Iran on Thursday repudiated a declaration from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it's not complying with its nuclear obligations, and said it would enhance aspects of its nuclear program in response.
Posted on 06/15/2025 2:50:24 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
If you think Israel and Iran are "trading blows" you've misunderstood the situation in the Middle East.
Israel and Iran are not “trading blows” as some have phrased it. Israel is dealing strategic devastation on Iran, eliminating much of the terrorist regime’s military top brass and key nuclear scientists , and attacking nuclear weapons sites, air defence systems, and offensive drone and missile capabilities.
Meanwhile Iran is lashing out with drones and ballistic missiles, fired into Israel’s population centres, deliberately killing and wounding civilians in places like Tel Aviv, the most densely populated city in the country. Here, for the last two nights I have heard ballistic missiles roar overhead and seen Israel’s impressive air defences knock some of them out of the sky.
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Those missiles that did get through told a terrifying story. What if just one of them had been armed with a nuclear warhead? Vast numbers would have been killed. That’s why Israel had to launch this pre-emptive assault on the Islamic Republic. Israeli intelligence and the International Atomic Energy Agency both saw that Iran was on the cusp of obtaining nuclear weapons capability.
Had they been allowed to get to that point we must assume they would use them in pursuit of their frequently declared intent of destroying Israel. That Jerusalem has nuclear weapons would not have deterred them.
The fanatical ayatollahs in Tehran wouldn’t care how many of their own people were sacrificed in pursuit of their religious duty of annihilating the Jewish state. As for the rest of the world,...
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More likely this was their last chance before trump signed a deal with Iran
I believe that the campaign is designed to put enough pressure on the Iranian Government that the People will depose the Ayatollah. Israel is leaving the ability to produce intact and NOT destroying Iran’s ability to rebuild its economic drivers. They are destroying storage, so they have left enough work for a new regime to rebuild their oil industry. I think the reason they are doing it in this way is to give reason and ability for a change of government. Just killing Khameini would simply bring in a replacement Ayatollah and make him a martyr. They must bring down the regime.
Agreed.
Perhaps.
>>”More likely this was their last chance before trump signed a deal with Iran”
Unlikely. Iran was “tapping” Trump along and Trump undoubtedly understood that.
The idea that these actions will cause the people of Iran to rise up and overthrow the Mullahs is a wet dream only. Just as it was hoped the German people would toss out Hitler—it did not happen. The fighting will cause the Iranians to fight harder. Soon, the Conservative Government in Israel will be voted out. A Liberal Government will undo all that BiBi has done. In time, the Liberals will try to sell land for peace and Israel may well be finished. Why am I so pessimistic? Jews do not have enough children—Arabs have more numbers and like the Christian Kingdoms set up in the Crusades that fell in 300 years, so to Israel will be swamped in time. Sad but true.
It could have just been a day ending with Y for all I care.
Bomb bomb bomb, bomb bomb Iran.
Same thing was said about Assad in Syria, and where is he now? There are many Iranian dissidents working on it as we speak, including Prince Pahlavi.
“More likely this was their last chance before trump signed a deal with Iran”
Yea, right LOL
Conservative and Liberal are not as applicable to Israeli politics as your comments seem to suggest. October 7, 2023 changed the political reality for many Israelis, hence no more “Two State Solution” majority. If the present Likud led coalition succeeds in getting enough religious coalition members to get a bill passed to include more religious Jews in the IDF it has a very good chance to stay in power with a victory over Iran.
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Iran is Persian, not Arab. The Persians resent the Arabs mightily, and have already rebelled before to overthrow the regime but unfortunately at times when we had Obama actively opposing regime change in Iran.
Obama is no longer President and the Democrats are in complete disarray, even eating one another. The flow of taxpayers’ money and EPA fines into the left’s NGO network has been cut by DOGE, leaving the left with a more limited range of action than before.
I don’t think that’s entirely accurate. The population has been trending more conservative since the nation’s founding. Most of the Jews coming to Israel in 1948 were socialists. They have been the majority of the nation’s elite but their numbers are decreasing. It’s true they still hold power in the supreme court and several government and IDF, IAF positions but their days are numbered. If you’ve ever visited you will see Orthodox families with many children in tow. Their numbers are increasing. October 7th has changed the nation and today the population is much more conservative than in the past. I don’t know how it will all shake out. Biblically it seems Israel will enter a time of peace and prosperity - unfortunately it will be short lived and the peace agreement they enter will be used to deceive them. There is one more holocaust called the Time of Jacob’s Trouble. Two thirds of the nation will be killed. Only 1/3 will survive but this tragedy will bring about the return of their Messiah. Pray many hearts and minds will be opened before this time arrives.
Iran vows new nuclear steps in response to IAEA censure
That was before Israel (reacted) attacked this recalcitrant enemy of it and the US. It actually was warranted and saves lives, as would have dealing with Germany by stopping it earlier.
Add to that:
freerepublic.com 3 days ago
Russia Signs Contract With Iran for 8 Nuclear Power Plants 6/10/2025, — Russia has signed a contract with Iran to build eight nuclear power plants, with four to be built in Bushehr, a district in the southern ..
US kicked the can down the road for years; Israel attacked can.
I believe you are correct. The Israelis are taking out the top tier so people can go to the streets. Already I’ve seen video of people on the rooftops chanting death to Khomeini. This is regime change.
On day 61, Trump was 100% on board with Israel’s strike.
Doofus.
Or don’t you read the news?
Israel is a colony. A colony of a religion and less of a nation, but a colony none the less.
The Orthodox do have a lot of kids, but.. don’t do anything else.
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