Iran's Nuclear Standoff with US and Israel

Published on 5.24.25

  The ongoing crisis surrounding Iran's nuclear program has escalated tensions in the region, with warnings of devastating consequences if Israel launches an attack on its facilities. Iranian officials have made it clear that they will hold the US responsible for any such action, citing a letter to the UN from Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesman Ali Mohammad Naini has vowed a decisive response if Israel commits what he calls a "foolish act", while demonstrators gathered near the Fordow nuclear enrichment plant in Tehran, waving flags and chanting slogans supporting Iran's nuclear activities. The US and Iran are at odds over uranium enrichment, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio stating that allowing it would make Iran a threshold nuclear power. Iran has been preparing for a potential strike by Israel, which has threatened to use force against Iranian nuclear sites since talks with Russia began in April. This threat comes after a shift in Iran's stance from being a US ally under Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who purchased American military weapons and allowed CIA monitoring of the Soviet Union, to its current position. The White House confirmed that President Trump had a "productive discussion" with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday, amid heightened tensions following the fatal shooting of two Israeli embassy staff in Washington.

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