Iran hit by fresh strikes after Israel launches major attack on nuclear facility

[EnterpriseSovereign]

Iran hit by fresh strikes after Israel launches major attack on nuclear facility

Fresh air strikes have targeted Tehran following a major Israeli attack on Iran earlier on Friday, according to Iranian state media.

Missiles were intercepted to the south and west of Tehran and the nearby city of Karaj on Friday evening, various Iranian broadcasters reported.

It follows a warning from US President Donald Trump that worse is to come if Iran does not sign a nuclear deal.

An Israeli attack earlier on Friday targeted the country's nuclear programme and killed at least three top military officers.

In a post on Truth Social on Friday, the US president said "there is still time to make this slaughter... come to an end" in a post on his Truth Social site.

Trump wrote that he had given "Iran chance after chance to make a deal".

World leaders, including British prime minister, Keir Starmer, have called for immediate deescalation from both sides as fears grow of a wider conflict in the region.

Downing Street said the UK did not take part in Israeli strikes targeting Iran’s nuclear programme, adding it was working with allies to "prevent further escalation in the Middle East".

A spokesman for the prime minister would not say if there had been a request for help from Israel to counter the drones or whether the UK would help in the event of a request, saying he would not comment on operational or intelligence matters.

Speaking to broadcasters about Israel’s strikes on Iran, Foriegn Secretary David Lammy said: “I spoke to my Iranian counterpart today to urge restraint at this time and calm. I recognise that this is a moment of grave peril in the Middle East.”

Mr Lammy stressed the UK was not involved in the Israeli action, saying: “This is a unilateral act by Israel.”

But he would not be drawn into revealing whether the UK was given prior warning by Israel.

The foreign secretary also described the situation as “fast moving”, adding: “My understanding is that there has been further action whilst I’ve been speaking to you, so this is fast moving, but what we are saying is: Let’s step back. Let’s have restraint. Let’s return to diplomacy.

“No one wants to see wider escalation in the Middle East, but everyone wants to see us deal with the problem of Iran’s desire to enrich itself with uranium and its nuclear ambition; everyone wants to see that dealt with diplomatically.”

Earlier, US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, had stressed that the US had not been involved and that the Republican administration's biggest concern was protecting American forces in the region. But in Trump waded in on Friday, telling US broadcaster, ABC News that the Israeli attacks were "excellent".

In a further post on the Truth Social platform, Trump added: “Two months ago I gave Iran a 60 day ultimatum to ‘make a deal.’”

“They should have done it! Today is day 61. I told them what to do, but they just couldn’t get there. Now they have, perhaps, a second chance!”

Multiple sites, including Iran's main nuclear enrichment facility, around Iran were hit in the attack in the early hours of Friday in what appear to be the most significant attack on the country since the 1980s.

Among those killed were the leader of Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, General Hossein Salami and the chief of staff of the Iranian armed forces, General Mohammad Bagheri. Other top military officials and scientists were also believed to have been killed.

The strikes came amid simmering tensions over Iran’s rapidly advancing nuclear programme and quickly triggered a reprisal, with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warning that “severe punishment” would be directed at Israel.

Israeli army chief spokesman Brigadier General Effie Defrin said that in the aftermath of the attack, Iran launched more than 100 drones towards Israel and that they had started to take down incoming drones. State media in Jordan also reported that its country's air force was intercepting drones in its airspace.

Writing on his social media platform Truth Social on Friday, Trump wrote: "I gave Iran chance after chance to make a deal. I told them, in the strongest of words, to 'just do it,' but no matter how hard they tried, no matter how close they got, they just couldn’t get it done.

"I told them it would be much worse than anything they know, anticipated, or were told, that 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.

"Certain Iranian hardliner’s spoke bravely, but they didn’t know what was about to happen. They are all DEAD now, and it will only get worse! There has already been great death and destruction, but there is still time to make this slaughter, with the next already planned attacks being even more brutal, come to an end.

