Israel-Iran War risks sinking into 'rathole of retaliation': UN
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, following U.S attack on Iran's nuclear sites, at UN headquarters in New York City, U.S., June 22, 2025. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz
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Iran ‘threatened Trump with sleeper-cell revenge terrorist attacks inside the United States' days before nuclear strikes
Iran threatened US President Donald Trump that it would activate sleeper cell terror attacks across the United States if he dropped a bomb on nuclear targets when he was at the G7 according to fresh US reports. The shock reports raise questions over whether this was the real reason that the US President left in a hurry cancelling talks with a string of world leaders including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. NBC has reported overnight that Iran sent a communiqué to Trump in the days before Sunday's shock strikes on its nuclear facilities threatening to activate sleeper-cell terror. The report revealed the message got to Trump through an intermediary at the Group of Seven summit in Canada last week. He then left early June 16 to hold talks with defence officials in the United States and ramped up his rhetoric about the threat posed by Iran. It was in the days after he left the G7 that he slammed US intelligence sources claiming Iran's plan to build a nuclear bomb was not imminent. NBC reported on Monday that the White House did not respond to multiple requests for comment on the sleeper cell threat, and the Iranian Mission to the United Nations declined to comment. Donald Trump has now issued a warning on social media that any Iranian retaliation against the United States 'WILL BE MET WITH FORCE FAR GREATER THAN WHAT WAS WITNESSED TONIGHT.' US officials remain on high alert for any potential retaliation inside the United States with the Department of Homeland Security warning in a statement today that the 'Iran conflict is causing a heightened threat environment in the United States.' The statement said there could be an increased possibility of terrorist attacks 'if Iranian leadership issued a religious ruling calling for retaliatory violence against targets in the Homeland.' There are also warnings over the risk of cyberattacks on U.S. networks that could seek to target current and former U.S. government officials. US officials are on red alert over the threat of sleeper cells in the U.S. amid warnings that the risks have 'never been higher.' The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) warned in a memo sent Saturday from CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott, obtained NewsNation, that 'thousands of Iranian nationals have been documented entering the United States illegally and countless more were likely in the known and unknown got-a-ways.' 'Though we have not received any specific credible threats to share with you all currently, the threat of sleeper cells or sympathizers acting on their own, or at the behest of Iran has never been higher,' Mr Scott added. The memo urged CBP personnel to remain 'vigilant.' NewsNation correspondent Rich McHugh said Friday on the network that 'experts that we've talked to said that should the U.S. join these strikes against Iran, they may try to activate these sleeper cells in the U.S. and the West.' On Sunday, retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, the former commander of U.S. Central Command, said that he believed U.S. troops in Iraq and Syria were 'certainly vulnerable' to retaliatory attacks by Iran. PM addresses sleepr cell threat Speaking in Canberra, the Prime Minister Anthony Albanese responded directly to the sleeper threat and the risk of terror attacks on Americans and here in Australia. 'Precisely why we're calling for a de-escalation,'' he replied. 'Obviously we're opposed to any action against Australians or indeed against anyone else. 'What we want to see as President Trump has said is peace going forward. There's an opportunity for that to occur.' Asked about potential sleeper cells in Australia, the Prime Minister said that there was no change to the current threat level. ' ASIO Director-General and our security intelligence agencies are constantly engaged in monitoring,'' he replied. 'There's been no change in any of the advice that has been issued.' He also appeared to confirm Australia was taken by surprise by the attacks stressing it was 'unilateral' and that he was not warned by US authorities about the top secret mission. UK Prime Minister Keif Starmer has previously noted his Government was given prior warning of the US action in Iran but it had also been directly involved in negotiations with Iran, unlike Australia. 'The UK has been one of the countries that's been at the negotiating table with Iran for many years on its nuclear weapons program,'' Mr Albanese said. 'This was unilateral action.'
