Official Israel Vs. Iran 2025 thread: First post updates! US, Israel attacks set Iran back months at best. Ceasefire in effect. Everybody wins(?)

[Afro]

Israel-Iran truce holds; Intel reports say US did not destroy nuclear sites

White House refutes intel reports that say bombings of Iran’s nuclear sites did not completely destroy the facilities.

aje.io

23m ago
(01:15 GMT)

Some ’99 percent of Israelis’ believe attack on Iran was ‘inevitable’: Former PM​

Ehud Olmert, Israel’s prime minister between 2006 and 2009, told Al Jazeera in an interview earlier that the Israeli public was firmly behind Benjamin Netanyahu’s attacks on Iran.
“You know how much I criticise Netanyahu, and I don’t hesitate to say it in the most explicit manner. But 99 percent of Israelis thought that the Israeli attack on Iran was unavoidable and inevitable,” Olmert said.
“And they are very happy that we have succeeded to break down a major part of the military power of Iran,” he added.
“We don’t want to destroy Iran. We don’t want to continue the fighting with Iran. We want to change the pattern of our relations. But we will not agree, under any circumstances, to tolerate an option of Iran becoming nuclear.”

A man in the north of Israel poses next to the apparent remains of an Iranian missile on Tuesday [Avi Ohayon/Reuters]

 

[Afro]

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1 hr 55 min ago

GOP senators say they'll need more information to know if Iran nuclear program was destroyed​

From CNN’s Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett, Manu Raju and Aileen Graef
Republican senators are waiting for more information about the state of Iran’s nuclear program and what could come next after US strikes on facilities over the weekend.

The need for more information comes against the backdrop of CNN reporting that the US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intelligence assessment. The early findings are at odds with President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that the strikes “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities.

The Trump administration postponed classified briefings for the House and Senate on Tuesday — with the House briefing on Friday and the Senators on Thursday — leaving Democratic lawmakers saying they have a lot of questions and many in the GOP backing President Donald Trump.

Here’s what some GOP senators are saying:

• GOP Sen. Rand Paul, who has been skeptical of the president’s decision to strike Iran without congressional approval, warned that the strikes could backfire if they encourage Iran to ramp up its nuclear program.
• Senate Majority Leader John Thune couldn’t confirm Tuesday if Iran’s nuclear program was “completely and totally obliterated,” as Trump has said. “But we know for sure that their nuclear program was set back considerably. And that is a victory, not only for that region, but for our country’s national security interests,” Thune said.
• Sen. Lindsey Graham, a long-time Iran hawk, also replied “I don’t know” when asked if it was his understanding that the program was not destroyed by the strikes. He wants to review a damage assessment on the US strikes on Iran during Thursday’s re-scheduled Senate briefing.
• Sen. Roger Wicker, Senate Armed Services Committee chairman, said he hopes CNN’s reporting on the early assessment is “wrong, and I’m not convinced it’s accurate. We’ll see.” He added that that he had not talked to anyone at the Defense Department about it yet. “We’re looking at it, though.”

 

[Samori Toure]

So the USA bombing was not a success.

Trump's Bombing Probably Set Iran's Nuclear Program Back By Mere Months, Report Says

Trump's Bombing Probably Set Iran's Nuclear Program Back By Mere Months, Report Says

The White House issued a snarky comment saying the assessment was leaked by an "anonymous, low-level loser."

www.huffpost.com

 

[Afro]

Israel-Iran truce holds; Intel reports say US did not destroy nuclear sites

White House refutes intel reports that say bombings of Iran’s nuclear sites did not completely destroy the facilities.

aje.io

4m ago

(01:50 GMT)

Iran diaspora in ‘Tehrangeles’ dream of ‘regime change’​

Despite Trump’s declaration of a ceasefire between Iran and Israel, many Iranians living in the US believe that it is time for a “regime change” in their homeland after close to five decades under clerical rule.

In an Iranian neighbourhood of Los Angeles, grocery owner Mohammad Ghafari told AFP news agency said that while he is worried about his relatives, he also cherishes the hope of change in his native country.

Iran “is not capable of providing food to the Persian people,” said Ghafari, who left to study abroad before the 1979 revolution and never returned.
“If the people (there) were happy about a change of regime, I would be too.”

Any talk of toppling Iran’s clerical leadership resonates strongly in the Los Angeles area, where nearly 200,000 Iranian-Americans live, according to AFP.

“Everyone would be happy,” agreed Fereshteh, one of Ghafari’s customers and a fellow resident of so-called “Tehrangeles” – a mash-up of Tehran and Los Angeles.

“It’s time for the Iranian people to rise up, because right now, the regime is very weak,” said Fereshteh, an Iranian of Jewish background who fled Iran in the 1980s during the war between her country and Iraq.

