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Putin rejects question about any potential attempt to kill Iran’s Khamenei

The Russian president says Iran's nuclear programme continues and society remains united behind political leadership.

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European Union’s inconsistent stance on the targeting of nuclear facilities

We compare and contrast the EU’s reactions to Russian attacks on nuclear facilities in Ukraine, versus Israel’s attacks

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‘Regime change’ in Iran: The West’s undemocratic history

A quarter century before the 1979 revolution, the US and UK helped depose democratically elected Iranian PM Mossadegh.

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Why Israel wants US bunker busters to hit Iran’s Fordow nuclear site

The United States's B-2 stealth bomber is currently the only aircraft designed to deploy the GBU-57 bunker buster bombs.

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Trump sets deadline of two weeks to decide if US will join Israel’s war on Iran

US president leaves window for negotiation after Israeli defence minister openly embraces regime change Middle East crisis – live updatesDonald Trump has set a two-week deadline to decide whether the US will join Israel’s war with Iran, allowing time t…

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Devi Khadka: The woman leading the fight against wartime sexual violence

In Nepal, Devi Khadka confronts her past while challenging those in power who seek to erase wartime rape from history.

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Israeli military issues evacuation warning – as it happened

This blog has now closed here. You can follow our new live blog here The leader of Israel’s Magen David Adom rescue service has said that a directive had been issued to reduce the number of people on the floor that was hit at Soroko hospital in Beershe…

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Easy regime change in Tehran is a nice idea. But look to history: it’s a near-impossible one | Martin Kettle

No one doubts the malignity of the Iranian government, but if we forget the tragedies of interventions past, we’ll make the same mistakesOn the eve of the 1991 Gulf war, a TV reporter asked the US commander Norman Schwarzkopf if he would topple Iraq’s …

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Trump caution on Iran strike linked to doubts over ‘bunker buster’ bomb, officials say

Exclusive: the likelihood of a successful US strike on the Iranian nuclear facility buried deep underground at Fordow is a topic of deep contention, defense officials sayDonald Trump has suggested to defense officials it would make sense for the US to …