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

[Persian Gulf]

Larijani embraces realism:

In recent days, I was speaking with one of the world leaders who is also a member of the Security Council. I said to him: Why did you establish these international laws? When we are attacked and you, as Security Council members, do nothing, what is the purpose of these international laws? He said to me: These laws are nonsense, because the international arena is about power!

This is the reality; if you do not preserve the elements of your strength, you will receive blows. This is unfortunate, but the international arena is like this, resembling a jungle, yet this is an existing reality.

Whether you accept this reality or not, if you do not accept it, you will receive greater blows. Therefore, you must strengthen the elements of your power.

Domestically, your people are the foundation; you must preserve your people, maintain their cohesion, meet their needs, and be close to them, not address them in a commanding manner, but rather understand their feelings.

At the regional level, you also have capabilities; use them to be united in the region. The belief that Hezbollah or the resistance forces are a burden on us is a strategic error. In my opinion, they need our assistance, and we too must benefit from their assistance; because creating isolation does not serve Iranian national security.

 

[ShapurII]

I don't think Araghchi said this? First part is true, but not the second.

درباره ذخایر اورانیوم ۶۰ درصد غنی‌شده، عراقچی روشن کرد که این ذخایر زیر آوار دفن شده و در حال حاضر راه واقعی برای بیرون آوردن آن وجود ندارد​

تماس وزرای خارجه سه کشور اروپایی با عراقچی هیچ پیشرفتی به همراه نداشت / وزیر خارجه ایران در ابتدای مذاکرات سخنانی تند بیان کرد / عراقچی تمایلی برای ازسرگیری مذاکرات با آمریکا نشان نداد / درباره ذخایر اورانیوم ۶۰ درصد غنی‌شده هم، عراقچی روشن کرد که ای

به گفته یک منبع آگاه، تماس وزرای خارجه سه کشور اروپایی با عراقچی هیچ پیشرفتی به همراه نداشت و وزیر خارجه ایران هیچ پیشنهاد یا ایده تازه‌ای برای رفع نگرانی‌ها...

www.entekhab.ir

 

[Persian Gulf]

درباره ذخایر اورانیوم ۶۰ درصد غنی‌شده، عراقچی روشن کرد که این ذخایر زیر آوار دفن شده و در حال حاضر راه واقعی برای بیرون آوردن آن وجود ندارد​

تماس وزرای خارجه سه کشور اروپایی با عراقچی هیچ پیشرفتی به همراه نداشت / وزیر خارجه ایران در ابتدای مذاکرات سخنانی تند بیان کرد / عراقچی تمایلی برای ازسرگیری مذاکرات با آمریکا نشان نداد / درباره ذخایر اورانیوم ۶۰ درصد غنی‌شده هم، عراقچی روشن کرد که ای

به گفته یک منبع آگاه، تماس وزرای خارجه سه کشور اروپایی با عراقچی هیچ پیشرفتی به همراه نداشت و وزیر خارجه ایران هیچ پیشنهاد یا ایده تازه‌ای برای رفع نگرانی‌ها...

www.entekhab.ir

not just at Fordow though, it was also produced in Natanz and apparently much of it was stored in tunnels in Esfahan, which has the best chance of recovery

 

[ShapurII]

not just at Fordow though, it was also produced in Natanz and apparently much of it was stored in tunnels in Esfahan, which has the best chance of recovery

Before the war, 60% enrichment was done at Fordow.
Anyway, I think the headline is that Iran cannot access the enriched uranium. So, we're in a tough spot.

 

[Persian Gulf]

Before the war, 60% enrichment was done at Fordow.
Anyway, I think the headline is that Iran cannot access the enriched uranium. So, we're in a tough spot.

Iran enriched uranium to 60% at Natanz too

Iran starts enriching uranium at 60%, its highest level ever

Announcement is likely to raise tensions as Iran negotiates with world powers to revive the 2015 nuclear agreement.

www.aljazeera.com

 

[shapurzolaktaf]

Nasirzadeh also said

- we have created weapons production sites in other countries and we might reveal them next month (September 2025)

I hoped and "advised" for this during the 12 day war. I hope we set up production facilities around Iran in multiple countries, especially for drones, missiles and launchers.

 

[Persian Gulf]

notice how the Europeans no longer accept uranium enrichment in Iran

and now they also call for missile restrictions

both things contradict their position during JCPOA

this is what happens after a military defeat. they sense weakness and Iran has lost what little leverage it had, either unilaterally sacrificed by Khamenei or destroyed by Israel/US on or under the ground.

