Israel-Iran Confrontation

Israel's strikes on Iran have turned a simmering rivalry into a volatile confrontation, fuelling fears of a wider regional war with unpredictable consequences

The Israeli strikes aren't about facilities or centrifuges, but regime change

Trump and Netanyahu disagree on whether to use military force to stop Iran's nuclear programme, and Israel's punishing attack on Iran places the region on a worrisome trajectory

While Israel's attack dealt a severe blow to Iran's military and nuclear infrastructure, the long-term impact remains uncertain as Tehran's potential for retaliation introduces new risks

Each side's actions carry risks of misjudgment, miscalculation, and the possibility that the conflict could escalate beyond the planned declared limits

The attack comes after a frenzy of speculation that Israel was planning to take military action against Iran's nuclear facilities

In early 2018, Israeli spies went into the heart of Tehran and obtained more than 110,000 documents on Iran's nuclear program. Netanyahu presented some of these documents at a press conference where…

While the world reels from the ongoing impact of the coronavirus, the Israeli-Iranian confrontation has ascended to a new pitch of escalation. A string of as-yet-unexplained explosions has…