Frank Gardner Security correspondent BBC Israel’s “Operation Rising Lion”, as it calls its attack on Iran, is unprecedented. It is vastly more extensive and ambitious than anything that has come before, including the two missile and drone exchanges it had with Iran last year. For Iran, this is the biggest assault on its territory since...
Millions of people in Israel and Iran are bracing for an escalation in fighting between the two countries after Israel launched a wave of strikes overnight. Israel’s military said it had hit multiple nuclear sites, and killed top Iranian commanders. Local media reported a number of drones launched by Iran in response were successfully intercepted....
Israel targets Iran’s nuclear sites, killing military commanders and scientists. Read full article at source...
Global oil prices have jumped after Israel said it had struck Iran, in a dramatic escalation of tensions in the Middle East. The price of the benchmark Brent crude was up by more than 10% shortly after the news emerged, reaching its highest level since January. Traders are concerned that a conflict between Iran and...
Israel has launched a major attack on Iran, targeting nuclear facilities and the capital Tehran. The BBC’s Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega looks at why Israel chose to strike now, and why the move may have come as a surprise. Read live updates on this story. Read full article at source...
The US has said it is not involved in Israel’s bombardment of Iranian nuclear sites, an escalation that is threatening to send the region deeper into conflict. Secretary of State Marco Rubio released a statement soon after the strikes began, saying Israel had taken “unilateral action” and warning Iran to not retaliate against the US....
Israel says it has carried out strikes on Iran’s nuclear programme, with explosions seen in the capital city of Tehran. Security cameras captured the moment a large, bright blast hit the city. Iran’s state media also showed footage of fires burning in buildings and plumes of smoke rising from the city’s skyline. People can be...
Earlier today, while hosting Hugh Hewitt’s show, I asked former Senator Jim Talent whether we could expect Israel to finally attack Iranian nuclear sites, after the mullahs refused to stop enriching uranium. Talent hedged his bets, wisely, but noted that negotiations appeared to be going nowhere. We both agreed that action seemed inevitable. And as...
For the first time in decades, it appears the Iranians have really stepped in it, and the United Nations group tasked with monitoring the nuclear agreements has officially had enough. BREAKING: The U.N.’s 35-nation nuclear watchdog just declared Iran in breach—for the first time in 20 years—raising the prospect of Security Council action. Iran failed...
The global nuclear watchdog has found Iran has failed to meet its nuclear non-proliferation obligations for the first time in 20 years. A resolution which was passed by the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) carries the threat of an eventual referral to the UN Security Council. It follows a report...
Iranian officials have expanded a ban on dog walking to a swathe of cities across the country, citing public order and health and safety concerns. The ban – which mirrors a 2019 police order that barred dog walking in the capital, Tehran – has been extended to at least 18 other cities in the past...
US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had a “good conversation” with Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a call about Ukraine’s recent drone attack and Iran. Following Ukraine’s major drone attack deep inside Russia, Trump reported that Putin told him Russia “will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields”. Trump also...
Bold strategy, Cotton. Let’s see if it pays off for them. How good are the Iranians at dodgeball, anyway? They may be about to find out, according to Reuters. According to an Iranian diplomat attached to the talks, Iran may be ready to walk away from the table and call Donald Trump’s bluff. But it’s...
The US has sent Iran a proposal for a nuclear deal between Tehran and Washington, the White House confirmed on Saturday. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said he had been presented with “elements of a US deal” by his Omani counterpart Badr Albusaidi during a short visit to the Iranian capital. It comes after a...
Is anyone really surprised by this? Even at the White House, which had hoped for a peace agreement rather than a confrontation? Perhaps the most surprising aspect of this report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is its timing, given the context of the current situation. The UN’s nuclear watchdog has completed an investigation...