons-grade nuclear material, urging that inspectors be allowed to return safely to the country “to assess the situation.”
In an interview with CNN on Sunday, Grossi said that Iran has stored around 400 kilograms (880 lbs) of uranium enriched to 60%, not far from the 90% enrichment required to make a nuclear weapon.
“Iran has made no secret that they have protected this material,” Grossi said.
Speaking to board of governors of the United Nations’ nuclear watchdog on Monday, Grossi said that inspectors must be able “to go back to Iran’s nuclear sites and account for the stockpiles of uranium, including, most importantly, the 400 kilograms enriched to 60%.”
IAEA inspectors last saw the stockpile on June 10, Grossi told CNN, just three days before Israel struck Iran, mostly targeting the country’s nuclear facilities at Isfahan and Natanz. The United States joined Israel’s attacks on Sunday, striking those two sites as well as the Fordow enrichment plant, which is buried deep in a mountain.
In his statement to the IAEA board, Grossi said that Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told him on June 13 — shortly after Israel’s initial attack — that Iran will “adopt special measures to protect our nuclear equipment and materials.”
Grossi said he had stressed to Araghchi that Iran must declare to the IAEA where it is transferring any nuclear material.
Grossi also called for an end to the fighting so that “Iran can let IAEA teams into the sites to assess the situation.”
U.N inspectors you say? Goddamn, they did not change this reboot at all. Same plot as the first.
They dancing around the "Regime Change" statement.
www.foxnews.com
36 minutes ago
"If the Iranian regime refuses to come to a peaceful, diplomatic solution — which the President is still interested in engaging in...why shouldn't the Iranian people take away the power of this incredibly violent regime?...Our posture has not changed,“ White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News on Monday.
Karoline Leavitt: President Trump has prevented a nuclear conflict | Fox News Video
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt joins 'Fox & Friends' to discuss President Donald Trump's strike on Iran, the pushback from both lawmakers and Trump's call for a regime change.
www.foxnews.com
36 minutes ago
White House says Iranians may need to strip power from 'violent regime'
"If the Iranian regime refuses to come to a peaceful, diplomatic solution — which the President is still interested in engaging in...why shouldn't the Iranian people take away the power of this incredibly violent regime?...Our posture has not changed,“ White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt told Fox News on Monday.
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A lot of conflicting reports out there. Did Iran move their nuclear materials. Did the strikes actually destroy them.
Don’t start wars you can’t finish.
I told you October 7th was a mistake.
Go sign up to defend the ayatollah if you want.
Enough of this disgusting pattern of Human exploitation by this awful entity.
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7 min ago
Israel can achieve the majority of the goals of its operation in Iran “within days,” according to a source familiar with the matter.
The source added that first Israel is “working to finish its targets and then operating to promote negotiations.”
Earlier today, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who has been involved in the highest-level discussions about the operation, said that Israel is “very close to completing” its three main objectives against Iran’s nuclear program, its ballistic missiles and its regional proxies.
“We’re very close to completing this achievement,” Smotrich told Israel’s Army Radio.
In a pre-recorded news conference on Sunday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he did not want this to be a military campaign that dragged out over months.
“We will not be dragged into a war of attrition,” he said. “But we also will end this operation — this historic campaign — before we achieve all of our goals.”
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Israel can achieve majority of goals in Iran “within days,” source says
From CNN’s Tamar MichaelisIsrael can achieve the majority of the goals of its operation in Iran “within days,” according to a source familiar with the matter.
The source added that first Israel is “working to finish its targets and then operating to promote negotiations.”
Earlier today, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who has been involved in the highest-level discussions about the operation, said that Israel is “very close to completing” its three main objectives against Iran’s nuclear program, its ballistic missiles and its regional proxies.
“We’re very close to completing this achievement,” Smotrich told Israel’s Army Radio.
In a pre-recorded news conference on Sunday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he did not want this to be a military campaign that dragged out over months.
“We will not be dragged into a war of attrition,” he said. “But we also will end this operation — this historic campaign — before we achieve all of our goals.”
https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news...s-06-23-25-intl-hnk#cmc93ulr300003b6z682pfveb
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US President Donald Trump has hinted at “regime change” in Iran, but the prospect may not be as simple as he thinks, and its outcomes seem unlikely to be what Washington envisions.
Experts warn that regime change in Iran won’t guarantee a government that is friendly to the United States or Israel, and it could possibly pave the way for more hawkish figures who could race to a nuclear bomb as the ultimate deterrent following the destruction wrought by American and Israeli strikes.
While Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei can be replaced if he is killed, regime failure is also a risk that officials in Washington need to factor in, experts said, which could splinter the country and send shockwaves across the Middle East.
Another outcome could be that elements in the Iranian military assume power. Those factions are “not going to be the type of regime that the US may have had in mind,” Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute in Washington, DC, told CNN.
Home to long-simmering separatist movements that have vied for power and independence, Iran could face internal fragmentation and chaos if its government falls entirely, experts warn.
