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The US has rashly followed Israel into a war that will not end Iran’s nuclear programme or topple its government, says Sina Toossi of the Center for International Policy

On Sunday June 22, Donald Trump announced that several of Iran’s most important nuclear facilities had been “completely obliterated” and that the country’s nuclear weapons programme had been crippled. Iran denied this and vowed to retaliate. The Iranian parliament has already given approval to closing the strait of Hormuz, a…

COMMENT: With both evangelical Christians in US and mullahs in Iran believing in the End of Times, religious fervour is playing a crucial role in the background of the Iran-Israel conflict, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

The echoes from the super bomb Midnight Hammer mission continue to reverberate, and the questions grow louder. Behind the hyperbole of Donald Trump and Secretary Pete Hegseth about “this super successful operation” creep nagging doubts.

Connecticut Rep. Chris Murphy rejected claims by President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu that Iran was days away from developing a "deliverable nuclear weapon."

The Iraq war was built on a lie. Now history is repeating itself

The two wars launched under the Bush administration, Iraq and Afghanistan, cost thousands of American lives and reshaped the world. Now the possibility of a repeat in Iran has lawmakers on all sides concerned

Much could go wrong for the US and the Middle East as Trump and Netanyahu pursue the disempowerment of Iran

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: With the stakes so high now in the tinderbox of the Middle East, Keir Starmer must show the caution that has served him so well on the world stage

Decoy B-2 flights and diplomatic misdirections meant Tehran was caught off guard by the overnight raids

Editorial: The US president has chosen war at Israel’s behest. He may imagine he has scored an easy win, but the world is likely to pay a steep price