One thing is certain
Since the start of Israel’s Operation Rising Lion on 13 June 2025 and the subsequent US air strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities in Fordo, Natanz and Isfahan, the risk of uncontrolled escalation and a regional conflagration in the Middle East has increased dramatically. It is still unclear how badly the nuclear facilities were actually damaged by the Israeli and US attacks. While President Donald Trump spoke of a ‘spectacular military success’, The New York Times stated, citing a preliminary report by the Defense Intelligence Agency, that the Iranian nuclear programme may have been delayed by less than six months (...)Weiterlesen...