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IDF pummels Iranian nuclear targets, dramatically reduces Hezbollah’s rocket arsenal

Rafah Crossing reopening Wednesday for limited pedestrian traffic • Gulf states hesitate on Iran response after over 2,000 missiles and drones launched

Missile impact site in Bnei Brak.
Authorities work at the scene of a fall in southern israel on March 14, 2026.

Araghchi claims Strait of Hormuz open except to enemies, shrapnel hits in central Israel

 An Iranian newspaper with a cover photo of US President Donald Trump and US Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, is seen in Tehran, Iran, May 11, 2025.

Trump: US had nothing to do with Israeli strike, urges Iran to end bloody conflict or suffer

 L to R: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump against backdrop of Iranian flag (illustration).

WSJ: Israel prepared to strike Iran in the next few days if US proposal fails officials say


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Jason Rezaian

Former Iran president indirectly admits country sought nuclear weapons

Rafsanjani: At the time that we started, we were at war and we were looking to have this capability [the nuclear bomb] for the day that our enemy would want to resort to the nuclear bomb.

A MILITARY truck carrying a missile and a picture of Iran’s leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei drives in a parade marking the anniversary of the Iran-Iraq war in Tehran

Obama: Whole world has expressed support for Iran deal except for Israeli government

Former President John F. Kennedy delivered a major address at same venue in 1963 proposing diplomacy and joint denuclearization with the Soviet Union.

US President Barack Obama speaks at American University

Steinitz fires back at US energy minister: If I were American, I would oppose the Iran deal

Energy minister takes umbrage at Ernest Moniz's comment that if he were Israeli, he would support the Iran deal.

Steinitz and Moniz

Netanyahu: The more one looks at the Iran accord, the worse it looks

Putin tells PM that Iran deal will make Middle East more secure.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday

Obama: US will not be letting Iran off the hook

US president says that nuclear deal does not mean that Washington will turn a blind eye to Iran's support for terrorism and proxies that destabilize the Middle East.

US President Barack Obama addresses the 116th National Convention of the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania July 21, 2015.

Iranian Revolutionary Guards: UN resolution endorsing nuclear deal crosses Iran's red lines

The United Nations Security Council on Monday endorsed the deal to curb Iran's nuclear program in return for sanctions relief; Commander Mohammed Ali Jafari opposes resolution.

Mohammad Ali Jafari

Knesset Defense panel: Iran Deal has negative impact on Israel's security

Zionist Union and Meretz MKs accuse NSC official who briefed committee of political bias and only giving the government's position.

Satellite images of Iranian nuclear facility (file)

Netanyahu: What's happening in Iran talks is a breakdown, not a breakthrough

At weekly cabinet meeting, prime minister says that deal emerging with Iran is worse than deal that led to North Korea obtaining an arsenal of nuclear weapons.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a Likud faction meeting

Former Mossad chief: Iran using Obama's desire for deal to extort concessions

"Their patience is much greater than the patience of western negotiators. They will exhaust the Americans, they will squeeze them," Shabtai Shavit says.

US President Barack Obama (L) and Vice President Joe Biden