Iranian-American demonstrators gather to call for regime change in Iran during a protest outside a federal building in Los Angeles [Frederic J. Brown/AFP]

 

[Afro]

Israel-Iran truce holds; Intel reports say US did not destroy nuclear sites

White House refutes intel reports that say bombings of Iran’s nuclear sites did not completely destroy the facilities.

aje.io

1m ago
(02:00 GMT)

Iranian president praises public’s resilience through Israeli attacks​

• 
  Ali Hashem

Reporting from Tehran, Iran
Today is another day and also, Tehran today is another city. Many people started getting back to their houses, to the shops – shops started opening.
Restaurants, coffee shops are full of people, and, of course, some of the squares, just like Enghlab Square or the Revolution Square in downtown Tehran, are packed with people who are celebrating the end of the war.
This experience, the 12-day experience, was heavy on the people. Therefore, they feel better now.
With the war ended and with security back, they can go to their homes. They can go back to the streets and they can express their feelings. This is the most important thing to them.
And President Pezeshkian sent a message to the people of Iran, giving them the credit for their resilience [after]…Israel has stopped this war that it started.

Citizens resume daily life following the ceasefire between Israel and Iran in the capital Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday [Fatemeh Bahrami/Anadolu]

 

[Afro]

It's over.

Israel-Iran truce holds; Intel reports say US did not destroy nuclear sites

White House refutes intel reports that say bombings of Iran’s nuclear sites did not completely destroy the facilities.

aje.io

17s ago
(02:10 GMT)

US House of Representatives drops effort to impeach Trump over Iran strikes​

The House has voted overwhelmingly to set aside an effort to impeach President Trump on a sole charge of abuse of power for launching military strikes on Iran without Congressional authorisation.
The Associated Press news agency reports that the attempt brought to the House by Democrat Al Green of Texas, brought little debate and also split his party, many of whom joined with their Republican colleagues to vote down the impeachment attempt.
Speaking in advance of the vote, Green said he believed the US was at the ” crossroads of democracy and autocracy”.
“I do this because no one person should have the power to take over 300 million people to war without consulting with the Congress of the United States of America,” Green said.
“I do this because I understand that the Constitution is going to be meaningful or it’s going to be meaningless,” he said.
Most Democrats joined the Republican majority to shelve the impeachment attempt with a vote tally of 344 to 79.
Trump lashed out earlier on Tuesday at Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, for suggesting his military action against Iran was an impeachable offence.

 

[FaTaL]

Israel-Iran truce holds; Intel reports say US did not destroy nuclear sites

White House refutes intel reports that say bombings of Iran’s nuclear sites did not completely destroy the facilities.

aje.io

58m ago
(00:40 GMT)

Relief, concern in Iran as people celebrate ceasefire but distrust Israeli commitment to peace​

• 
  Tohid Asadi

Reporting from Tehran, Iran
What we see on the ground is a mixture of different sentiments across the country.
There is a sense of relief that we can see among the people.
We know that previously, a huge, or at least a considerable part of the population living in the capital, Tehran, decided to evacuate after US President Trump and Israeli officials called on the residents of Tehran to evacuate the city.
Now things are starting to get back to normal.
Added to that is a further layer regarding the anxieties and concerns that exist among the people.
They are looking at the historical background about Israelis and how they treat this idea of ceasefires.
Now in Tehran and Iran, there is this concern about whether the Israelis are going to be committed to this ceasefire or not.
We know that over the past 12 days, it was not just the nuclear facilities or military sites being targeted by the Israel strikes but the very ordinary citizens and their lives were all targeted and affected as a result.

Iranians chant slogans, wave national flags and hold portraits of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, as they celebrate a ceasefire between Iran and Israel, at Enghlab Square in Tehran on Tuesday [Atta Kenare/AFP]

It’s not over, they’re just reloading

 

[Saysumthinfunnymike]

Do we still have the receipts on the bunker busters? Might need to get a refund

 

[Afro]

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6 min ago

Trump pushes back on CNN report about intel assessment suggesting strikes on Iran didn't destroy nuclear sites​

From CNN's Donald Judd
In a post on Truth Social, US President Donald Trump disputed CNN reporting that an early US intelligence assessment suggests strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear facilities did not destroy core components of its nuclear program.

Trump, who’s in the Netherland’s attending this week’s NATO summit, called the strikes “ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MILITARY STRIKES IN HISTORY,” adding that “THE NUCLEAR SITES IN IRAN ARE COMPLETELY DESTROYED!”

Earlier Tuesday, CNN reported that US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend likely only set the country’s nuclear program back by months, according to an early US intelligence assessment that was described by seven people briefed on it.