"Iran must make a deal, before there is nothing left, and save what was once known as the Iranian Empire. No more death, no more destruction, JUST DO IT, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. God Bless You All!"

Denouncing the strikes, the Iraqi government described Israel's attack as "a flagrant violation of the fundamental principles of international law and the Charter of the United Nations."

They went on to call the coordinated attack a "threat to international peace and security, especially as it occurred during the period of US-Iranian negotiations."

Iraq has called on the UN Security Council to convene immediately, asking them to take "decisive and concrete measures to deter this aggression, ensure its non-recurrence, and restore the prestige of the international legal system."

Reports from Mossad agents suggest Israel smuggled weapons into Iran ahead of Friday's strikes that were used to target its defences from within.

They claim a base for launching explosive drones, as well as other concealed precision weapons, was established inside Iran and activated during Friday's attack to target missile launchers at an Iranian base near Tehran.

Footage aired by Iran's state media showed several explosions at the Natanz nuclear facility.

In Washington, the Trump administration, which had cautioned Israel against an attack during continued negotiations over Iran's nuclear enrichment programme, said that it had not been involved and warned against any retaliation targeting US interests or personnel.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Israel took "unilateral action against Iran" and that Israel had warned the US it felt the strikes were necessary.

"We are not involved in strikes against Iran, and our top priority is protecting American forces in the region," Rubio said in a statement released by the White House.

Starmer, said in a statement: "The reports of these strikes are concerning and we urge all parties to step back and reduce tensions urgently. Escalation serves no one in the region.

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"Stability in the Middle East must be the priority and we are engaging partners to de-escalate. Now is the time for restraint, calm and a return to diplomacy."

Starmer's sentiments were echoed by Foreign Secretary David Lammy, who said stability in the Middle East was “vital” for global security.

“Further escalation is a serious threat to peace & stability in the region and in no-one’s interest,” he said in a post on X.

“This is a dangerous moment & I urge all parties to show restraint.”

On Wednesday, the US defence department began withdrawing some diplomats and military families from sites across the Middle East.

Trump is scheduled to attend a meeting of his National Security Council on Friday in the White House Situation Room, where he is expected to discuss the conflict with top advisers.

Israel says it carried out the strike to head off the imminent threat that Iran would build nuclear weapons, though it remains unclear how close they are to achieving this or whether Iran had been planning an attack soon.

"It could be a year. It could be within a few months," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said as he vowed to pursue the attack for as long as necessary to "remove this threat."

He added: "This is a clear and present danger to Israel's very survival."

The UN passed a resolution on Thursday censuring Iran for the first time in 20 years over its refusal to work with its nuclear inspectors.

Iran responded by announcing it would establish a third uranium enrichment site, renewing concerns about the country's nuclear weapon ambitions.

Even so, there are multiple assessments on how many nuclear weapons it could conceivably build, should it choose to do so. Iran would need months to assemble and test any weapon, which it so far has said it has no desire to do. US intelligence agencies also assess that Iran does not have a weapons programme at this time.

Around 200 Israeli aircraft took part in the operation, hitting about 100 targets.

Israel, Iraq, Iran and Jordan shut down their airspace to all flights as a precaution.

Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, issued a statement carried by the state-run IRNA news agency, confirming that top military officials and scientists had been killed in the attack.

The International Atomic Energy Agency confirmed that an Israeli strike hit Iran's uranium enrichment facility at Natanz and said it was closely monitoring radiation levels.

[Solauren]

Okay, I'm actually surprised by this.

Say what you will about it, Israel's actions against Hamas and the Gaza strip were provoked. (They went apeshift after the rocket attack).

This? As far as I know, there was no provocation.

Makes me wonder if Israel launched the attack to distract from something in Gaza. Mostly cause I'm a deeply suspicious individual over stuff like this.

[J]

Well, we're about to find out which nations have been paying attention to the war in the Ukraine along what they've learned from it with regards to modern warfare.

