Source: The Intercept
by Nick Turse
“Israel launched its war with Iran last week with what it called a ‘preemptive strike.’ Iran — according to the Israeli government — was dangerously close to producing a nuclear weapon, and Israel needed to carry out a series of assassinations of military leadership, bombings in residential neighborhoods, and attacks on nuclear production sites to stop them. … Israel is calling on the U.S. to join the war and launch a series of attacks end Iran’s nuclear threat. But according to the U.S. intelligence community, that threat is not real.” 906/17/25)
https://theintercept.com/2025/06/17/iran-nuclear-israel-us-intel/