Sky News AU
2 hours ago
- Sky News AU
Russia warns other countries ready to supply Iran with nuclear weapons
Moscow has warned that several countries are now willing to supply Iran with nuclear weapons following America's attack. The deputy head of Russian President Vladimir Putin's Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, caused only minimal damage to Iran's nuclear sites. Medvedev did not state what countries would supply Iran, and that America's attack would not stop them from acquiring nuclear weapons. The deputy head's comments during several threads on X about America's Saturday attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. 'A number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads,' Medvedev wrote.
Daily Telegraph
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- Daily Telegraph
‘What an idiot': New York Times savaged over ‘boys on the bombers' fact check
Don't miss out on the headlines from News. Followed categories will be added to My News. The US has officially joined Israel in its battle against nuclear power Iran, and the New York Times was ready and waiting to wag a woke finger in the direction of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over his choice of words in a press briefing. In a Sunday news conference, Hegseth heaped praise on President Trump and the military campaign that saw six 'bunker buster' bombs dropped on key nuclear sites in the country. 'The operation President Trump planned was bold and it was brilliant, showing the world that American deterrence is back,' he said, warning, 'when this president speaks, the world should listen — and the US military, we can back it up.' At one point, Hegseth casually called the B-2 pilots who dropped the 15-ton bombs on targets in Iran 'our boys on those bombers,' which the New York Times appeared to jump on. 'In the briefing, Hegseth referred to B-2 pilots as 'our boys on those bombers,' yet both men and women have been trained to fly them,' NYT Pentagon reporter John Ismay corrected the record on the outlet's blog. The posting drew hundreds of scornful comments on social media. 'This is why people use the New York Times to line their bird cages,' one poster mused. 'Yes, let's make sure to be politically correct at this serious time,' another sarcastically quipped. 'What an idiot. We women know exactly what Secretary Hegseth meant,' said an X user. It's not clear whether any women took part in the 37-hour B-2 bomber raid, which saw the stealth planes take off from and return to Whiteman Air Force Base in western Missouri. What are the New York Times doing? Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP Pete Hegseth during a media conference. Photo:/AFP It's a bizarre time to drop a fact check on something that wasn't even trolling from the Trump administration, particularly when Iran threatened US bases in the Middle East as a result of the US attacks. International concern focused on fears that the unprecedented US attacks would deepen conflict in the volatile region after Israel launched a bombing campaign against Iran earlier this month. Ali Akbar Velayati, an adviser to Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said bases used by US forces could be attacked in retaliation. 'Any country in the region or elsewhere that is used by American forces to strike Iran will be considered a legitimate target for our armed forces,' he said in a message carried by the official IRNA news agency. 'America has attacked the heart of the Islamic world and must await irreparable consequences.' President Donald Trump urged Iran to end the conflict after he launched surprise strikes on a key underground uranium enrichment site at Fordo, along with nuclear facilities in Isfahan and Natanz. 'We had a spectacular military success yesterday, taking the 'bomb' right out of their hands (and they would use it if they could!)' he said on social media. The B-2 bombers dropped the bombs on Iran. Photo by US Department of Defense / AFP And while the US president did not directly advocate regime change in the Islamic republic, he openly played with the idea – even after his aides stressed that was not a goal of American intervention. 'It's not politically correct to use the term, 'Regime Change,' Trump posted on his Truth Social platform. 'But if the current Iranian Regime is unable to MAKE IRAN GREAT AGAIN, why wouldn't there be a Regime change??? MIGA!!!' Hegseth told a Pentagon press briefing earlier that Iran's nuclear program had been 'devastated,' adding the operation 'did not target Iranian troops or the Iranian people.' Standing beside Hegseth, top US general Dan Caine said that while it would be 'way too early' for him to determine the level of destruction, 'initial battle damage assessments indicate that all three sites sustained extremely severe damage and destruction.' With AFP This story first appeared in the New York Post and was republished with permission. Originally published as 'What an idiot': New York Times savaged over 'boys on the bombers' fact check
