The war begins …
- Israel Attacks Iran’s Nuclear and Missile Sites, Prompting Retaliation from Tehran (NPR)
- What to Know About the Israeli Strike on Iran (Center for Strategic & International Studies)
- Here Are the Top Iranian Generals and Scientists Targeted and Killed by Israeli Strikes—and What We Know About Them (Time)
- Explosions in Tel Aviv After Iran Launches Missiles in Response to Israeli Strikes (Washington Post)
- Middle East Airspace Shut After Israel Strikes Iran, Airlines Cancel Flights (Reuters)
… and Trump cheers the aggressors and defends them from retaliation, admitting his pretended warnings to Netanyahu were a ruse:
- Trump Tells ABC Israel Strikes on Iran ‘Excellent’ and Warns ‘More to Come’ (abc News)
- US Military Is Helping Intercept Missiles that Iran Fired in Retaliation at Israel, Official Says (AP)
- ‘We Knew Everything,’ Trump Tells Reuters About Israel’s Strikes on Iran (Reuters)
- Trump Scrambles to Claim Credit for Israel’s Iran Attack He Publicly Opposed (The Guardian)
- How an Israeli-American Deception Campaign Lulled Iran into a False Sense of Security (Times of Israel)
The Israeli attack has totally predictable consequences:
- Iran Pulls Out of Nuclear Talks with the US (The Hill)
- Israel May Have Just Pushed Iran Across the Nuclear Line (Aljazeera)
The director of the IAEA is deeply concerned, having “repeatedly stated that nuclear facilities must never be attacked … as it could harm both people and the environment”:
While Pakistan is “cowardice dressed up in a uniform” and Turkiye “offers a masterclass in geopolitical theater,” the “Gulf monarchies … [are] not … asleep at the wheel; … they’re driving in the opposite direction”:
- The Silence of the Sultans: Muslim Regimes and the Holocaust of Our Time (Middle East Monitor)
The “editor-in-chief of *The Dawn* daily newspaper in Juba, was released on June 12 after being held for six months by South Sudan’s National Security Service (NSS) without charge or public explanation”:
- South Sudan Journalist Freed After Six-Month Detention Without Charge (MedaFrica Times)
- This Saffron Queen from Kashmir Turned a Traditional Crop into a Global Success (ANI / Economic Times)
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