Beyond Nuclear International Weekly Digest, MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2025

Posted: 23rd June 2025

Fears - and protests - are growing after the US bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities in support of Israel’s latest attacks there, writes Linda Pentz Gunter. Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor also remains at risk.

Nuclear peril grows

Fears are mounting about a new war in the Middle East, this time involving a nuclear-armed Israel and especially after the US attacked Iran’s nuclear facilities. Beyond the US-Israel public rationale to destroy Iran’s civil nuclear program in order to pre-empt nuclear weapons development there, Iranians also believe it is another attempt at regime change. This could further destabilize the region as the war against Iraq already has done. READ MORE

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