“Regime collapse is just to collapse the state, and let the chaos that ensues fester,” Parsi told CNN.
The supreme leader is elected by the 88-member Assembly of Experts for life and doesn’t officially name a successor.
However, The New York Times reported on Saturday that Khamenei has named three senior clerics as candidates to succeed him should he be killed, citing three Iranian officials familiar with the matter.
Any replacement process may take place as separatist groups who have long resented the Islamic Republic seek to take advantage of what they may see as an opportunity.
less than 1 min ago
Analysis: Why regime change in Iran is no simple matter
From CNN’s Nadeen EbrahimUS President Donald Trump has hinted at “regime change” in Iran, but the prospect may not be as simple as he thinks, and its outcomes seem unlikely to be what Washington envisions.
Experts warn that regime change in Iran won’t guarantee a government that is friendly to the United States or Israel, and it could possibly pave the way for more hawkish figures who could race to a nuclear bomb as the ultimate deterrent following the destruction wrought by American and Israeli strikes.
While Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei can be replaced if he is killed, regime failure is also a risk that officials in Washington need to factor in, experts said, which could splinter the country and send shockwaves across the Middle East.
Another outcome could be that elements in the Iranian military assume power. Those factions are “not going to be the type of regime that the US may have had in mind,” Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute in Washington, DC, told CNN.
Home to long-simmering separatist movements that have vied for power and independence, Iran could face internal fragmentation and chaos if its government falls entirely, experts warn.
“Regime collapse is just to collapse the state, and let the chaos that ensues fester,” Parsi told CNN.
The supreme leader is elected by the 88-member Assembly of Experts for life and doesn’t officially name a successor.
However, The New York Times reported on Saturday that Khamenei has named three senior clerics as candidates to succeed him should he be killed, citing three Iranian officials familiar with the matter.
Any replacement process may take place as separatist groups who have long resented the Islamic Republic seek to take advantage of what they may see as an opportunity.
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Reporter asks Malcom x if he is antisemitic. He knew the nature of Israel.
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It's all good bro. The disinformation and propaganda is at insane levels from all sides.
Iranian missiles slam into Israel as huge explosions rock Tehran
Israel and Iran continue to trade attacks as US President Donald Trump hints at possible regime change in Tehran.
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White House says Trump ‘still interested’ in Iran diplomacy
The US president thinks Iranians should overthrow their government if it refuses to negotiate on its nuclear programme, but he is “still interested” in diplomacy, according to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
“If the Iranian regime refuses to come to a peaceful diplomatic solution, which the president is still interested and engaging in, why shouldn’t the Iranian people take away the power of this incredibly violent regime that has been suppressing them for decades?” Leavitt said.
Yesterday, US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said the US attacks on Iranian nuclear sites were not “about regime change”. Later, Trump said in a social media post that “if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn’t there be a Regime change???”.
Tony D'Amato
It's all about the inches
Trump really told oil companies not to raise prices
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26 min ago
The Iranian regime wants the United States to “directly pay for the war, rather than standing behind Israel and pursue its project without having to pay the cost,” a senior Iranian official told CNN on Monday.
The decision by US President Donald Trump to order strikes against three Iranian nuclear sites on Sunday sparked a wave of anti-US sentiment in Iran, with many calling for retaliation.
A large anti-US and anti-Israel protest took place in Tehran on Sunday evening, with many in the crowd demanding revenge. Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran 11 days ago and the two countries have been striking each other daily since, leaving hundreds of people dead.
“Morale is high and the immense demand by the Iranian people to strike Israel is unprecedented,” the official told CNN, adding that calls by the Iranian public to strike Israel are “an element in intensifying Iran’s battle plans.”
The official told CNN that Iran believed that calls for a temporary pause to the war were a “deception in order to assess Iran’s preparedness for continuing the war.”
They added that Iran estimated the war could last up to two years and that Iran was prepared for that.
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Iranian official tells CNN Tehran wants the US to "pay" for its attacks "directly"
From CNN’s Fred PleitgenThe Iranian regime wants the United States to “directly pay for the war, rather than standing behind Israel and pursue its project without having to pay the cost,” a senior Iranian official told CNN on Monday.
The decision by US President Donald Trump to order strikes against three Iranian nuclear sites on Sunday sparked a wave of anti-US sentiment in Iran, with many calling for retaliation.
A large anti-US and anti-Israel protest took place in Tehran on Sunday evening, with many in the crowd demanding revenge. Israel launched a surprise attack on Iran 11 days ago and the two countries have been striking each other daily since, leaving hundreds of people dead.
“Morale is high and the immense demand by the Iranian people to strike Israel is unprecedented,” the official told CNN, adding that calls by the Iranian public to strike Israel are “an element in intensifying Iran’s battle plans.”
The official told CNN that Iran believed that calls for a temporary pause to the war were a “deception in order to assess Iran’s preparedness for continuing the war.”
They added that Iran estimated the war could last up to two years and that Iran was prepared for that.
