2025 armed conflict in the Middle East

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The latter Israeli strikes destroyed ... future Israeli strikes. Iran had consistently said that its nuclear program is solely for peaceful purposes and that it has never intended to develop nuclear weapons. … Wikipedia
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Wikipedia
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Iran–Israel war
20 hours ago - It could be within a few months, less than a year." He convened the security cabinet as the situation unfolded. In the early hours of 13 June 2025, the IDF attacked dozens of Iranian nuclear facilities, military bases and infrastructure installations, and key military commanders.
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ACLED
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Q&A | Twelve days that shook the region: Inside the Iran-Israel war | ACLED
In the first quarter of 2025, Israel’s significant military gains had reduced that number to fewer than 20 (see graph below). Israel had been preparing for military action against Iran for years, though this was delayed for several reasons, including opposition by successive US administrations.14 Now it perceived a moment of vulnerability: Iran’s partners in the Axis of Resistance were significantly weakened, or, in Syria’s case, collapsed, while Israeli airstrikes last October compromised Iran’s air defense systems.
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CMV: Israel’s attack on Iran was intended to draw the US into war, not prevent Iran from having a nuke
TLDR; Israel did strike Iran to remove the nuclear threat, but that doesn't exclude that it wants the US to actively help it. You are correct that Iran's strategy for decades has been to "flirt" with a nuclear bomb as leverage. However, Israeli intelligence over the past month has obtained evidence that they're breaking out of that pattern and taking active steps that they hadn't before towards constructing a nuclear device in a short amount of time. Whether you believe them or not is up to you, you have no way to corroborate or deny, but consider that thousands of people had to work for months to obtain this information and it's very hard to keep a blatant lie secret at that scale. However, you are wrong that Israel cannot significantly damage the Iranian nuclear program. They have taken out a crucial plant to process uranium gas into metal, which already takes the Iranians months if not years away from constructing a bomb. While they cannot easily take out the underground facilities at Fordow easily with a few MOP bombs, they can batter it with smaller bunker busters for weeks until it's destroyed. Everyone focuses on the idea that Israel is using the US in its plans, but nobody is discussing the very real possibility that Trump and the US are using Israel as leverage in its negotiations. A nuclear Iran is a threat to the US and something that all presidents have promised to prevent. The ideal outcome from Trump's POV is a negotiated settlement where Iran hands away all its highly enriched uranium, Fordow is blown up, and the ability to enrich uranium is taken away. Normally the US would have had to apply the military option itself, in this timeline Israel is and Israeli civilians are paying the price. More on reddit.com
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Israel – Iran war is an ongoing armed conflict fought between the State of Israel and the Islamic Republic of Iran. The war started on 13 June 2025 in a strike by Israel the day after the International Atomic Energy Agency declared that Iran had violated its nuclear nonprofilitation obligations
ill try to be as apolitical and objective as i can here. for my subjective opinion, click my profile. thanks! 😇 Israel refused to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty, while Iran did. Then when it was obvious that Israel would never join the NPT, Iran de facto backed out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_on_the_Non-Proliferation_of_Nuclear_Weapons The only way to really get Iran to agree to the NPT and inspections is if Israel is forced to do it too. Which would then require Israel to get rid of its nukes that it stole from the USA. https://thebulletin.org/2014/04/did-israel-steal-bomb-grade-uranium-from-the-united-states/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_weapons_and_Israel afaik. Western countries have never applied an iota of pressure on Israel to sign the NPT or allow for IAEA inspectors in. More on reddit.com
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2025 Israel-Iran Conflict
Can't wait for the reddit idiots acting like they know everything a are very adamant about what side evil and what good. Thinking they have THE solution to 100 years of conflict More on reddit.com
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How The Israel-Iran War Will End
There's no way Israel started this operation without having a plan to destroy Fordo. Shaldag was training for this last month- that seems like an insane mission but they were training for it. As far as a lend/lease situation, B-2s are not planes a pilot can just get into and fly. It would take a long training period. More on reddit.com
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BBC
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Protests shake Iran at its weakest point in years
4 days ago - The 12-day war in the summer of 2025 between Iran and Israel marked a turning point.
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Brookings
brookings.edu › home › the road to the israel-iran war
The road to the Israel-Iran war | Brookings
1 day ago - On June 21, the United States bombed three Iranian nuclear facilities, marking its entry into the war that Israel had launched the previous week when it struck military and nuclear targets in Iran.
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New Arab
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Israel preparing for ‘surprise war’ amid protests in Iran
1 week ago - More than 1,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces in the West Bank since the Gaza War broke out in October 2023. In June 2025, Israel attacked Iran and the two countries fought a 12-day war.
