The US strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan—announced with characteristic bravado by President Donald Trump—was framed as a “highly successful” operation. But beneath the surface of military theater, the strike carries deeper messages and calculated signals. Timing, tone, and restraint reveal more than the explosions themselves. ...
US President Donald Trump claimed on Sunday it had “obliterated” Iran’s main nuclear sites in strikes overnight, in a major new escalation of the confrontation with the Zionist entity, as the Islamic Republic warned of “everlasting consequences.” Trump, in a televised address to the US people, flanked by Vice President ...