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‘There’s a significant lack of knowledge’: Iranian American legislator on countries’ tangled history amid conflict

ByJoseph Gedeon in Washington

Yassamin Ansari, an Arizona representative, explains how her background shapes her perspective on US foreign policyArizona congresswoman Yassamin Ansari brings an unusually personal perspective to the US’s fraught relationship with Iran. The daughter o…

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It’s time for America to remember how dangerous regime change is | Christopher Chivvis

ByChristopher S Chivvis

For a superpower, toppling foreign governments is not so hard to do. Getting the outcome you want isThe ceasefire between Iran and Israel might still hold, but if not, the United States might double down on its weekend strikes and seek the overthrow of…

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Israel-Iran news live: Donald Trump says strikes on Iran were ‘devastating attack’ amid row over claims of success

ByJoe Coughlan

US administration hits back at leaked intelligence report suggesting strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities only set programme back by a few monthsTop administration officials are pressing Donald Trump’s case, with a news conference set for Thursday at t…

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Middle East crisis: Iran delivered ‘heavy slap to US’s face’, says Khamenei as he threatens further attacks on American bases – as it happened

ByJoe Coughlan

In his first comments since the ceasefire, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the US ‘gained no achievement’ when it joined the war with Israel against TehranKhamenei says Iran will strike back if US attacks againIsrael’s national security minister called for…

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Trump officials cite ‘new intelligence’ to back president’s claims of success in strikes on Iran

ByGuardian staff and agencies

Tulsi Gabbard and the CIA director say Iran’s nuclear sites were ‘destroyed’, amid reports of White House efforts to limit sharing of classified information with CongressDonald Trump’s administration ratcheted up its defence of the US’s weekend attacks…

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Trump calls for Netanyahu corruption trial to be cancelled

ByAgence France-Presse

US president calls Israeli prime minister a ‘great hero’ and that the charges against him constitute a ‘witch hunt’Donald Trump has weighed in on ally Benjamin Netanyahu’s long-running corruption trial, saying in a social media post that the trial was …

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Netanyahu thanks Trump for public call to cancel his corruption trial

ByAgence France-Presse

Others accuse US president of interfering in Israel’s judicial system after he said case against PM was a ‘witch hunt’Benjamin Netanyahu has thanked Donald Trump after the US president publicly called for the Israeli prime minister’s long-running corru…

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Chain reaction: inside the 27 June Guardian Weekly

ByGraham Snowdon

The consequences of America’s attack on Iran. Plus Small ways to stop insect decline Get the Guardian Weekly delivered to your home addressHow will Israel’s conflict with Iran play out? Only a brave person, or perhaps a weekly news magazine, would try …

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Trump and Hegseth admit doubts about level of damage to Iranian nuclear sites

ByJulian Borger in Jerusalem

President calls intelligence ‘inconclusive’, while defence secretary describes harm to facilities as ‘moderate to severe’ Donald Trump and the US defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, have admitted to some doubt over the scale of the damage inflicted on Ira…

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Trump hails ‘big win’ as Nato states agree to raise defence spending to 5% of GDP

ByDan Sabbagh in The Hague

US president appears relaxed and reaffirms commitment to military alliance – though Spain criticisedA relaxed Donald Trump said Nato’s decision to increase defence spending to 5% of GDP was a “big win” for western civilisation in a digressive press con…