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Demonstrators crowded into streets, parks and plazas across the U.S. on Saturday to protest President Donald Trump before a Washington military parade marking the army's 250th anniversary, which coincides with the president's birthday.
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Winnipeg Free Press
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- Winnipeg Free Press
Israel's strikes on Tehran broaden as Trump issues ominous warning
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel appeared to be expanding its air campaign on Tehran five days after its surprise attack on Iran's military and nuclear program, as U.S. President Donald Trump posted an ominous message warning residents of the city to evacuate. 'IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON,' Trump wrote Monday night before returning to Washington early from a Group of Seven summit in Canada. 'Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!' he added. Earlier, the Israeli military had called for some 330,000 residents of a neighborhood in the city center to evacuate. Tehran is one of the largest cities in the Middle East, with around 9.5 million people. Israel says its sweeping assault on Iran's top military leaders, nuclear scientiests, uranium enrichment sites and ballistic missile program is necessary to prevent its longtime adversary from getting any closer to building an atomic weapon. The strikes have killed at least 224 people since Friday. Iran has retaliated by launching more than 370 missiles and hundreds of drones at Israel. So far, 24 people have been killed in Israel and more than 500 wounded. The back-and-forth has raised concerns about all-out war between the countries and propelled the region, already on edge, into even greater upheaval. Trump leaves G7 early to focus on conflict Before leaving the summit in Canada, Trump joined the other leaders in a joint statement saying Iran 'can never have a nuclear weapon' and calling for a 'de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, including a ceasefire in Gaza.' Meanwhile, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth headed to the White House Situation Room to meet with the president and his national security team. Hegseth didn't provide details on what prompted the meeting but said on Fox News late Monday that the movements were to 'ensure that our people are safe.' Israeli strikes on Tehran broaden Israeli military spokesperson Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said Monday that his country's forces had 'achieved full aerial superiority over Tehran's skies.' The military said it destroyed more than 120 surface-to-surface missile launchers in central Iran, a third of Iran's total, including multiple launchers just before they launched ballistic missiles towards Israel. It also destroyed two F-14 fighter planes that Iran used to target Israeli aircraft, the military said. Israeli military officials also said fighter jets had struck 10 command centers in Tehran belonging to Iran's Quds Force, an elite arm of its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard that conducts military and intelligence operations outside Iran. Israel's military issued an evacuation warning to 330,000 people in a part of central Tehran that houses the country's state TV and police headquarters, as well as three large hospitals, including one owned by the Guard. Israel's military has issued similar evacuation warnings for parts of the Gaza Strip and Lebanon ahead of strikes. Health authorities reported that 1,277 people were wounded in Iran. Iranians also reported fuel rationing. Rights groups such as the Washington-based Iranian advocacy group Human Rights Activists have suggested that the Iranian government's death toll is a significant undercount. The group says it has documented more than 400 people killed, among them 197 civilians. Israel says strikes have set back nuclear program Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israeli strikes have set Iran's nuclear program back a 'very, very long time,' and told reporters he is in daily touch with Trump. Iran maintains that its nuclear program is peaceful, and the U.S. and others have assessed that Tehran has not had an organized effort to pursue a nuclear weapon since 2003. The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has repeatedly warned that the country has enough enriched uranium to make several nuclear bombs should it choose to do so. So far, Israel has targeted multiple Iranian nuclear program sites but has not been able to destroy Iran's Fordo uranium enrichment facility. The site is buried deep underground — and to eliminate it, Israel may need the 30,000-pound (14,000-kilogram) GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator, a U.S. bunker-busting bomb that uses its weight and sheer kinetic force to reach deeply buried targets. Israel does not have the munition or the bomber needed to deliver it. The penetrator is currently delivered by the B-2 stealth bomber. No sign of conflict letting up Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, appeared to make a veiled plea Monday for the U.S. to step in and negotiate an end to hostilities between Israel and Iran. In a post on X, Araghchi wrote that if Trump is 'genuine about diplomacy and interested in stopping this war, next steps are consequential.' Sundays Kevin Rollason's Sunday newsletter honouring and remembering lives well-lived in Manitoba. 'It takes one phone call from Washington to muzzle someone like Netanyahu,' Iran's top diplomat wrote. 'That may pave the way for a return to diplomacy.' The message to Washington was sent as the latest talks between the U.S. and Iran were canceled over the weekend after Israel's surprise bombardment. On Sunday, Araghchi said that Iran will stop its strikes if Israel does the same. ___ Lidman reported from Jerusalem and Melzer from Nahariya, Israel. Associated Press writers Nasser Karimi and Amir Vahdat in Tehran, Iran, and Tara Copp in Washington contributed to this report.