[bilateralrope]

Okay, I'm actually surprised by this.

Say what you will about it, Israel's actions against Hamas and the Gaza strip were provoked. (They went apeshift after the rocket attack).

This? As far as I know, there was no provocation.

Makes me wonder if Israel launched the attack to distract from something in Gaza. Mostly cause I'm a deeply suspicious individual over stuff like this.

It might be something to do with internal politics:

For Netanyahu, the operation distracts attention from Israel’s ongoing and increasingly devastating war in Gaza, which is now over 20 months old.


There is a broad consensus in the Israeli public that Iran is a major threat, and Israel’s opposition leader, Yair Lapid, a staunch critic of Netanyahu, offered his “full support” for the mission against Iran. But if Iranian reprisals cause heavy Israeli casualties or major disruptions to daily life, Netanyahu could see public opinion quickly shift.

[Ralin]

Okay, I'm actually surprised by this.

Say what you will about it, Israel's actions against Hamas and the Gaza strip were provoked. (They went apeshift after the rocket attack).

This? As far as I know, there was no provocation.

Makes me wonder if Israel launched the attack to distract from something in Gaza. Mostly cause I'm a deeply suspicious individual over stuff like this.

Barring specific evidence to the contrary you should assume it's part of the goal of keeping Israel in a constant state of crisis and war so Netanyahu can stay in office.

I think we've established by now they can commit pretty much any atrocities in Gaza in full view of the world with impunity.

[Ralin]

Well, we're about to find out which nations have been paying attention to the war in the Ukraine along what they've learned from it with regards to modern warfare.

There's a bunch of reasons why lessons from Ukraine might be hard to apply to an Iran/Israel war. Starting with what seems like it being very hard for either side to send troops into the other's territory.

[Zaune]

It might be something to do with internal politics

Are they seriously going for the "this war isn't going too good, let's start another one and hope it makes a good distraction" strategy?

[Juubi Karakuchi]

It might be something to do with internal politics

Are they seriously going for the "this war isn't going too good, let's start another one and hope it makes a good distraction" strategy?

Yes, for the simple reason that Gaza isn't really a war any more. Now it's just bad optics.

If the Jerusalem Post is to be believed (https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-857323), Netanyahu is trying to stave off a rebellion by his Haredi coalition members. They're still angry over him abolishing the military service exemption for Orthodox Jews; and they can bring down Netanyahu's government.

[J]

There's a bunch of reasons why lessons from Ukraine might be hard to apply to an Iran/Israel war. Starting with what seems like it being very hard for either side to send troops into the other's territory.

Then you either don't understand or haven't been paying attention to what's really going on in the Russo-Ukrainian war. Specifically, the use of hidden drone teams to destroy key enemy assets, how to sequence & combine drone & missiles strikes to defeat air defence systems, using drones & loitering munitions to help target missile strikes, using follow-up strikes with cluster munitions to kill emergency workers, and of course how to fight a war of attrition.

[Ralin]

There's a bunch of reasons why lessons from Ukraine might be hard to apply to an Iran/Israel war. Starting with what seems like it being very hard for either side to send troops into the other's territory.

Then you either don't understand or haven't been paying attention to what's really going on in the Russo-Ukrainian war. Specifically, the use of hidden drone teams to destroy key enemy assets, how to sequence & combine drone & missiles strikes to defeat air defence systems, using drones & loitering munitions to help target missile strikes, using follow-up strikes with cluster munitions to kill emergency workers, and of course how to fight a war of attrition.

And in the Russo-Ukrainian war all of those things have been happening in the context of having troops capable of taking advantage of the results.

[Solauren]

Really? The Ukrainians had troops to take advantage of there surprise drone strikes? Odd, I thought they were also busy keeping Russia from advancing further.

No, the purpose of these targeted drone strikes isn't a prelude to an invasion. It's to keep the destroyed assets from launching long range assaults, to open Iran up to those type of assaults (can't shot down bombers if you don't have Anti-Air capability), and force Iran to pull money from it's nuclear program towards replacing the material and assets destroyed.