 

[shapurzolaktaf]

notice how the Europeans no longer accept uranium enrichment in Iran

and now they also call for missile restrictions

both things contradict their position during JCPOA

this is what happens after a military defeat. they sense weakness and Iran has lost what little leverage it had, either unilaterally sacrificed by Khamenei or destroyed by Israel/US on or under the ground.

Well if they see such weak response from Iran, they will demand more and more, encouraged by defeatist messages from inside. It's not related to our (military) potential and response during the 12 days war, but related to our foreign and internal policy, which shows weakness, fear and passiveness. This encourages our enemies to increase pressure.

 

[ShapurII]

Well if they see such weak response from Iran, they will demand more and more, encouraged by defeatist messages from inside. It's not related to our (military) potential and response during the 12 days war, but related to our foreign and internal policy, which shows weakness, fear and passiveness. This encourages our enemies to increase pressure.

Our response was weak. They destroyed our nuclear sites without a nosebleed, and I mean that literally.

As Clausewitz says: The fate of a nation is often decided on the battlefield, but it is confirmed at the negotiating table.
Now it is confirmed that Iran lost the 12-day battle.

 

[Liquidator]

Our response was weak. They destroyed our nuclear sites without a nosebleed, and I mean that literally.

As Clausewitz says: The fate of a nation is often decided on the battlefield, but it is confirmed at the negotiating table.
Now it is confirmed that Iran lost the 12-day battle.

You are making your devious motives too obvious on this forum.

Glory to the ISLAMIC Republic.

 

[ShapurII]

You are making your devious motives too obvious on this forum.

Glory to the ISLAMIC Republic.

Do you think we won the 12-day battle?
Is that why we're negotiating with the Europeans over zero enrichment?

Also, did the US lose even a single soldier after bombing our nuclear facilities? Even a minor injury?

 

[Shafagh]

You are making your devious motives too obvious on this forum.

Glory to the ISLAMIC Republic.

Man... just please stop...

 

[Shafagh]

I hoped and "advised" for this during the 12 day war. I hope we set up production facilities around Iran in multiple countries, especially for drones, missiles and launchers.

You need to rebuild ground control stations. I discussed this with ShapurII, the absence of Karrar, no mass drone attacks. They probably targetted the major sites and cut off ability to direct them

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[Bharatah]

Trump administration fires general who said attacks on Iran’s nuclear sites had minimal effect​

Head of US Defense Intelligence Agency Jeffrey Kruse fired alongside two senior Navy officials in latest purge.

Lieutenant-General Jeffrey Kruse's firing comes two months after details of a preliminary assessment of US air strikes against Iran found that Iran’s nuclear programme had been set back only a few months, contradicting assertions from Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [File: Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo]

Lieutenant-General Jeffrey Kruse's firing comes two months after details of a preliminary assessment of US air strikes against Iran found that Iran’s nuclear programme had been set back only a few months, contradicting assertions from Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [File: Mark Schiefelbein/AP Photo]
Published On 23 Aug 202523 Aug 2025

United States Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a general whose agency’s preliminary intelligence assessment angered President Donald Trump for reporting that the US attack on Iranian nuclear sites in June had inflicted limited damage, according to reports.

The Pentagon firings on Friday, which, according to US officials who spoke to the Reuters and Associated Press (AP) news agencies, also include two other senior military commanders, are the latest moves by the Trump administration to purge officials at the Department of Defense .

It was not immediately known on what grounds Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse, who led the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) since early 2024, was fired.

But President Trump had previously decried the agency’s initial findings on US strikes against Iran.

The initial DIA assessment – which was widely reported on by US media – contradicted claims by Trump that the strikes totally destroyed the nuclear sites, drawing the ire of both the president and officials within his administration.

Kruse “will no longer serve as DIA director”, a senior defence official said on condition of anonymity on Friday, without providing an explanation for the general’s departure.

Prior to becoming director of the DIA, Kruse served as the adviser for military affairs for the director of national intelligence, and also held positions including director of intelligence for the coalition against the ISIL (ISIS) group.

Hegseth also fired Vice Admiral Nancy Lacore, who is chief of the Navy Reserve, as well as Rear Admiral Milton Sands, a Navy SEAL officer who oversees Naval Special Warfare Command, according to officials who spoke to both AP and Reuters.

“The firing of yet another senior national security official underscores the Trump administration’s dangerous habit of treating intelligence as a loyalty test rather than a safeguard for our country,” said US Senator Mark Warner, who is the vice chair of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.

Since beginning his second term in January, Trump has overseen a purge of top military officers, including the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Charles “CQ” Brown, whom he fired without explanation in February.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025...iran-nuclear-sites-damage-angered-trump-fired

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NOTE: As I've said before, it's an information war. Narratives are created, and when challenged internally, those who challenged them are persecuted.

 

[Bharatah]