Iranian Kurdish dissidents abroad watch for signs of Tehran vulnerability after war with Israel
Israel launched the strikes on June 13, drawing Iranian missiles that targeted Israel. But it was not until the United States inserted itself into the war and hit Iranian nuclear sites on Sunday, including with 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs , that the war came to a watershed moment.
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