[The Infidel]

In Norwegian news, they said Israel claimed Iran was very close to make nuclear weapons and they destroyed a lot of facilities regarding that. Then Iran retaliated and Israel retaliated the retaliation.

[The Infidel]

The "funny" part of this deal thing is... There already was a deal that worked, but Trump destroyed it in his first term.

[Ralin]

Really? The Ukrainians had troops to take advantage of there surprise drone strikes? Odd, I thought they were also busy keeping Russia from advancing further.

I believe that's part of how they accomplished that. Missiles and artillery support and create opportunities for ground troops and so on and so on.

No, the purpose of these targeted drone strikes isn't a prelude to an invasion. It's to keep the destroyed assets from launching long range assaults, to open Iran up to those type of assaults (can't shot down bombers if you don't have Anti-Air capability), and force Iran to pull money from it's nuclear program towards replacing the material and assets destroyed.

So... you're saying this is a pretty different situation for multiple reasons including the fact that neither side can invade the other?

[3-Body Problem]

I hope Iran can muster up more heavy strikes. Enough to cripple Israel so that they have to leave Gaza alone.

[Elfdart]

In Norwegian news, they said Israel claimed Iran was very close to make nuclear weapons and they destroyed a lot of facilities regarding that. Then Iran retaliated and Israel retaliated the retaliation.

They've been claiming that Iran is on the verge of building atomic weapons since the Shah was in power.

Israel wants Uncle Sam to whack Iran for them because Iran backed the one force that has defeated Israel -twice- and don't want the Iranian government to help Hezbollah regroup after the kick in the nuts they got last year.

Another favorite decades-old bullshit claim by IDF simps is the one about how they're only attacking military targets but by golly those dastardly Moo-slims always put their materiel and combatants in densely populated areas, so any civilians who die aren't Israel's fault (the classic wife-beater's defense: "Look what you made me do!"). So any civilians killed by Iranian attacks aren't Iran's fault: Israel shouldn't have put their military and intelligence headquarters in downtown Tel Aviv. Sauce for the goose being sauce for the gander and all.


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[3-Body Problem]

In Norwegian news, they said Israel claimed Iran was very close to make nuclear weapons and they destroyed a lot of facilities regarding that. Then Iran retaliated and Israel retaliated the retaliation.

They've been claiming that Iran is on the verge of building atomic weapons since the Shah was in power.

Israel wants Uncle Sam to whack Iran for them because Iran backed the one force that has defeated Israel -twice- and don't want the Iranian government to help Hezbollah regroup after the kick in the nuts they got last year.

Another favorite decades-old bullshit claim by IDF simps is the one about how they're only attacking military targets but by golly those dastardly Moo-slims always put their materiel and combatants in densely populated areas, so any civilians who die aren't Israel's fault (the classic wife-beater's defense: "Look what you made me do!"). So any civilians killed by Iranian attacks aren't Iran's fault: Israel shouldn't have put their military and intelligence headquarters in downtown Tel Aviv. Sauce for the goose being sauce for the gander and all.


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Amen.

[EnterpriseSovereign]

I hope Iran can muster up more heavy strikes. Enough to cripple Israel so that they have to leave Gaza alone.

Iran isn't capable of crippling Israel, quite the reverse- never mind making them leave Gaza alone.

[3-Body Problem]

I hope Iran can muster up more heavy strikes. Enough to cripple Israel so that they have to leave Gaza alone.

Iran isn't capable of crippling Israel, quite the reverse- never mind making them leave Gaza alone.

Iran being crippled is fine. The two sides are equally odious in their own ways. I just hope Iran can deal some damage first.

[aerius]

I hope Iran can muster up more heavy strikes. Enough to cripple Israel so that they have to leave Gaza alone.

Iran isn't capable of crippling Israel, quite the reverse- never mind making them leave Gaza alone.

