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How Close Was Iran to the Bomb, And How Far Has Israel Pushed It Back?: David Horovitz, Times of Israel, June 18, 2025 — How close was Iran to the bomb, and how far has Israel now pushed it off? Rafael Grossi, the head of the UN’s nuclear weapons watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency, warned a few weeks ago that “they’re not far off,” and also cautioned that Tehran’s obstruction of his agency’s inspectors has meant that the IAEA has not been able to keep track of recent progress by the regime on the various aspects of its program.
WATCH: Destroy, Delay, Dismantle? – with Nadav Eyal & Karim Sadjapour: Call Me Back with Dan Senor, Ark Media, YouTube, June 18, 2025
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Can Israel End Iran’s Nuclear Program?: Armin Rosen, Tablet, June 17, 2025
How Iran’s Grand Strategy Collapsed: Kasra Aarabi, Engelsberg Ideas, June 18, 2025
Ungentlemanly Robots: Israel’s Operation Rising Lion and the New Way of War: Benjamin Jensen, Center for Strategic and International Studies, June 13, 2025
Why America Must Join Israel Against Iran: Hussein Aboubakr Mansour, Jerusalem Center for Security and Foreign Affairs, June 17, 2025
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WATCH: How the Mossad Did the Unbelievable in Iran: WATCH: “Straight Up” with Danny Seaman and guest Avner Avraham, JNS, June 18, 2025 — Reality is truly crazier than fiction when it comes to Israel’s operations in Iran and around the world.
Underground Halls at Iranian Nuclear Site Suffered ‘Direct Impacts’ from Israel Strikes, U.N. Agency Says: Matthew Mpoke Bigg, NY Times, June 17, 2025 — The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Tuesday that it had identified “direct impacts” on the underground enrichment halls at the Iranian nuclear site at Natanz after Israel targeted the facility with missiles last Friday.
Operation Rising Lion: A Declaration of Jewish Sovereignty in the Middle East – Opinion: William Daroff, Jerusalem Post, June 18, 2025 — Operation Rising Lion – Israel’s precision strikes against Iranian nuclear and military sites this week – is a declaration of Jewish sovereignty.
WATCH: Israel, Iran, and Clarity Between False Dichotomies: Kyle Shideler, Center for Security Policy, June 13, 2025 — CSP Director for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Kyle Shideler joined panelists on the CR podcast with David Horowitz to explain how last night’s successful strikes prove the growing reactionary forces on the Right wrong.
‘No Way to Pay’: Banking, Internet Outage Hit Iranians Amid Israeli Strikes: Iran International, June 17, 2025 — Amid mass evacuation orders and fears of wider conflict, Iranians at home and abroad are reporting major disruptions to banking and internet services, adding to the chaos as Israeli airstrikes and US warnings drive thousands to flee major cities.