Canada Standard
2 hours ago
- Canada Standard
"Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!": Trump slams Iran for ignoring nuclear deal
Washington [US], June 17 (ANI): Amid escalating tensions between Israel and Iran, US President Donald Trump on Monday (local time) urged civilians to 'immediately evacuate Tehran,' shortly after which the White House announced he would be departing the G7 summit early to 'attend to many important matters.' In a series of posts on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump strongly reiterated his long-held stance on Iran's nuclear ambitions, warning of serious consequences. 'Iran should have signed the 'deal' I told them to sign. What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again!' Trump wrote, urging immediate action as tensions rise. 'Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran!' he added. In a follow-up post, Trump tied his firm stance on Iran's nuclear program to his broader political message, stating, 'AMERICA FIRST means many GREAT things, including the fact that, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!' Israel has been conducting strikes in Tehran since Thursday night, but the US has so far declined to join the operation. Shortly after Trump's post, Iranian media reported explosions and heavy air defense fire in Tehran. It's unclear if there was any relation between Trump's post and that attack. Tehran is home to around 10 million people, with around 17 million in the metropolitan area. Trump's evacuation warning came around 2am local time. The Israeli military has said it has complete control of the skies over Tehran. It signaled Monday that it's expanding its targets beyond strictly military or nuclear sites, including by bombing Iranian state TV. Israel issued several evacuation orders for civilians in Tehran, in areas where hundreds of thousands of people live. One of those evacuation orders focused on the neighborhood where Iran's state TV is located. It's not clear how many civilians have managed to evacuate, or whether such a mass exodus is even possible on such a short timetable. Less than two hours before his Truth Social post, Trump said at the G7 summit in Canada that the U.S. was talking to the Iranians by phone and even suggested it will be 'better to talk in person.' Trump expressed hope that Iran would make a deal. 'I think a deal will be signed. I think Iran is foolish not to sign one,' he said. Iran has called on the United States to intervene and help bring an end to the aerial attacks, which have escalated over the past few days. Earlier in the day, Trump said a diplomatic deal with Iran to end the conflict could happen soon after he leaves the G7 summit. 'I think Iran is basically at the negotiating table and wants to make a deal. As soon as I leave here, we're going to be doing something,' he said at the summit. (ANI)
Canada Standard
2 hours ago
- Canada Standard
Trump calls for Tehran to be evacuated
CALGARY, Alberta, Canada - U.S. President Donald Trump has announced he is leaving the G7 summit after just one day, and after refusing to sign a planned joint statement by the other G7 countries, calling for de-escalation in the Israel-Iran conflict. Coinciding with the president's pending departure, which was announced on X, Mr Trump posted a warning to Iranian citizens to evacuate the country's capital on his own social media platform Truth Social. "AMERICA FIRST means many GREAT things, including the fact that, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!!!" Mr Trump said in an initial post. In a follow-up post the U.S. president made the call for Tehran to be evacuated. "Iran should have signed the "deal" I told them to sign," he said. "What a shame, and waste of human life. Simply stated, IRAN CAN NOT HAVE A NUCLEAR WEAPON. I said it over and over again! Everyone should immediately evacuate Tehran! the president posted.I Iran's ambitions for nuclear weapons is hotly disputed, particularly by Iran which has consistently maintained it nuclear power program is for peaceful purposes only. The major party, worldwide, insisting that Iran has nuclear weapons is the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Speculation was rife Tuesday that the U.S. may join or support Israel in its ongoing conflict with Iran. This despite U.S. intelligence being at odds with Netanyahu's claims. This could be another Iraq, all over again. The George Cheney administration took the U.S. and its allies to war against Iraq claiming it had weapons of mass destruction. The claim was false. Extensive searching following an invasion to unearth these weapons, failed to find any trace of them. They did no exist. For more than 3 decades Netanyahu has been crying wolf over Iran, claiming it was on the verge of attaining nuclear weapons,. Below is a collation of key statements he has made over the past 30 years (1993–2023), along with approximate dates and contexts where available. 1990s: Early Warnings 1993 – As Deputy Foreign Minister, Netanyahu warned in interviews that Iran was seeking nuclear weapons, calling it the "greatest threat to world peace." "Iran is three to five years away from producing nuclear weapons… and the world must act now to prevent it." 1996 – In his book Fighting Terrorism , Netanyahu wrote: "The ayatollahs in Tehran are hell-bent on acquiring nuclear weapons… They see nuclear arms as their shortcut to dominance in the Middle East." 2000s: Public Speeches & UN Warnings 2001 (Post-9/11) – Netanyahu, then out of office, argued in U.S. media that Iran, not just Iraq, was the real nuclear threat. "Iran is developing nuclear weapons while the world is distracted." 2006 – As Leader of the Opposition, Netanyahu repeatedly accused Iran of accelerating its nuclear program. "Iran is moving full steam ahead toward nuclear weapons… The world cannot afford to wait." 2009 (UN Speech) – In his first major address as PM at the UN, Netanyahu held up a diagram of a bomb and said: "This is what Iran is doing. They are building nuclear weapons." 2010s: "Red Line" at the UN & Nuclear Deal Opposition 2012 (UN "Red Line" Speech) – Netanyahu famously drew a red line on a cartoon bomb, warning: "By next summer, Iran will have enough enriched uranium for a bomb. The world must stop Iran before it's too late." 2015 (Opposition to JCPOA) – Netanyahu called the Iran nuclear deal a "historic mistake": "This deal doesn't block Iran's path to the bomb; it paves it." (Speech to U.S. Congress, March 2015) 2018 (Presentation on Iran's Nuclear Archive) – Netanyahu revealed seized Iranian documents, claiming: "Iran lied about never having a nuclear weapons program. Here's the proof." 2020s: "Sanctions Must Stay" & "Iran is Nearing the Threshold" 2020 – Netanyahu warned that Iran was "weeks away" from having enough fissile material for a bomb: "They're enriching uranium at levels only needed for weapons." 2021–2023 – As Iran advanced uranium enrichment to 60%, Netanyahu repeatedly stated: "Iran is on the brink of nuclear weapons… Israel reserves the right to act." (2023 CNN interview) Key Patterns in Netanyahu's Rhetoric: Consistency: He has maintained for 30+ years that Iran seeks nukes, often citing intelligence. Visual Props: Used diagrams (2009 bomb cartoon, 2018 nuclear archive) to dramatize claims. Diplomatic Pressure: Urged sanctions, opposed the JCPOA, and pushed for preemptive action.
