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Israel strikes at Iran, Starmer strikes at logic

The prime minister seems to accept the legitimacy of Israeli force in theory but in practice his tolerance is contingent on party management, elite opinion and perhaps personal squeamishness

3 min read

June 16, 2025 12:38

UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer (Image: Getty)

By Kasra Aarabi

The Syria-isation of Iran: Why the Islamic Republic could soon share the Assad regime’s fate

Israel’s dominance in the skies has shattered Iran’s defences—now, a strike on Ayatollah Khamenei could bring the entire regime crashing down

4 min read

June 16, 2025 11:47

Israeli F-35s and F-15s refueling mid-air with a KC-707 tanker. (Image: IDF)

Iranian missile damages US embassy branch in Tel Aviv

It is not clear whether the building was targeted as Iran continues to indiscriminately strike civilian areas in Israel

By JC Reporter

1 min read

June 16, 2025 10:43

The US embassy branch in Tel Aviv has been damaged in an Iranian missile strike (Image: Flash90)

By Ellie Borhan

Khamenei’s war can’t save him from his own people

The Islamic Republic may hope the conflict with Israel will smother dissent. But Iranians – happy to see regime officials hit –are preparing not for battle abroad but resistance at home

4 min read

June 15, 2025 10:59

Iranian demonstrators taking to the streets of Tehran during a protest for Mahsa Amini on September 21, 2022, days after she was killed in police custody following her arrest by the country's morality police. (Image: Getty)

Donald Trump: ‘You can’t have peace if Iran has a nuclear weapon’

The president warned Iran will face American might ‘at levels never seen before’ if it attacks US

By Imogen Garfinkel

1 min read

June 15, 2025 10:17

US President Donald Trump reiterated his desire for a deal to be struck between Iran and Israel to end the conflict. (Getty Images)

By Emanuele Ottolenghi

Trump and Netanyahu played Iran by engaging in a good-cop, bad-cop strategy

Tehran clearly miscalculated. Its biggest blunder, perhaps, was to gamble its proxy assets before it needed them to shield its nuclear programme from Israel

3 min read

June 13, 2025 15:54