Central Israel, Tel Aviv, an Iranian nuclear power plant, and a US embassy in Baghdad are among the latest targets of the war: "Local television stations posted footage on X showing security forces using flashlights as they carried out casualties while firefighters struggled to extinguish flames among the ruins of a building": "Larijani had a reputation for acting as a bridge between hard-line figures in the armed forces and more moderate political factions" ... ... and for "his huge personal influence not just in Iran but with foreign states including China and Russia": Settler violence and Israeli war crimes continue: "[T]he split in the MAGAverse over the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran was a slow simmer on the Right. On Tuesday, it hit full boil and moved to the main stage": "Brig. Gen. Steven Anderson ... compared the conflict with Iran with the U.S. involvement with the war between Russia and Ukraine": "Israeli officials told U.S. counterparts they hope for an uprising even though it would lead to a massacre" ... ... but "while Trump would view regime change as a bonus, he intends to end the war when his core military objectives — decimating Iran's missile program, nuclear program, navy and proxy funding — are met": "Negotiators had reached agreement on key issues despite Trump team’s idiosyncratic approach. Two days later, war began": "[W]hen Trump has explicitly stated that he cannot ensure the security of the Iranian national team, we will certainly not travel to America" -- Iranian football chief Mehdi Taj:
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