You're just as badly uninformed about this war as you are on the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Quit drinking the Western media Kool-aid and talking about shit you know nothing about.

Haifa just got its oil refinery and power plant whacked in precision strikes.


One of their key research facilities with military links also got wrecked.


And here's IDF headquarters going up in flames



Iran has demonstrated their ability to hit any Israeli target they want, even the most heavily defended ones. If they so choose, they can destroy every power plant, desalination plant, and all vital infrastructure in Israel. Once that happens Israel will be unable to support anything close to its current population or technology level, the people will either have to leave or die.

It's now a question of which nation can maintain unity & social cohesion the longest while absorbing hits from the other side. My bet is on Iran, Israel has no idea WTF they just got into and they're not used to being on the receiving end of a beating like the one they're currently getting.

[3-Body Problem]

I hope Iran can muster up more heavy strikes. Enough to cripple Israel so that they have to leave Gaza alone.

Iran isn't capable of crippling Israel, quite the reverse- never mind making them leave Gaza alone.

You're just as badly uninformed about this war as you are on the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Quit drinking the Western media Kool-aid and talking about shit you know nothing about.

Haifa just got its oil refinery and power plant whacked in precision strikes.


One of their key research facilities with military links also got wrecked.


And here's IDF headquarters going up in flames



Iran has demonstrated their ability to hit any Israeli target they want, even the most heavily defended ones. If they so choose, they can destroy every power plant, desalination plant, and all vital infrastructure in Israel. Once that happens Israel will be unable to support anything close to its current population or technology level, the people will either have to leave or die.

It's now a question of which nation can maintain unity & social cohesion the longest while absorbing hits from the other side. My bet is on Iran, Israel has no idea WTF they just got into and they're not used to being on the receiving end of a beating like the one they're currently getting.

Iran is also showing restraint in making such pinpoint attacks.

They could target Israel's high rises, schools, and temples during the day to inflict mass casualties and leave the population homeless. Bomb shelters are not replacements for homes.

They could also use media to see how quickly crowds gather to gawk at sites where strikes are hit, and then hit those gatherings. Israel loves doing this in Gaza and has invited such on themselves.

[EnterpriseSovereign]

I hope Iran can muster up more heavy strikes. Enough to cripple Israel so that they have to leave Gaza alone.

Iran isn't capable of crippling Israel, quite the reverse- never mind making them leave Gaza alone.

You're just as badly uninformed about this war as you are on the Russo-Ukrainian war.
Quit drinking the Western media Kool-aid and talking about shit you know nothing about.

Haifa just got its oil refinery and power plant whacked in precision strikes.


One of their key research facilities with military links also got wrecked.


And here's IDF headquarters going up in flames



Iran has demonstrated their ability to hit any Israeli target they want, even the most heavily defended ones. If they so choose, they can destroy every power plant, desalination plant, and all vital infrastructure in Israel. Once that happens Israel will be unable to support anything close to its current population or technology level, the people will either have to leave or die.

It's now a question of which nation can maintain unity & social cohesion the longest while absorbing hits from the other side. My bet is on Iran, Israel has no idea WTF they just got into and they're not used to being on the receiving end of a beating like the one they're currently getting.

Fuck off back under your bridge, troll.

[aerius]

Fuck off back under your bridge, troll.

What's that? No evidence for a rebuttal and all you've got is some infantile insults?

Concession accepted.

[EnterpriseSovereign]

Fuck off back under your bridge, troll.

What's that? No evidence for a rebuttal and all you've got is some infantile insults?

Concession accepted.

You got the only response your trolling bullshit entitled you to. Now go back under your bridge.

[LadyTevar]

What the Unholy Fuck is going on here?

BOTH OF YOU, 1 Week Ban from NEWS AND POLITICS. DO NOT POST IN THIS BOARD FOR ONE WEEK, or the BAN WILL BE for the WHOLE BOARD FOR A MONTH.

I ain't playing because this thread is already walking the IVP line.