https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2025/jun/13/israel-iran-strikes-defence-minister-tehran-middle-east-live
Reports stating that Israel have launched an attack against Iran
Netanyahu would need to watch out in case he is pinched for a war criminal charge-
Some of his generals- bomb dropping pilots etc could face future charges-
I think Israel are trying to bomb nuclear reactors. I imagine this would pose a great risk of radiation exposure nearby, if not explosions.
You could almost imagine them dropping a nuclear bomb and claiming they hit an Iranian weapon with a conventional explosive. I doubt that is realistic, but it's not too far away from the direction things have been going.
Trump and Netanyahu = 2 imbeciles with 0 brains between them ….. it is v clear that a tiny province like so-called Israel ….. more like America's little colony …. could not do this alone …… the power comes from Trump's America …… and this is Trump's beloved Iran war which Covid stopped back in 2020 ….. pure evil and utter madness …… where are the economic advisors and accountants ??? …. are there any sane people left to stop this perpetual war ??? …. anyone who voted for Trump or Netanyahu thinking they'd end wars need their heads examined ….. if either were the only life on earth they'd fight with themselves !!!! …. only hope is Iran can grind down Trump/Netanyahu like they once did Saddam ….. and wake up the Israeli/American people to get them to overthrow Netanyahu/Trump ….. because if the people of Israel and America do not differentiate themselves from their so-called governments they will be subjected to terrorism for year to come ….. does Netanyahu/Trump really still believe they can solve all world problems via war and violence ???? …. do they not realise that this very carry on in Iraq lead to murderous ISIS misery ???? ….. and world recession ….. are they too thick to realise they are bringing death and destruction to their own people and making the world hate their countries ??? …. I do not think they have the brains to realise any of this ….. Trump was never bright … it has been said he got another to do exams for him … and Netanyahu was supposed to be an architect …. but he does not show he is any more intelligent than Trump is …. if anything he comes across as less intelligent than Trump ….. in any way and could well have made up his background …… neither of these 2 show any intelligent leadership or diplomat skills whatsoever ….. 100% unfit to manage an office of 2 let alone a country ……
Utter madness ….. Netanyahu needs to go …… you'd find more intelligence and maturity in a kindergarten fight than in Netanyahu's cabinet …… where in the name of hell are the accountants and economic advisors to the shambolic Israeli excuse for govt ???? !!!!! ……
You'll need to go back longer than 40 years. In 1953 Mosaddegh was overthrown by a coup orchestrated by the US and UK because he was going to nationalise Iranian oil. Iranian oil reserves are the real reason why the west has always had an interest in Iran and the region as a whole.
Mosaddegh was ousted and the west put their puppet, Shah Pahlavi, in power, who subsequently went around the place with his death squads. Iran may have been relatively "secular", but was in no way a nice place to live. Fast forward to 1979 and the result was the overthrow of the Shah during the Iranian Revolution by a population that had had enough of his tyranny.
Had the west (i.e. America) stayed out of the region, Iran would be a very different place today.
''Evacuate Tehran,'' 17 million.
What are they planning, another Hiroshima
Trump’s Tehran ‘evacuation’ warning ‘extremely troubling’: Analyst
Matthew Duss, the executive vice president of the Washington, DC-based Center for International Policy think tank, said that Trump’s warning that Tehran’s entire population should evacuate the city was “frankly terrifying”.
“This is a metropolitan area of over 15 million people. Evacuating a city of that size is impossible, even before you consider the fact that people don’t have access to gasoline. They would have to be fleeing on foot,” Duss told Al Jazeera.
“But, unfortunately, it’s hard to know how seriously to take what Donald Trump says… But still, this kind of language from a president of the United States is extremely troubling. We should all be concerned,” he said.
Trump had earlier written in a post on his Truth Social platform: “Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!”
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hard to believe a US president would advise a whole city to evacuate not even Putin advised Kyiv residents to flee
Trump has called a meeting for a couple hours time. Something is up I feel. Maybe America is joining the bombing run on the nuclear facilities or the Supreme Leader is dead.
