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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Top European powers came out in support of Israel after Tel Aviv carried out strikes across Iran under the auspices of preventing Tehran from obtaining a nuclear bomb.
Israel’s decision last week to carry out a preemptive strike on Iran drew responses from countries around the world.
The U.S. military was unable to defeat the Houthis in Yemen in its wide-reaching conflict that ended last month, but the head of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) told the House Armed Services Committee last week that he has presented U.S. President Donald Trump with a “wide range” of military options should a major war with Iran break out.