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U.S. and Israeli strikes targeted Iranian missile and drone facilities to prevent threats within 18 months, aiming to disrupt Iran's nuclear coercion strategy, officials said.
- Over the weekend, U.S. and Israel launched targeted strikes on Iran, with officials saying the operation was 'on or ahead of schedule' on Monday.
- Officials said the strikes were intended to stop Iran from gaining missile launch capability within a year to a year and a half, with Pete Hegseth, Secretary of War, noting Iran's missile and drone programs support nuclear blackmail ambitions.
- U.S. officials noted ideological drivers, and four U.S. service members were killed, citing Iran's 'apocalyptic' theology as a motive.
- White House officials defended the strikes, with Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, issuing a lengthy X post and the White House signaling openness to deeper involvement.
- Officials framed the strikes within Iran's long-term hostility despite decades of sanctions, while conservative commentator Matt Walsh called the president's messaging on Iran confusing.
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US Secretary of State Marco Rubio briefed Congress on the strikes on Iran on Monday. After his appearance in Congress, he told reporters that the US launched the strikes because it faced an imminent threat of Iranian attacks on US targets in the Middle East.
Follow with us the situation in the Middle East as the power in Iran is under the fire of the strikes of the United States and Israel and as the conflict spreads
Rubio: ‘There absolutely was an imminent threat’ from Iran
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday said Iran posed an “imminent threat” to the United States following a series of strikes in the region. “There absolutely was an imminent threat, and the imminent threat was that we knew that if Iran was attacked, and we believed they would be attacked, that they would immediately…
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