Since Israel escalated its attacks on Iran on 13 June, the price of jet fuel has rocketed up 45 percent and diesel fuel by volume costs 60 percent more than crude oil, the Argus data service reported.
Tag: Iran
TRUMP TAKES AMERICA TO WAR
There is a somewhat troublesome backstory to President Donald Trump’s glorification of how Saturday’s U.S. forces attack on three Iranian nuclear sites that “completely obliterated” their targets was carried out without any declaration of war against a country that has not attacked and was not in any way threatening the United States.
ON IRAN
On the 21st of June, a day that will live in infamy, President Trump led the American People to War with Iran. Trump’s message to Americans? Striking Iran's three nuclear facilities is all that U.S. Forces do. Unless, of course, the Iranians have the temerity to strike back. In that case Trump promises to destroy Iran. Ridiculous.
KHAMENEI WARNS OF ‘IRREPARABLE DAMAGE’ IF U.S. JOINS ISRAEL’S WAR ON IRAN
Days before U.S. President Donald Trump bombed Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, said in a post on X that the U.S. would face “irreparable damage” if it decides to join Israel’s war that started when Tel Aviv carried out its unprovoked attack on his country.
TRUMP SAYS ‘WE’ CONTROL THE SKIES OVER TEHRAN, REJECTS GABBARD’S ASSESSMENT ON IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
U.S. President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that “we now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran” and told reporters that he rejected Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s March assessment that Iran is not developing nukes.
ISRAEL WAS PLANNING ATTACK ON IRAN FOR MONTHS, REPORT SAYS
The Israeli military has been planning its decapitation strike on Iran for at least eight months and aimed to carry out a decisive blow to eliminate Tehran’s top military leaders and nuclear scientists, Axios reported last week.
GALLANT: U.S. HAS OBLIGATION TO COME TO ISRAEL’S AID AGAINST IRAN
Yoav Gallant, the former Israeli defense minister, said in an interview on Monday that he believes the U.S. has an obligation to come to assist Israel’s war in Iran, and said U.S. President Donald Trump’s recent “determination” seems to “pave the way” for the U.S.’s involvement.
‘PEACE PRESIDENT’ SUPPORTS WAR WITH IRAN
U.S. President Donald Trump said during his inauguration that he wanted his legacy to be that of “a peacemaker and unifier,” but his inability to end the Ukraine War, his war with the Houthis, and his decision to support Israel’s attack on Iran proved that his legacy will be that of another warmongering U.S. president.
CHINA CONDEMNED ISRAELI STRIKE ON IRAN, OFFERS TO MEDIATE
Beijing came out against Israel’s decision to attack Iran and said it is willing to mediate to end the conflict that threatens to ensnare the entire region.
ISRAEL RAMPS UP MASSACRES IN GAZA AS IRAN WAR DRAWS WORLD’S ATTENTION
Residents in Gaza told an Israeli paper that Israel escalated its aggression inside the enclave after the conflict broke out between Tel Aviv and Tehran.