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PM Netanyahu: Israel ‘achieved all of the war’s goals’

Israel’s leader says US President Trump “expressed his immense appreciation” for attacking Iran. “Following President Trump’s conversation with Prime Minister Netanyahu, Israel refrained from further attacks,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.

“In the conversation, President Trump expressed his immense appreciation for Israel – which achieved all of the war’s goals. The president also expressed his confidence in the stability of the ceasefire.”

Does anyone believe them?

An ‘honour’ to ‘destroy’ Iran’s nuclear facilities, says Trump

President Trump has again posted on his Truth Social platform, this time saying it was a “great honour” to “destroy” Iran’s nuclear facilities. “It was my great honor to Destroy All Nuclear facilities & capability, and then, STOP THE WAR!”

Posting while en route to the NATO summit in The Hague, the US president added, “Both Israel and Iran wanted to stop the War, equally.”

Iran’s nuclear programme ‘degraded not ended’

Clara Broekaert, a research fellow at the Soufan Center, tells Al Jazeera that US and Israeli bombings failed to fully destroy Iran’s nuclear programme.

“Everything points to the fact that the nuclear programme has been degraded and not ended,” Broekaert said from Nice in southern France. “You cannot bomb away the knowledge of how to develop nuclear weapons,” she added.

Broekaert noted Iran’s incentive for a nuclear weapon “may have actually been accelerated” as a result of the attacks made against it over the past two weeks.


Macron fears ‘increased’ risk of secret uranium enrichment in Iran now

French President Emmanuel Macron has said there is an “increased” risk that Iran will attempt to enrich uranium secretly following US and Israeli strikes on its nuclear sites. “This risk has indeed increased with what has happened recently,” Macron told reporters, calling it “one of the main risks for the region and the international community”.

He added that “we must absolutely prevent Iran from going down this path”.

Then stop backing Israel and the US... They're the reason Iran 'needs' nuclear deterrent. 


Iranian lawmaker says IAEA boss should be banned

An Iranian lawmaker has called for International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief Rafael Grossi to be barred from entering the country.

Alaeddin Boroujerdi, a member of Iran’s parliamentary National Security and Foreign Policy Committee, said cooperation with the IAEA should be suspended, according to the Iranian Students’ News Agency.

This comes as the committee approved the general outline of a bill to halt all cooperation with the UN nuclear watchdog.

According to Tasnim news agency, committee spokesperson Ebrahim Rezaei said the bill could suspend inspections, camera installations, and reporting to the IAEA unless the safety of Iran’s nuclear sites is guaranteed.

However, the legislation will still have to pass a full parliamentary vote before coming to fruition.

‘No one in Iran will give up nuclear technology’: Foreign minister

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Tehran is more determined to hold on to its nuclear programme after the 12-day Israeli assault.

“We have exerted a huge effort to acquire this technology. Our scientists made massive sacrifices and even lost their lives for this goal,” Araghchi told Al-Araby al-Jadeed news website.

“Our people have endured challenges for this, and a war was imposed on our nation over this issue. It is certain that no one in Iran will give up this technology.”