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As the old saying goes, \u201cBless his soul.\u201d\u00a0 Because FM Abbas Araghchi just doesn\u2019t get it.\u00a0 The bombs are meant to make Iran talk.\u00a0 During the past several years and the past two months, when there weren\u2019t bombs, Iran just talked and talked.\u00a0 Now he wants the bombs to stop.\u00a0 See \u201cLive Updates: Iran Casts Doubt on Talks While Israel\u2019s Attacks Continue,\u201d<\/a> NYT, 6-20-25.\u00a0 \u201cIran\u2019s foreign minister told a state broadcaster that \u201cthere is no room for talking until this aggression stops,\u201d hours before he was to meet with his European counterparts.\u00a0 This was a day after President Trump said he would put off a decision on whether to join Israel\u2019s attacks for two weeks to give diplomacy a chance.<\/p>\n

Yes.\u00a0 \u201cCould Iran\u2019s missiles carry nuclear warheads? An expert breaks down the threat,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 6-20-25.\u00a0\u00a0\u201c[P]rior to 2003, Iran had built and tested nearly every component of a nuclear bomb. \u201cTwenty years ago, Iran knew how to build a bomb,\u201d Inbar said. \u201cThey built all the components, except for the nuclear core itself \u2014 at least that\u2019s what\u2019s known.\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael poised to strike Iran\u2019s Fordow nuclear site, with or without U.S. support,\u201d<\/a> i24, 6-20-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael Tests Theory That War Can\u2019t Be Won With Air Power Alone,\u201d<\/a> WSJ, 6-20-25.<\/p>\n

\u201c20 Iranian missiles launched in latest barrage, casualty toll at 21 including critically wounded teen | LIVE BLOG,\u201d<\/a>\u00a0I24, 6-20-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cIsrael bombed Iran\u2019s state TV. Why many Iranians cheered,\u201d<\/a> Financial Review, 6-20-25.\u00a0 Here\u2019s one reason\u2014\u201c\u201cIt feels weird saying it, but you need to understand \u2013 that TV station is the place that has been broadcasting the forced confessions of political prisoners for years. That is not media, that\u2019s a propaganda machine. The people who work there, we don\u2019t call them journalists, we call them interrogators. You need to know the difference.\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As the old saying goes, \u201cBless his soul.\u201d\u00a0 Because FM Abbas Araghchi just doesn\u2019t get it.\u00a0 The bombs are meant to make Iran talk.\u00a0 During the past several years and the past two months, when there weren\u2019t bombs, Iran just talked and talked.\u00a0 Now he wants the bombs to stop.\u00a0 See \u201cLive Updates: Iran Casts … <\/p>\n

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