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In Tehran, we’re asking: what is this madness achieving for the people of Iran, Israel or the US? | Haleh Anvari
ByHaleh Anvari June 26, 2025

We are a country at war now – and while we try to restore our lives, we wonder how the Islamic republic will react to the past 12 daysOn the morning after the 12th day of Israel’s war on Iran, those of us who had managed to get some sleep after Monday …

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In Tehran, we’re asking: what is this madness achieving for the people of Iran, Israel or the US? | Haleh Anvari
ByHaleh Anvari June 26, 2025

We are a country at war now – and while we try to restore our lives, we wonder how the Islamic republic will react to the past 12 daysOn the morning after the 12th day of Israel’s war on Iran, those of us who had managed to get some sleep after Monday …

Read More In Tehran, we’re asking: what is this madness achieving for the people of Iran, Israel or the US? | Haleh Anvari
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Hegseth defends Iran strike amid doubts over Trump’s ‘obliteration’ claims
ByAndrew Roth in Washington June 26, 2025June 27, 2025

Defense chief says US bombings degraded Iran’s nuclear sites, citing AI models over leaked intel doubtsThe US secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, has defended the US strikes on Iranian nuclear enrichment facilities and said that Donald Trump had “decim…

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Khamenei says Iran will strike back if US hits again in first remarks since ceasefire
ByPatrick Wintour Diplomatic editor June 26, 2025June 26, 2025

Iran’s supreme leader says attack on US base in Qatar was ‘slap to America’s face’Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has threatened to respond to any future US attack by striking American military bases in the Middle East, in his first publ…

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It’s time for America to remember how dangerous regime change is | Christopher Chivvis
ByChristopher S Chivvis June 26, 2025

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 June 26, 2025

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 June 26, 2025June 26, 2025

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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Afraid of Israel, angry at the regime: Iranians on 12 days of war – podcast
By June 26, 2025

The analyst Ellie Geranmayeh and voices from inside Iran talk about their experiences of the last 12 days and what it will mean for the future of the regimeBefore the war, something in Iran seemed to be shifting, says Ellie Geranmayeh, a senior policy …

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Netanyahu thanks Trump for public call to cancel his corruption trial
ByAgence France-Presse June 26, 2025June 26, 2025

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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Iran intensifies internal security crackdown with executions and mass arrests
ByReuters in Baghdad June 25, 2025

Iranian rights group has recorded 705 arrests on political or security charges since the start of the war with IsraelIranian authorities are pivoting from a ceasefire with Israel to intensify an internal security crackdown across the country with mass …

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