A flashpoint: Will Iran cross nuclear Rubicon?
The US has avoided joining the Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. But such a comprehensive attack was impossible without using the airspace of multiple Arab nations.
Updated At : 07:03 AM Jun 14, 2025 IST
Worrisome: A building in Tehran, Iran, damaged by Israeli strikes. Reuters
THE US had been restraining Israel for some weeks from attacking Iranian nuclear infrastructure. The US President, Donald Trump, wrote to the Iranian leadership on March 25, suggesting talks on their nuclear programme. Trump, during his first term, had abandoned the 2015 nuclear deal between the P-5 members of the UN Security Council plus Germany and Iran. It was called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Oman had mediated the talks.
