The war in Iran: Key takeaways from Al Jazeera’s interview with Marco Rubio
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra about Iran war objectives.

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to Al Jazeera’s Hashem Ahelbarra about Iran war objectives.










Kim Jong Un has said North Korea will never give up on its push for nuclear weapons.
Former NATO official William Alberque says 440 kg of missing Iranian uranium is blocking a US victory claim.
The threshold the Israeli authorities have set for the use of a nuclear weapon is dangerously low.
Iran targets Dimona and Arad, injuring at least 180, in apparent retaliation for an attack on its Natanz nuclear site.

US President Trump reacted to the resignation of the US National Counterterrorism Centre’s director, Joe Kent.
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Donald Trump claimed he ordered strikes on Iran to prevent a nuclear conflict that would have turned into World War III.
Experts say Iran’s vast, mountainous terrain would make invasion difficult but a small, precise mission is possible.
North Korean Foreign Ministry spokesperson condemns the US and Israel’s ‘unlawful military attack against Iran’.
North Korea’s Kim Yo Jong said the annual ‘Freedom Shield’ exercises could lead to ‘unimaginably terrible consequences’.

Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told PBS News that talking or negotiating with the US is no longer on the agenda.