Iran - Israel/US War: Israel-US declare war on Iran, Iran responds

[ghazi52]

EU should be ready to place sanctions on Iran: Italian PM​

Italian Prime Minister Georgia Meloni said the European Union should be ready to place new sanctions on Iran if the crisis in the Middle East doesn’t come to an end, Reuters reports.

“If Tehran continues down the wrong path…the EU must be ready to increase pressure through new targeted measures,” Meloni was cited as saying in parliament by Reuters news agency.

She also criticised Israel’s far-right Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir for his comments on Italy, which she called “unacceptable for Italy and also undignified for Israel”.

 

[ghazi52]

China 'strongly urges' immediate halt to Mideast war operations​

China “strongly” urged an immediate halt to military operations in the Middle East, as the United States launched fresh attacks on Iran, AFP reports.

“China strongly urges the relevant parties to immediately cease military operations, return to dialogue and negotiation, respond to the mediation efforts of relevant countries, and achieve a comprehensive and lasting ceasefire as soon as possible,” foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian told a regular press conference in response to a question about the Middle East situation.

 

[ghazi52]

Iran foreign ministry says US strikes render ceasefire 'practically meaningless'​

Iran’s foreign ministry has condemned the latest US strikes on the country, saying the attacks rendered the nearly two-month ceasefire “practically meaningless”, AFP reports.

In a statement, the ministry said “the illegal and criminal attacks perpetrated by the United States in recent hours not only constitute a flagrant violation… but also render the ceasefire practically meaningless”.

It added that the “responsibility for the extremely serious consequences of this criminal act lies with the leaders of the United States”.

 

[Pakistan First]

It will be interesting to see what was targeted by the Americans in this latest escalation. My bet is still on a de-escalation.

https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/iran-seeks-funds-us-talks-edge-interim-deal-sources-say-2026-06-11/

US and Iran wrangle over frozen funds as they edge toward interim deal, Iranian sources say​

DUBAI, June 11 (Reuters) - Efforts to reach an interim deal to end hostilities between Iran and the U.S. have intensified, three Iranian sources and a European official told Reuters on Thursday, despite strikes launched by both sides, as the warring parties discuss how to release frozen Iranian funds.
The sources said Iran and the United States were still exchanging messages over ‌details of a memorandum of understanding amid the ongoing confrontation between Tehran and Washington.

The Iranian sources said a political understanding had been reached, but some issues remained to be discussed in detail, including a mechanism for the release of tens of billions of dollars of Iranian oil revenues frozen in foreign banks.
"Iran wants $6 billion to $12 billion of its frozen funds to be released to Tehran, while Washington wants to release funds in stages for humanitarian goods and rejects returning funds to Iran outright," said one of the Iranian sources.
A ⁠senior European official said: "Right now, talks are focusing very precisely on the technical details and the financial amount — in short, the level of liquidity available to Iran."

Iran was attacked by the US / Israel and they killed its leaders. US did a lot of damage to Iran in its bombing campaign. Now to end the war, Iran wants compensation. Iran already dropped the demand of war reparation cost but Iran is demanding its frozen assets to be unfrozen. Its a very just demand. But Problem is Trump till date bashes Obama for giving money to Iran (planes full load of cash that he tells everytime). So, the idea of giving money to Iran is incomprehensible for Trump. That's the main reason for the conflict to prolong. Trump will happily spend 100s of billions on war but won't give 6 to 12 billion to Iran. The zionist lobby which controls Trump also pressures him to not give a dime to Iran. But I think eventually, US will have to give something. The pressure tactics / occasional strikes are just negotiations to push Iran in making concessions.

Iran might be asking for 20 billion + sanctions relief + some fee for strait management. Trump would be saying, no way the strait cannot be tolled, and no sanctions relief but take 1 billion and end this. That's in addition to no enrichment commitment. Iran would be saying Fk-off. It seems both sides are way too far from any middle ground for peace deal.

