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Just got home and it popped up on breaking news. First attack was 8:05 pm

Israel is said to be going after nuclear targets.

And oil is up almost 5 bucks a barrel already

Thanks for posting, P

I hope they took Iran nukes out. The leadership in that country is way too unstable for nukes.

No doubt.

I agree as well. When Khamenei dies, I don't predict a smooth transition.

I hope the young people there grow up and work counter to what their grandparents did.

Iran doesn't have nukes. This was a strike to prevent them from developing them. They are getting closer to developing nukes with higher uranium enrichment so this was and is an attempt to stop them. Dear Lord man.

Israel Strikes Iran—U.S. Moves Military Resources In Middle East (Live Updates)

ByAntonio Pequeño IV, Forbes Staff andSiladitya Ray, Forbes Staff.

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The United States moved multiple missile destroyers closer to the Middle East to be ready for possible use, the Associated Press reported, one day after Israel launched major military strikes against Iran and killed several top military officials and nuclear scientists.

Timeline
June 13, 9:30 a.m. EDTThe United States is moving military resources, including multiple missile destroyers, toward the eastern Mediterranean Sea so they can be available for use, multiple U.S. officials told the Associated Press, who also said President Donald Trump is meeting with the National Security Council to discuss the situation.

9:00 a.m. EDTTrump said in an interview with the Wall Street Journal he was aware of the strikes on Iran ahead of time, stating when asked whether the United States was given a heads-up on the attack: “Heads-up? It wasn’t a heads-up. It was, we know what's going on,” adding he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday and plans to speak with him again Friday.

6:30 a.m. EDTTrump said on Truth Social he gave “Iran chance after chance to make a deal…but no matter how hard they tried, no matter how close they got, they just couldn’t get it done.”

Trump touted the lethality of U.S. weapons systems and appeared to signal Israel will be receiving more of them, saying: “the United States makes the best and most lethal military equipment anywhere in the World, BY FAR, and that Israel has a lot of it, with much more to come - And they know how to use it.”

The president appeared to blame Iranian hardliners for stalling the deal, and said: “They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse,” before he suggested that further attacks will be “more brutal.”

Trump then urged Iran to “make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire.”

June 13, 5 a.m. EDTGlobal crude oil prices jumped sharply while U.S. stock futures fell early on Friday with the global benchmark Brent Crude Futures index briefly touching $78 per barrel before settling at $74.40—up more than 7% from the previous day.

The U.S.’s West Texas Intermediate benchmark also surged by more than 7.5% to nearly $73.20 a barrel.

2:30 a.m. EDTThe Iranian foreign ministry issued a statement where they appeared to dismiss Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s comments about Israel acting unilaterally, without U.S. support.

The statement said, “the acts of aggression against Iran could not have been carried out without the coordination and approval of the United States.”

The foreign ministry also appeared to threaten retaliation against the U.S. saying: “the US government, as the primary patron of this regime, will also bear responsibility for the dangerous repercussions of the Zionist regime’s reckless actions.”

1.40 a.m. EDTIn an announcement on state television, Iranian officials said they will will not participate in Sunday’s nuclear talks with the U.S., which was scheduled to take place in Oman.

Citing unnamed sources, the New York Times reported a short while ago that President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy, Steve Witkoff, was still planning on attending Sundays’ talks and the president also told Fox News’ Bret Baier that: “We’ll hopefully get back to the negotiating table.”

1.30 a.m. EDTIranian authorities have informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that its “Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant has not been targeted and that no increase in radiation levels has been observed at the Natanz site,” the agency’s chief said.

1.20 a.m. EDTFox News anchor Bret Baier said he spoken with President Donald Trump who told him he “was aware of Israel's action before it happened,” and reiterated his stance that “Iran cannot have a nuclear bomb.”

The Wall Street Journal previously reported that Trump told Netanyahu on Monday to not bomb Iran as he wanted see the ongoing talks progressed before using military options.

1.15 a.m. EDTIsraeli military officials said Iran has launched around 100 drones at Israel in the last few hours, in the first wave of counter attacks.

The officials said the IDF is working to shoot down the drones, which will to take several hours to reach Israel.

1.10 a.m. EDTThe Israeli Defense Forces corroborated Iranian news reports that Mohammad Bagheri, the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces was also killed in the strikes, along with the head of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Hossein Salami.

The IDF claimed that the strikes were carried out by more than 200 fighter jets, targeting various sites across Iran.

12.20 a.m. EDTIn a televised statement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the strikes on Iran had been “very successful” and added: “We struck the senior command, we struck senior scientists that advance development of nuclear weapons, we struck nuclear installations.”

Netanyahu, however, urged Israelis to brace for retaliation by Iran, noting that they may have to spend “far longer periods in bomb shelters than we were accustomed to until now.”

June 12, 11.45 p.m. EDTIn a statement issued to state media, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei decried the strikes, calling them “evil,” and warned that Israel “should expect a severe punishment...as the powerful hand of the Islamic Republic will not let them go.”

Khamenei also hailed the nuclear scientists and military officials killed in the attacks, calling them “martyrs.”

Khamenei's statement did not mention the U.S. and said the successors and colleagues of the scientists and military leaders killed in the attack will take over their roles.

11.20 p.m. EDTAn Iranian military spokesperson, Brigadier General Abolfazl Shekarchi, told the country’s media that the overnight strikes damaged residential buildings and claimed that the Israeli attack had been “carried out with U.S. support,” even as Washington has denied involvement.

Shekarchi added that the Israeli strikes will be met with a “heavy response,” although he did not say if U.S. interests or forces in the region will be targeted.

11 p.m. EDTThe IAEA’s Director General Rafael Grossi confirmed that Iran’s Natanz nuclear sites was targeted by the Israeli strikes and said: “The Agency is in contact with Iranian authorities regarding radiation levels. We are also in contact with our inspectors in the country.”