I think China fears an all out final retaliation by Iran. But tonight was meant to have a huge response and 10-15 launches was all
Although you're point makes sense about common sense of leaving a war zone.
looks like a significant chance US will get involved if Iran doesnt sign Trumps deal
they already have had decades how much more time will Trump give them
Aren’t they just rather belatedly warning their citizens about the war?
Something is cooking
If America does directly intervene, it would be in a conflict that America did not start. Therefore, Trump would not be breaking the promise that he made to voters on the issue of starting wars. Actually, destruction of Iran's nuclear facilities (and maybe also the elimination of Khamenei) without a single GI setting foot in Iran would be politically beneficial to the Republicans because such action would help to end the conflict.
Either America is about to blow up Irans underground nuclear facilities or it's given Israel the airpower to do it.
lots from Trump on iran tonight apparently he is leaving G7 early tonight to focus on middle east...
A few moments ago, Trump posted on Truth Social: "AMERICA FIRST means many GREAT things, including the fact that, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!"
I have yet to hear you say ANYTHING negative about the Iranian regime.
Can you list a few things?
No.
Seems you're deflecting and avoiding the question. Hopefully you'll answer but I suspect you mightn't - though that would demonstrate hipocrisy of course.
So back to the question I asked you.
Well, it looks like the Iranian regime has to finally pay the bill for all the provocation it has stirred up in the Middle East.
Saudi Arabia, must be loving this. It is no secret that Iran and Saudi Arabia are two bitter enemies in the Middle East.
Also, I always get a laugh at how the Jordanian airforce and air defences help Israel.
The sooner the Iranian regime is toppled, the better... unless people think publicly hanging gay people by a crane is somehow the hallmark of a regime that should be protected?
Are you defending the Ayatollah's regime?
I keep thinking this will last just a few days, but things seem to be ramping up. With air supremacy this could go on for awhile. On the flipside, it's a long way from Israel and I believe each aerial journey requires mid-air refuelling. Limiting how many strikes they can do daily
Source for that please. (pref not paywalled thanks)
Do you hold the same view of the US supplying 2000lb bombs to Israel to drop on Gaza?
Presumably you think Nikki Haley is evil too - to avoid being called a hypocrite?
China getting involved? Not a hope in hell that is going to happen.
US involvement will be down to using some bunker-busting bombs to finish off some hard-to-reach nuclear facilities.
Otherwise the IAF will do what it does, with US ammo and help.
And just so we are absolutely clear... Israel created Hamas and funded it covertly via the UAE and Qatar for years. The Israelis did not want a strong Fatah party.
Funding stopped in 1989.
Seems a lot of Irish people (or at least people posting here) seem to have a major issue with Iran supplying weaponry to Russia but no problem with the US and others providing similar to Israel to assist in the carrying out of Genocide. Presumably you're curious about them being happy with state of affairs and the palpable hypocrisy too?
Certainly the war between Iran and Israel will have an impact - just watch the forecourt prices rack up in coming days and weeks. Just like they did when Russia attacked Ukraine.
some serious mind games tonight from President Trump:
"Iran should have signed the “deal” I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!"
DJT Truth Social
*note tehran has about 15.5 million people so immediate evacuation could be at the very least difficult
This is not a war with boots on the ground. That is not going to happen.
It will be a war to either delay or destroy completely Iran's nuclear program and/or try and change the regime in Iran.
Hard to measure that exactly, but that is the aim.
They're great people, and speak English better than us Irish
Speaking of generals, they seem to be getting knocked off one by one.
Mossad has them all in their sights, it seems.
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c2kqkd03xn5t?post=asset%3A0dd9bd5d-343c-40b5-a5f5-4fdf4251854f#post
Apparently you've never heard of the Shahed drone, or its variant the Geran (which is basically a series of 'Russian' drones made in Russia with Iranian parts and expertise).
Shahed drones - Wikipedia
There is no way that Russia could have terrorised Ukrainians as extensively as they have done without the instrumental help and full backing of the Ayatollah's evil regime.
I think it's deeply wrong and should stop. I'm curious however why Irish people seem happy to defend a regime assisting a war of aggression within our own continent. To be blunt what happens In Ukraine has a far greater impact on Ireland than what happens in Gaza