The president posted his original comments at approximately 3:30 a.m. local time, before deleting and reposting after correcting a spelling error in the original post, slamming CNN and the New York Times, for what he called “AN ATTEMPT TO DEMEAN” the strikes.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt pushed back against CNN’s reporting earlier Tuesday as well, acknowledging its existence but calling it “flat-out wrong.”

 

[Robbie3000]

A perspective for the wise.

 

[Afro]

I can....finally close the news
Wasted money, meaningless deaths, and everybody believes they won. Our world, ladies and gentlemen
I've been your host, appreciate yall, have a good night!

Unless something crazy happens in the next few days

 

[DaddyFresh]

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1 hr 55 min ago

GOP senators say they'll need more information to know if Iran nuclear program was destroyed​

From CNN’s Morgan Rimmer, Ted Barrett, Manu Raju and Aileen Graef
Republican senators are waiting for more information about the state of Iran’s nuclear program and what could come next after US strikes on facilities over the weekend.

The need for more information comes against the backdrop of CNN reporting that the US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US intelligence assessment. The early findings are at odds with President Donald Trump’s repeated claims that the strikes “completely and totally obliterated” Iran’s nuclear enrichment facilities.

The Trump administration postponed classified briefings for the House and Senate on Tuesday — with the House briefing on Friday and the Senators on Thursday — leaving Democratic lawmakers saying they have a lot of questions and many in the GOP backing President Donald Trump.

Here’s what some GOP senators are saying:

• GOP Sen. Rand Paul, who has been skeptical of the president’s decision to strike Iran without congressional approval, warned that the strikes could backfire if they encourage Iran to ramp up its nuclear program.
• Senate Majority Leader John Thune couldn’t confirm Tuesday if Iran’s nuclear program was “completely and totally obliterated,” as Trump has said. “But we know for sure that their nuclear program was set back considerably. And that is a victory, not only for that region, but for our country’s national security interests,” Thune said.
• Sen. Lindsey Graham, a long-time Iran hawk, also replied “I don’t know” when asked if it was his understanding that the program was not destroyed by the strikes. He wants to review a damage assessment on the US strikes on Iran during Thursday’s re-scheduled Senate briefing.
• Sen. Roger Wicker, Senate Armed Services Committee chairman, said he hopes CNN’s reporting on the early assessment is “wrong, and I’m not convinced it’s accurate. We’ll see.” He added that that he had not talked to anyone at the Defense Department about it yet. “We’re looking at it, though.”

The last senator said he hope the CNN article isn't true but hasn't actually asked for any info from the DOD or intel agencies? Lmaooo. These people are not serious at all. They know it's not destroyed .

 

[focusloco]

I can....finally close the news
Wasted money, meaningless deaths, and everybody believes they won. Our world, ladies and gentlemen
I've been your host, appreciate yall, have a good night!

Unless something crazy happens in the next few days

You held it down for us big dog ... appreciate you breh .... I'll see ya when this silly
cease fire is broken ...get some rest

 

[King Sun]

Israel-Iran truce holds; Intel reports say US did not destroy nuclear sites

White House refutes intel reports that say bombings of Iran’s nuclear sites did not completely destroy the facilities.

aje.io

4m ago

(01:50 GMT)

Iran diaspora in ‘Tehrangeles’ dream of ‘regime change’​

Despite Trump’s declaration of a ceasefire between Iran and Israel, many Iranians living in the US believe that it is time for a “regime change” in their homeland after close to five decades under clerical rule.

In an Iranian neighbourhood of Los Angeles, grocery owner Mohammad Ghafari told AFP news agency said that while he is worried about his relatives, he also cherishes the hope of change in his native country.

Iran “is not capable of providing food to the Persian people,” said Ghafari, who left to study abroad before the 1979 revolution and never returned.
“If the people (there) were happy about a change of regime, I would be too.”

Any talk of toppling Iran’s clerical leadership resonates strongly in the Los Angeles area, where nearly 200,000 Iranian-Americans live, according to AFP.

“Everyone would be happy,” agreed Fereshteh, one of Ghafari’s customers and a fellow resident of so-called “Tehrangeles” – a mash-up of Tehran and Los Angeles.

“It’s time for the Iranian people to rise up, because right now, the regime is very weak,” said Fereshteh, an Iranian of Jewish background who fled Iran in the 1980s during the war between her country and Iraq.

Iranian-American demonstrators gather to call for regime change in Iran during a protest outside a federal building in Los Angeles [Frederic J. Brown/AFP]

The coli outsides that coitize Mexicans from LA for being racist has nothing on this LA Iranians

 

[PHamm]

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God bless Iran!

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