10:30 p.m. EDTIranian state media said the commander in chief of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, Gen. Hossein Salami, was killed in the Israeli strikes, along with Gen. Gholamali Rashid, the deputy chief of staff of the Iranian military.

State media reports added that two prominent nuclear scientists, Fereydoun Abbasi, the former head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran, and Mohammad Mehdi Tehranchi were also killed in the strikes.

10 p.m. EDTSirens blared across Israel on Thursday night as the country’s defense minister Israel Katz declared a state of emergency in the country saying: “Following the State of Israel's preemptive strike against Iran, a missile and drone attack against the state of Israel and its civilian population is expected in the immediate future.”

9:15 p.m. EDTSecretary of State Marco Rubio said in a statement the U.S. is not involved in the strikes and urged Iran to not target U.S. interests or personnel.

9 p.m. EDTIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had launched strikes to target Iran’s main nuclear enrichment facility and its nuclear scientists, claiming that the Iranian nuclear program posed “a danger to Israel’s very survival.”

Netanyahu also claimed the attacks were meant to stop Iran “buying for time” in its ongoing nuclear talks with the United States, while praising President Donald Trump’s “leadership.”

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How Have U.s. Government Officials Reacted To The Strikes?
Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced that Israel had taken “unilateral action against Iran,” and the U.S. was not involved in the strikes. He said: “Israel advised us that they believe this action was necessary for its self-defense.” Rubio then said all necessary steps were being taken to protect U.S. forces in the region and added: “Let me be clear: Iran should not target U.S. interests or personnel.” Earlier on Thursday, President Donald Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform that the U.S. remained committed to a “Diplomatic Resolution to the Iran Nuclear Issue,” adding that “My entire Administration has been directed to negotiate with Iran. They could be a Great Country, but they first must completely give up hopes of obtaining a Nuclear Weapon.”

How Have U.s. Lawmakers Reacted To The Israeli Strikes?
In a post on X, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., wrote: “Israel IS right—and has a right—to defend itself!” Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., criticized the strikes saying: “Israel's attack on Iran, clearly intended to scuttle the Trump Administration's negotiations with Iran, risks a regional war that will likely be catastrophic for America and is further evidence of how little respect world powers - including our own allies - have for President Trump.” Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I. also called out the attacks, saying: “"Israel's alarming decision to launch airstrikes on Iran is a reckless escalation that risks igniting regional violence. These strikes threaten not only the lives of innocent civilians but the stability of the entire Middle East and the safety of American citizens and forces.”


Key Background
The attack comes a day after several U.S. embassies in the Middle East were evacuated over “heightened security risks” in the region. President Donald Trump, who has opposed immediate military action against Iran in hopes a nuclear deal could be reached, said Thursday afternoon, prior to the strike, “it looks like something could very well happen” and that the U.S. was "fairly close” on a nuclear agreement. Trump also said an attack by Israel “could blow” a potential agreement, noting there is a “chance of massive conflict."

Further Reading
Will Israel Strike Iran? Trump Evacuates 4 Middle East Embassies As Fears Grow (Forbes)

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So is the leadership of The USA! That guy is NUTS

Israel’s airstrikes on Iran’s nuclear sites have damaged some aboveground research facilities and infrastructure but do not appear to have eliminated the thousands of centrifuges, buried deep underground, that enrich near-weapons-grade uranium or the hundreds of pounds of material they have already produced, according to a wide range of nonproliferation and Iranian experts.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/othe...ut-not-destroyed-experts-say/ar-AA1GGmnb

BB creating more war to keep his King like power in the holy land. It’s a tell tail of what’s going on in the trump admin right now.

There is far too much happening too fast for me to keep up with all of it. But there are some factual things which we should all know at this point.

There was a deal in place to control Iran from enriching uranium reached in 2015 by the Obama administration which placed restrictions on Iran's nuclear activities, such as the number of centrifuges and uranium enrichment levels, and allowed for international inspections. In return, Iran received sanctions relief in areas like trade, technology, finance, and energy.

Trump came along and blew that deal up in 2018. At that point Iran began enriching uranium at a much faster pace and at higher levels. They were no longer under that agreement and no longer had to undergo the inspections that were taking place under the Obama deal.

Fast forward to 2025. The absolute failure and results of trump canceling that deal were evident. Evident to the point that Israel had become very nervous about the rapid advancement of Iran's nuclear program. Their uranium enrichment had reached levels almost rich enough to make weapons grade nukes. So trump rushes in to try and fix what he had broken by attempting to reach an new deal with Iran to try and prevent a war his own actions in 2018 was about to cause.

In the middle of those negotiations with Iran, in which trump "claimed" was close to reaching a deal, Israel decided to attack Iran. I'm not sure why Israel couldn't have waited for at least a short time to see if another nuclear deal could be reached rather than attack.

We are in a very precarious situation now in the middle east. I think this could all have been avoided if the original nuclear deal made with Iran had been kept in place. Sometimes people create messes that they find in the end it's too late to fix. These are the results.

Can't wait until their so called "Supreme Leader" dies. It's been needing to happen for quite awhile and he seems to have a death wish.

Let the women in Iran live their lives. That would be one of the most enjoyable things to see.

I have no idea why you think they wouldn't just appoint a new "Supreme Leader" and things wouldn't continue as they are now or even worse. It's a nation ruled by their religious beliefs and I highly doubt that the death of the current "Supreme Leader" would prevent him being replaced with the next one. I mean that's exactly how this one gained power in the first place.

The current Ayatollah is Ayatollah Ali Khamenei which suceeeded the previous one, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989.

It would be wonderful if what you think would happen upon his death would actually happen but I don't think that's the way it would work.