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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

US strike on Iran

US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Air Force One as he departs July 12, 2019, at Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
July 12, 2019, 9:53 pm
US House votes to limit Trump’s ability to strike Iran
Over two dozen Republicans join bipartisan proposal requiring president to get authorization from Congress before taking military action; White House vows to veto measure
By Andrew Taylor
US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis speaks to the media before hosting the foreign minister of Oman at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on July 27, 2018. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP)
July 27, 2018, 10:48 pm
Mattis says US not seeking regime change in Iran
Defense chief also dismisses Australian report of upcoming American strike on Iranian nuclear facilities as ‘fiction’
By ToI Staff
Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, left, briefs the media as Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan listens after unveiling the surface-to-surface Fateh-313, or Conqueror, missile in a ceremony marking Defense Industry Day, Iran, August 22, 2015. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
November 1, 2015, 3:24 am
US, Israeli hostility to receive ‘crushing response,’ Iran warns
Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan responds to US-Israel defense talks with vow to inflict an ‘unforgettable lesson’
By ToI Staff
A US Air Force B-2 stealth bomber flies over near Osan US Air Base in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, South Korea, March 28, 2013 (AP/Shin Young-keun, Yonhap)
From the WebJune 26, 2015, 2:09 am
Plan B for Iran
US prepared to deploy B-2 stealth bombers to Islamic Republic and attack atomic facilities if diplomacy fails, Politico reports
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech in Tehran (AP/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/File)
April 19, 2015, 5:49 pm
Iran leader derides ‘silly’ US threats, but urges his military to be ‘prepared’
Khamenei tells army to be on alert after American warning of possible strike on nuclear facilities, calls US and Israel gravest threat to the world
By ToI Staff and AFP
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei delivers a speech in Tehran (AP/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/File)
April 19, 2015, 3:56 pm
Iran leader urges military to increase ‘preparedness’
Khamenei tells army to be on alert after US warning of possible strike on nuclear facilities
By AFP
Republican presidential hopeful Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., shakes hands after speaking at the Republican Leadership Summit Saturday, April 18, 2015, in Nashua, NH. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
April 19, 2015, 2:31 am
GOP White House hopefuls bicker over America’s role in world
With US engaged – or, some fear, disengaged – in multiple conflicts around the world, presidential contenders make their case
By Steve Peoples
From left: EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini; Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif; British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond; and US Secretary of State John Kerry line up for a press announcement at the nuclear talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, April 2, 2015. The sides agreed that month on the framework for the deal they finalized three months later (photo credit: AP/Keystone, Jean-Christophe Bott)
April 3, 2015, 9:08 am
Nuclear deal leaves Israel with few options
The immediate result of the Iran agreement will not be a sprint to the bomb but an emboldened posture by Tehran across the region
By Mitch Ginsburg
US President Barack Obama speaks to the press at the White House in Washington, DC, March 31, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/JIM WATSON)
April 2, 2015, 1:19 am
Iran extensions underscore Obama’s dilemma in talks
With a skeptical Congress and significant political capital already invested in bid for a deal, delays put White House in tight spot
By Julie Pace
Amos Yadlin, right, and Zionist Union leader MK Isaac Herzog at an election campaign media event, February 22, 2015. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
March 15, 2015, 8:26 pm
Zionist Union’s soft-spoken nuclear bombardier
Amos Yadlin, the center-left’s candidate for defense minister, played a key role in destroying two previous Middle Eastern nuclear programs — and insists Israel can destroy a third
By Haviv Rettig Gur
A military exhibition displays the Shahab-3 missile under a picture of the Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, in 2008. (photo credit: AP/Hasan Sarbakhshian)
December 9, 2013, 6:48 pm
Iran claims to have improved missile accuracy
Defense minister says that surface-to-surface missiles can now strike within two meters of target
By ALI AKBAR DAREINI
US President Barack Obama (photo credit: AP/Jacquelyn Martin/File)
November 26, 2013, 12:11 pm
Obama touts Iran deal as ‘right move, good for Israel’
‘This is not politics. These are not games, and the stakes are extraordinarily high,’ president tells Democratic leaders
By Spencer Ho
Iran's heavy water nuclear facilities near the central city of Arak, 150 miles southwest of Tehran (photo credit: AP/ISNA, Hamid Foroutan)
November 11, 2013, 1:54 am
‘US anxious to sign deal with Tehran to avoid military strike’
Senior Israel official reportedly says Geneva proposal is ‘very bad,’ would quickly lead to Iran becoming threshold state
By ToI Staff and AP
US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after a joint news conference, Wednesday, March 20, 2013, at the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem. (photo credit: AP/Carolyn Kaster)
November 6, 2013, 5:13 am
Americans high on support for Israel, wary of military role in Mideast
Only 40% of respondents to ADL survey think the US should back Israeli military action against Iran
By Spencer Ho
Amos Yadlin attends his final session at the Knesset's Security and Foreign Affairs Committee as head of military intelligence, November 2, 2010. In the background: Then-committee chairman Tzachi Hanegbi (photo credit: Kobi Gideon/Flash90)
November 4, 2013, 6:23 pm
Ex-Israeli intel chief: Obama will strike Iran if he must
Former military intelligence head says an American surgical airstrike against Iran is preferable to boots on the ground
By Elhanan Miller
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