The strikes, confirmed by the White House early Sunday morning, targeted Iran’s Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan nuclear facilities. The US administration framed the attacks as a response to Tehran’s continued enrichment efforts and as a warning to deter further escalation in ongoing conflict with Israel. President Donald Trump described the operation as a “necessary and…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu congratulated Donald Trump on Sunday after the president said the US military bombed three nuclear sites in Iran. “Congratulations President Trump. Your bold decision to target Iran’s nuclear facilities with the awesome and righteous might of the United States will change history,” Netanyahu said in a video message, adding that…
Israel claimed on Saturday it has already set back Iran’s presumed nuclear programme by at least two years, a day after US President Donald Trump warned that Tehran has a “maximum” of two weeks to avoid possible American air strikes. Trump has been mulling whether to involve the United States in Israel’s bombing campaign, indicating…
Donald Trump was due to leave the Group of Seven summit in Canada later on Monday, a day early, due to the Middle East situation, the White House said. Fox News reported he would convene his National Security Council. “Iran should have signed the ‘deal’ I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste…
World leaders urged restraint on Friday after Israel pounded Iran, striking 100 targets including nuclear and military sites, and killing senior figures. At least 20 senior Iranian commanders, including the head of the revolutionary guards, Aerospace Force Commander Amir Ali Hajizadeh, were killed in Israel’s strikes, two regional sources. Meanwhile, Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said…
Iran said the dialogue with the U.S. over Tehran’s nuclear programme is “meaningless” after Israel’s military strike against its longstanding enemy, accusing Washington of supporting the attack. “The other side (the U.S.) acted in a way that makes dialogue meaningless. You cannot claim to negotiate and at the same time divide work by allowing the…
The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is saying that it has established through communication with Iranian officials that the nuclear site in the city of Isfahan has not been impacted by the Israeli attacks. A fuel enrichment plant in Fordow had also not been affected as of yet, it said. Israeli fighter jets reportedly…
“The Iranian nation and the country´s officials will not remain silent in the face of this crime, and the legitimate and powerful response of the Islamic Republic of Iran will make the enemy regret its foolish act,” Pezeshkian said in a video statement aired on state TV. Earlier Israel launched widescale strikes against Iran on…
Iranian media and witnesses reported explosions including at the country’s main uranium enrichment facility at Natanz, while Israel declared a state of emergency in anticipation of retaliatory missile and drone strikes. Israel’s military said Iran launched about 100 drones toward Israel on Friday and that it was making an effort to shoot them down. “Iran…
The UK government Tuesday said it will invest billions of pounds in the new Sizewell C nuclear power plant as it strives to meet its net zero and energy security targets. The £14.2 billion ($19 billion) investment will end “years of delay and uncertainty”, the UK Treasury said in a press release, adding it would…