 

[Meengla]

Iran was attacked by the US / Israel and they killed its leaders. US did a lot of damage to Iran in its bombing campaign. Now to end the war, Iran wants compensation. Iran already dropped the demand of war reparation cost but Iran is demanding its frozen assets to be unfrozen. Its a very just demand. But Problem is Trump till date bashes Obama for giving money to Iran (planes full load of cash that he tells everytime). So, the idea of giving money to Iran is incomprehensible for Trump. That's the main reason for the conflict to prolong. Trump will happily spend 100s of billions on war but won't give 6 to 12 billion to Iran. The zionist lobby which controls Trump also pressures him to not give a dime to Iran. But I think eventually, US will have to give something. The pressure tactics / occasional strikes are just negotiations to push Iran in making concessions.
Iran might be asking for 20 billion + sanctions relief + some fee for strait management. Trump would be saying, no way the strait cannot be tolled, and no sanctions relief but take 1 billion and end this. That's in addition to no enrichment commitment. Iran would be saying Fk-off. It seems both sides are way too far from any middle ground for peace deal.

One word: Lebanon.
The Strait, the fissile material issues could be under the Iranian decision making some years later--they can even renege on any agreement later just like Trump violated the JCPOA. But the bone of contention was and remains Lebanon. During the April talks in Islamabad, most issues were broadly agreed upon except for Lebanon. This was stated by Pakistan's credible analysts like Hamid Mir shortly after the Talks. And that has not changed.
The Israelis want a chunk of the Lebanese territory.

 

[Persian Gulf]

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The latest American war crime in Iran.

 

[Persian Gulf]

I think Iran had to narrow down its targets. As, Iran do not have unlimited stock of missiles. It could be 10-20% remaining of pre-war status.

Also after 100 days of surviving and fighting back, there's lot of Iran's military hardware is already used in the war, many destroyed too by the US. So the powerful countries in GCC like KSA and UAE have more incentive to join the war now when Iran is weakened. So Iran is this time around little careful. Qatar on other hand is using diplomacy with Iran and not choosing hostility at all.

U.S. intelligence says 70% of pre war stockpile, not 10-20%.

 

[Persian Gulf]

I think things have calmed down and are not as bad as being portrayed, if one looks at Flightradar, Iranian airspace is quite busy, they are not panicking at all

The U.S. strikes were quite underwhelming relative to the severity of Hegseth and Trump’s threats

49 cruise missiles does not achieve as much as you think

 

[Ali_Baba]

One word: Lebanon.
The Strait, the fissile material issues could be under the Iranian decision making some years later--they can even renege on any agreement later just like Trump violated the JCPOA. But the bone of contention was and remains Lebanon. During the April talks in Islamabad, most issues were broadly agreed upon except for Lebanon. This was stated by Pakistan's credible analysts like Hamid Mir shortly after the Talks. And that has not changed.
The Israelis want a chunk of the Lebanese territory.

Iran needs to be clear on both a ceasefire, and a full withdrawal from Lebanon in their language. So far, I have only seen the ceasefire word.

 

[VCheng]

The U.S. strikes were quite underwhelming relative to the severity of Hegseth and Trump’s threats

49 cruise missiles does not achieve as much as you think

It could be an indication that both sides are merely trying to jockey for the better negotiating position still, as best as possible. One still hopes some sort of arrangement can be reached relatively quickly to avoid all-out war, even at this stage.

 

[Mobius]

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[tsunset]

So this was all of the US strikes?

When i listen to the tone of Trump the Eunuch and Hegseth yesterday threatening Iran, i really thought they were going to restart the war at full scale and airdrop troops to seize Iranian lands with severe bombing including the assassination of Ghalibaf and Araghchi

 

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[PakistanLVR]

So this was all of the US strikes?

When i listen to the tone of Trump the Eunuch and Hegseth yesterday threatening Iran, i really thought they were going to restart the war at full scale and airdrop troops to seize Iranian lands with severe bombing including the assassination of Ghalibaf and Araghchi

Has anyone looked at the stock-market the past days? Thought it index tumbled the past week.