Following U.S. airstrikes targeting Iran’s key nuclear facilities, Maryam Rajavi, the president-elect of the Iranian opposition group National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), declared, “Now Khamenei must go.”
President Donald Trump’s strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities “saved the potential loss of American lives,” according to retired General Mark Kimmitt.
Democrat Rep. Jim Himes claimed President Donald Trump violated the Constitution by ordering military action against Iran without Congressional approval.
The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) vowed within hours of massive U.S. airstrikes on its nuclear facilities that uranium enrichment will continue.
U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres swiftly condemned President Donald Trump’s strikes on Iran’s illegal nuclear weapons program as a “dangerous escalation” and a “direct threat to international peace and security.”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) called for President Donald Trump to be impeached over the United States launching strikes on several nuclear sites in Iran.
President Donald Trump announced in a White House address on Saturday night that the United States had conducted “massive precision strikes” to destroy Iran’s three key nuclear enrichment sites, declaring them “completely and totally obliterated.”
Israeli envoy to the United Nations Danny Danon accused his Iranian counterpart of “playing victim” after Tehran requested an emergency Security Council session to halt Israeli strikes on Iran, calling him “a wolf pretending to be a diplomat,” declaring “we are done pretending otherwise,” and vowing that Israel would not stop its attacks until Iran’s nuclear threat is dismantled.
The Foreign Ministry of North Korea issued an enraged statement on Thursday in defense of its allies in Iran, declaring Israel a “cancer-like entity… destroying global peace and security” for its recent military operation hindering illicit nuclear development in neighboring Iran.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei on Thursday blasted the U.N.’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its director, Rafael Grossi, for condemning Iran’s nuclear program.
The leader of the opposition group National Council of Resistance of Iran told European lawmakers that lasting peace in the Middle East hinges on “regime change by the people of Iran and the organized resistance,” asserting it is up to Iranians — not foreign powers — to topple the Islamic Republic, as Israel intensifies its unprecedented campaign of airstrikes against Tehran.
President Donald Trump is a man of peace — but also a “man of his word” who draws the line at allowing regimes like Iran to obtain “unthinkable weaponry which will get used against us,” according to Eric Trump, who said his father gave Tehran a firm deadline they ignored and is always ready to protect the U.S., put America first, and, if pushed, “knock the hell out” of its enemies.
Pope Leo XIV addressed the eruption of active hostilities between Iran and Israel for the first time on Wednesday, urging the world to facilitate peace and reject “scientific weapons of all kinds,” an apparent reference to Iran’s illicit nuclear program.
The “supreme leader” of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, declared in comments on Wednesday that his Islamist regime would “resolutely” oppose peace with Israel, America, or any of Israel’s allies if Iran considers the terms of peace to be “imposed” from abroad.
By taking action against Iran, Israel is doing the “dirty work” for everyone else, according to German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, who praised the Jewish State’s “crucial” strikes on the Islamic Republic, which serve the interests of Western allies.
The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) nations issued a joint statement from their summit in Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, supporting Israel’s right to self-defense and making it clear that “Iran can never have a nuclear weapon.”
The Chinese Communist Party suggested on Monday that it can play a role in facilitating “communication and coordination” between Iran and Israel – an offer neither side has expressed any interest in at press time, reaffirming China’s irrelevance in the Middle East.
The “hour of liberation” for the Iranian people is near, declared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, stating that Israel’s military operations against Iran — aimed at neutralizing its nuclear and missile threats — will leave the current theocratic regime “shattered.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared that eliminating Ayatollah Ali Khamenei would not escalate tensions, but rather would help “end the conflict” by removing the threat posed by the theocratic regime, likening Iran’s leader to “a modern Hitler” and warning that Tehran’s ambitions extend far beyond Israel.
The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) published a report on Monday that warned China has the fastest-growing nuclear arsenal in the world and its inventory of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) could reach parity with the United States and Russia by 2030 – although Beijing would still lag behind in deliverable nuclear warheads.
“War is never a good thing, but sometimes it is a necessary thing,” declared Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, who described himself as “anti-stupid war,” “not anti-war” as he issued a strong defense of Israel’s military campaign against Iran’s “psychotic” and “corrupt authoritarian tyrannical regime.”
The Russian Foreign Ministry on Friday denounced Israel’s strikes on Iran as “unprovoked military strikes against a sovereign UN member state, its citizens, peaceful cities, and nuclear energy infrastructure.”
Israel’s first round of airstrikes, in what the Israeli government is describing as an extended campaign to eliminate Iran’s nuclear program, killed several top Iranian military officers and nuclear scientists.
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz declared a state of emergency after launching a strike on Iran, according to several reports.
The Islamic Republic of Iran enthusiastically condemned the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), a United Nations oversight body, on Thursday for passing a resolution condemning Iran’s illicit nuclear development — and announced plans to build a new uranium enrichment facility.
For the first time in nearly 20 years, the IAEA has formally declared Iran in breach of its nuclear non-proliferation obligations.
Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nasirzadeh said Wednesday that Iran will attack American military bases across the Middle East if the U.S. or its allies take military action against Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard warned of the dangers of nuclear war, and the impacts it would have on people, communities, and the world, and called for a rejection of going down the “path to nuclear war.”
The head of the International Atomic Nuclear Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, said on Monday that the agency discovered three “undeclared nuclear sites” in Iran that the regime has never explained and actively “sought to sanitize.”
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, proclaimed that uranium enrichment is “key” for Iran and indicated the country would not accept any limits.
A report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) whose contents were revealed by multiple international media outlets this weekend expressed “serious concern” with the rapid rate of Iran’s uranium enrichment, which it reportedly claimed was enough to make one nuclear bomb a month in the past three months.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian proclaimed in remarks to Oman TV on Thursday his country would “never stop uranium enrichment,” claiming it necessary for “health, agriculture, and industry.”
The communist regime of North Korea published an outraged screed on Tuesday denouncing President Donald Trump’s plan to implement a “Golden Dome” missile defense system over the United States, and potentially other parts of North America.
South Korea’s presidential election will be held on June 3. The last round of polls taken before polling is suspended under South Korean election law showed Lee Jae-myung, candidate of the left-wing Democratic Party (DP), with a solid but shrinking lead over Kim Moon-soo of the incumbent People Power Party (PPP).
The Congressional Research Service (CRS) issued a report on Friday that found North Korea has produced enough fissile material — i.e. atomic bomb fuel — to build up to 90 nuclear warheads, a dramatic increase from the 20 to 60 warheads it was believed capable of building last year.
The Islamist regime governing Iran declared on Monday that it would make “no slightest compromise” on enriching uranium in talks with the United States, dismissing a core demand from Washington after five rounds of nuclear talks.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and American Special Envoy for the Middle East Steve Witkoff began a fifth round of “indirect” talks regarding Iran’s illegal nuclear weapons program in Rome on Friday.
The authoritarian governments of China and Russia did not respond favorably to President Donald Trump’s announcement of the “Golden Dome” missile shield program on Tuesday.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian claimed that a nuclear deal with the administration of President Donald Trump was “in reach.”
A bipartisan House majority has co-sponsored a resolution backing Iranian democracy and denouncing the regime’s escalating campaign of terrorism, with Rep. Tom McClintock — who announced the milestone — calling the move a stand for a “democratic, secular, and nonnuclear Republic of Iran,” as Rep. Keith Self pointed to President Donald Trump’s legacy of pressure diplomacy, noting such deals succeed when “the world understands it must take him at his word.”
