Tel Aviv vs Tehran
Israel recently carried out strong surprise attacks deep inside Iran, hitting important military and nuclear sites. This has made the already tense West Asia (Middle East) even more unstable. Iran says it will hit back, but it may not have many options right now.
Israel has already weakened some of Iran's closest allies, like the Hezbollah group in Lebanon and the government in Syria. Israel also says that its spy agency, Mossad, secretly worked inside Iran to destroy Iran's defences from within. That's a big embarrassment for Iran's own intelligence system.
Meanwhile, US President Donald Trump is warning Iran to agree to a new deal about its nuclear program — or face more attacks. The US wants Iran to stop trying to build nuclear weapons, but Iran isn't agreeing. In fact, after these attacks, Iran may go faster toward building nuclear weapons and even leave an international peace agreement (called the NPT). If that happens, other countries in the region like Saudi Arabia might also try to build nuclear weapons — which would make the whole region more dangerous.
All of this affects the rest of the world too. Oil prices have already gone up by 9%, and may rise more. Shipping and trade through the area could be blocked or delayed. Important undersea internet cables could be damaged. For India, this is also a problem because we use Iran's Chabahar port as a trade route to Afghanistan and Central Asia. If there's too much fighting in the region, that route may be shut down.
In short, this fight between Israel (Tel Aviv) and Iran (Tehran) could hurt everyone — but the leaders involved seem ready to take that risk.
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