📹 Israel will CRUMBLE without US backing

"If the Iranians continue bombing Israel every single day... then either [Israel] will ask the Americans to help them immediately, or they will ask the Americans to go to the UN and ask for a ceasefire," Elijah J. Magnier, a veteran war correspondent and political analyst, tells Sputnik.

For the first time since 1973, Israel is fighting against a state actor, the pundit emphasizes.

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🇷🇺🇮🇷 Lavrov holds phone call with Iranian FM

Key statements:

🔸Moscow condemns Israel’s use of force against Tehran, Lavrov emphasized

🔸Moscow remains ready to continue supporting efforts to resolve issues around Iran’s nuclear program

🔸Lavrov expressed condolences over the casualties resulting from Israel's strikes on Iran

🔸Lavrov and Araghchi agreed to continue contacts regarding the situation in the Middle East

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👉🇺🇸 Trump, listen up: Your own team and peers say 'no war with Iran'

US political observers, pundits, and lawmakers from both parties are warning Trump: don’t drag America deeper into the Iran-Israel conflict, Responsible Statecraft writes. Supporting Israel's war against Iran would be a “middle finger” to MAGA voters.

🗣Steve Bannon, former Trump adviser: "Hey, you’re putting your defense first, and that’s fine. But we gotta put our defense first. And what cannot happen is be drawn into another war."

🗣Tucker Carlson: "Who are the warmongers? They would include anyone who’s calling Donald Trump today to demand air strikes and other direct US military involvement in a war with Iran."

🗣Sen. Rand Paul (R): "I urge President Trump to stay the course, keep putting America first, and to not join in any war between other countries."
"No war with Iran."

🗣Rep. Thomas Massie (R): "Israel doesn’t need US taxpayers’ money for defense if it already has enough to start offensive wars."

The message is loud: war with Iran isn’t “America First” — it’s a political landmine.

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🇮🇱🇮🇷 Netanyahu THREATENS Iran in a televised address

“In the very near future, you will see Israeli Air Force jets in the skies over Tehran. We will strike every site and every target of the Ayatollahs' regime,” Israeli Prime Minister said.

Iran’s President Pezeshkian, for his part, said that Tehran will deliver a STRONGER response if Israel attempts to repeat its aggression against Iran.

Israel’s strikes during the Iran-US dialogue show that Washington CANNOT be trusted, the Iranian president also said.

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📹 This Ukrainian man thought he could just pedal away from service…

But there's no escaping Zelensky’s recruiting gang — even on two wheels!

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⚡️ Putin holds phone call with Trump

Statements from Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov:

🔸The call lasted 50 minutes

🔸The conversation was useful, with the two leaders discussing the escalating situation in the Middle East.

🔸Putin informed Trump about his recent phone contacts with the president of Iran and the prime minister of Israel.

🔸Putin reminded Trump of Russia’s proposal to seek mutually acceptable agreements on the Iranian nuclear issue.

🔸Trump assessed the situation in the Middle East as highly alarming.

🔸The presidents did not rule out a return to the negotiating track on the Iranian nuclear program.

🔸Putin also informed Trump about the implementation of the Istanbul agreements reached in Turkiye on June 2.

🔸Russia is ready to continue negotiations with the Ukrainian side, Putin said.

🔸Putin congratulated Trump on his birthday and Flag Day.

🔸During the conversation, the leaders noted the wartime brotherhood of the two countries during World War II and expressed satisfaction with their current relationship, which allows for addressing pressing issues.

🔸Russia is ready to resume negotiations with Ukraine, as agreed, after June 22, Putin said.

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🇺🇸🇮🇱 US always planned to use Israel as PROXY to attack Iran

Donald Trump did everything he could to make sure that the war between Israel and Iran began, military and political observer Evgeny Mikhailov tells Sputnik.

The White House was well aware that Tehran would never accept the “humiliating” terms for the nuclear deal, and thus from the get-go planned to use Israel against Iran.

The fact that Trump essentially adopted a “my way or the highway” approach to the nuclear talks with Iran did not help matters either.

With Iran’s attacks on US military bases in the Middle East on the table, if Tehran decides that a large-scale war is unavoidable, the ensuing escalation may deal a serious blow to Trump’s image in the United States.

There is a high probability of the ongoing crisis leading to further evolution of the Iranian military technologies, assuming that Iran manages to withstand the Israeli aggression and deliver a fitting retaliation, Mikhailov predicts.

“I believe that Iranian leadership and Iranian people will be able to adapt even in these harsh conditions and to deliver a fitting reprisal to Israel and the US.”

Without US support, Israel would not last long against Iran, considering the vastness of the Iranian missile stockpiles and the fact that Israel expended much of its military potential on the Gaza war and attacks against Lebanon.

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🇬🇧 Britain is moving jets to Middle East - PM Starmer

Great Britain is moving additional military assets, including fighter jets, to the Middle East “for contingency support in the region”, Prime Minister Keir Starmer told reporters as he was en route to a G7 meeting in Canada.

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