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Institute for the Study of War
understandingwar.org › home › iran update, december 30, 2025
Iran Update, December 30, 2025 | ISW
1 week ago - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump discussed Hezbollah’s disarmament during a meeting on December 29.[107] A US official and other unspecified sources told Axios that Netanyahu described his concerns about Hezbollah rebuilding its military capabilities to Trump.[108] Israeli officials have warned since at least October 2025 that Hezbollah is rapidly reconstituting its military infrastructure and replenishing its weapons stockpiles via domestic production and smuggling.[109] Trump stated that Hezbollah “has been behaving badly” and that “we’ll see what happens” in response to a reporter’s question about whether Israel should strike Hezbollah in Lebanon.[110] It is unclear if Trump and Netanyahu discussed or agreed to any of the various recently-proposed initiatives aimed at preventing renewed fighting in Lebanon.
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JURIST
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Iran president declares 'full-fledged war' with US, Israel, and Europe - JURIST - News
1 week ago - Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian stated Saturday that his country is engaged in a 'full-fledged war' with the US, Israel and Europe, describing the multifaceted pressures on Iran as 'far more compl...
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Institute for the Study of War
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Iran Update, December 22, 2025 | ISW
2 weeks ago - Iran’s decision to prioritize ballistic missiles after their failure to penetrate Israeli defenses during the Iran-Israel War in June 2025 may appear unwise to Western observers, but this ignores the primacy with which Iranian officials view ...
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Institute for the Study of War
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Iran Update, December 1, 2025 | ISW
December 2, 2025 - An Israeli security source told Israeli media on November 30 that Iran is attempting to rearm its regional partners, including the Houthis, Hezbollah, and unspecified groups in the West Bank and Syria, for potential action against Israel.[1] The source added that Iran is in “an arms race” because Iran understands that Israel will launch an operation in Lebanon if the Lebanese government fails to meet the United States’ December 31 deadline to disarm Hezbollah.[2] A political council member of Iranian-backed Iraqi militia Harakat Hezbollah al Nujaba told Iranian media on December 1 that I
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ABC News
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Trump warns Iran not to rebuild nuclear program, says it will be 'horrible' for Hamas if it fails to disarm - ABC News
1 week ago - A large flash is seen in Tel Aviv, Israel, June 13, 2025. ... Netanyahu met with Trump on Monday shortly after Iran conducted a major military exercise involving ballistic missiles.
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Foreign Policy Research Institute
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Humiliation and Transformation: The Islamic Republic After ...
November 11, 2025 - The 12-Day War between Iran and Israel in June 2025 exposed critical weaknesses in the Islamic Republic’s military, strategic, and ideological frameworks, marking a turning point for the regime.
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Arab Center DC
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The 2025 Israel-Iran War: The American Dimension
June 17, 2025 - On June 13, 2025, that opportunity became a reality. Indeed, a long-held wish came true for Netanyahu and was made possible by the presence of a supportive or, at the very least, sympathetic administration in Washington.
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YouTube
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Middle east in 2025: War on Iran, Gaza deal, but what's next? - YouTube
In 2025, the Middle East crossed a threshold - Iran and Israel went to war and Iranian nuclear sites were bombed by the Israelis and the Americans.Cities onc...
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European Union Institute for Security Studies
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Israel and Iran on the brink: Preventing the next war | European Union Institute for Security Studies
October 3, 2025 - The 12-day war of June 2025 marks a watershed moment: Israel, Iran and the United States demonstrated unprecedented willingness to engage in direct military confrontation. After Israel’s large-scale strikes inside Iran on 13 June broke the ...
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Encyclopedia Britannica
britannica.com › event › Israel-Iran-conflict
Israel-Iran Conflict (2025) | Strike, Ceasefire, Attack, Nuclear Program, Map, & United States | Britannica
June 13, 2025 - On June 13, 2025, Israel conducted a major operation against Iran. The anticipated attack, which targeted nuclear facilities, military sites, and regime infrastructure, followed nearly two years of war between Israel and Iran-backed militant ...
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The Times of Israel
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Amid threats of fresh bout with Iran, experts warn missile defenses may not be ready | The Times of Israel
2 weeks ago - Israeli air defense system fires to intercept Iranian missiles over Tel Aviv, June 13, 2025. (AP/Leo Correa) As reports pile up of intelligence pointing to renewed Iranian missile production since the June war with Israel, analysts increasingly ...
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Washington Post
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Killing the ‘brain trust’: How Israel targeted Iran’s nuclear scientists
3 weeks ago - A Washington Post-PBS Frontline investigation uncovers new details about Israel’s Operation Narnia — the assassination campaign against Iranian nuclear scientists. December 17, 2025 · 14 minMake us preferred on Google · By Souad Mekhennet, ...
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Iran International
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New Tehran banners threaten further attacks on Israel, US interests | Iran International
3 days ago - Dec 30, 2025, 20:25 GMT · Listen to this article · A spokesman for Iran’s Revolutionary Guards and top state officials on Tuesday warned Israel and the United States against launching any new attack on Iran, vowing a harsher and unpredictable ...