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Iran targets Israeli civilians on supreme leader's order, senior cabinet minister tells 'Post'

Israel had prepared for the possibility that the war could last for weeks, but that timeline may now be shortened.

Israeli Air Force fighter jets seen ahead of Operation Rising Lion in Iran, June 13, 2025
Police guard the fenced-in home of former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter in Champlin, Minnesota, U.S. April 14, 2021.

Two US lawmakers shot by man impersonating a police officer

 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to the media during a refueling stop at Shannon Airport in Shannon, Ireland, March 12, 2025, as he travels from talks with Ukraine in Saudi Arabia to attending a G7 Foreign Ministers meeting in Canada.

In US lawmakers’ response to Israel’s strike on Iran, sweeping support with signs of tension

Iran's Ambassador and Permanent Representative Amir Saeid Iravani delivers his remarks after attending a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, following Israel’s attack on Iran, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., June 13, 2025

At UN, Iran accuses US of being complicit in Israeli strikes


Mahmoud Khalil’s lawyers demand his immediate release as Trump misses key deadline

The 30-year-old grad student, a legal permanent resident, has been detained in Jena, Louisiana, since March 9, a day after agents from DHS took him into custody at his Columbia-owned apartment.

 MUSLIM PROTESTERS pray outside Columbia University’s main campus in March as they denounce the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil, in New York City. The writer asks: Should Khalil, a radical leader, be protected because of ‘free speech?’

Israel’s 2024 Maysaf raid shows underground strikes possible amid Fordow threat - analysis

Pieces of the operation were leaked at the time, but in January of this year, virtually every detail one could imagine about the operation was leaked.

 Operation Heavy Roads, involving IDF special op. against Iranian missile production facility in Syria

Senior official: Israel could face exchange of missile-based blows with Iran in coming month

The official added that the round of US-Iranian nuclear negotiations scheduled for Sunday was part of a coordinated US-Israeli deception aimed at lowering Iran’s guard ahead of Friday’s attack.

Israeli Air Force fighter jets seen ahead of Operation Rising Lion in Iran, June 13, 2025

Israeli official to 'Post': 'There was full and complete coordination with the Americans'

"We presented the American administration with evidence of Iran's breakthrough toward a nuclear bomb. There was full and complete coordination with the Americans."

 Illustrative -US Secretary of State Marco Rubio (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) attend a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, February 16, 2025.

US charges two Chinese scientists with smuggling devastating crop-killing fungus

The Federal Bureau of Investigation said that the fungi was described a “potential agroterrorism weapon” in scientific journals.

Samples of a pathogen identified by the U.S. Department of Justice as Fusarium graminearum, a fungus it said was classified in scientific literature as a potential agroterrorism weapon, are seen in a criminal complaint by the FBI against Chinese researcher Zunyong Liu and his girlfriend Yunqing Jian

Marines prepare for Los Angeles deployment as protests spread across US

Trump's decision to send troops to Los Angeles, despite California Governor Gavin Newsom's objections, has ignited a national debate on military involvement in law enforcement on US soil.

 A law enforcement officer shoots non-lethal weapon at a protestor during a protest against federal immigration sweeps, in Los Angeles, California, U.S., June 11, 2025.

Trump: Israeli strike on Iran not imminent, but could happen

"Iran's going to have to negotiate a little bit tougher, meaning they're going to have to give us something they're not willing to give us right now," said Trump.

 US President Donald Trump reacts at the White House in Washington, DC, US, June 12, 2025

UCSF professor fired for antisemitism files lawsuit over violation of free speech rights

She also alleged that her dismissal came as a result of "pressure from pro-Israel forces and political allies like Senator Scott Wiener and billionaire donors such as the Diller family."

 Image of Dr Rupa Marya.

Israel considers striking Iran in coming days, US could play logistical role - report

Sources told ABC that the US could play a logistical role, including through intelligence sharing with Israel.

 A missile is launched during a joint exercise called the 'Great Prophet 17', in the southwest of Iran, December 24, 2021. Picture taken December 24, 2021.

Where are the key facilities hiding Iran's nuclear program? - explainer

Iran is now enriching uranium to up to 60% fissile purity, close to the 90% of weapons-grade, at two sites, and has enough material if enriched further for six bombs, believes the IAEA.

A VIEW of the Bushehr main nuclear reactor, 1,200 km. south of Tehran, in 2010

Iran 'leaks' documents to discredit nuclear chief Grossi as it faces IAEA, sanctions threats

Grossi has - though slowly - demanded answers from Iran to explain illicit nuclear materials and refusing to accept partial answers that he called "not credible."

 IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi against backdrop of an Iranian missile.