Iran, Israel and Tehran
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After Israel launched attacks on Iran’s military leaders and nuclear infrastructure, Trump said Iran now has “a second chance” at a nuclear deal
Israel attacked Iran in a “precise and integrated preemptive strike” against Iranian nuclear facilities and military targets. The Israeli Air Force (IAF) said in a statement that the overnight strikes were carried out with the “aim of damaging the Iranian nuclear program and in response to the Iranian regime's ongoing aggression against Israel.
Iran launched missiles toward Israel in return on Friday, and the U.S. helped intercept them, a U.S. official said.
Israel has gutted Iran's nuclear and military leadership with airstrikes that leave a weakened Tehran with few options to retaliate, including an all-out war that it is neither equipped for nor likely to win,
Israel warns "Tehran will burn" if Iran continues firing missiles, while state media say 60 people have been killed in a strike on Iran's capital.
President Donald Trump is urging Iran to make a nuclear deal now that Israel has launched strikes against the country
In his first public comments on the Israeli strikes against Iran, the U.S. president said Tehran had brought the destruction on itself and must continue nuclear talks.
The U.S. is assisting Israel in intercepting Iranian missiles launched Friday, a U.S. official confirmed to The Hill. President Trump has also spoken to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a White
Israel launched blistering attacks on the heart of Iran’s nuclear and military structure Friday, deploying warplanes and drones previously smuggled into the country to assault key facilities and kill top generals and scientists — a barrage it said was necessary before its adversary got any closer to building an atomic weapon.
Trump made the statement a day after he directed his "entire" administration to pursue diplomatic options to make a deal with Iran to ensure that it would end their nuclear program.
Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire,” the Washington leader said.
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