End Nuclear Insanity Before Nuclear Insanity Ends Humanity” ~llaw

Lloyd A. Williams-Pendergraft

Jun 17, 2025

Share

LLAW’s NUCLEAR WORLD NEWS TODAY and the GLOBAL RISKS & CONSEQUENCES TOMORROW

In My Opinion

I will elaborate at a later date but this is all on Trump, and it never needed to happen had he followed his own invitation to negotiate an agreement with Iran on March 5th of this year, and then reneged on his proposal.

It is plain and simple to see and understand what he has done — nor does it matter whether it was intentional or whether his contradictions creating impossible agreement terms for Iran and his requests (lies) to Israel’s Netanyahu to delay any attacks on Iran were unintentional and caused by his retarded mental condition including the fact that he is a pathological liar. ~llaw

• Trump is just saying: ‘I don’t care what the facts are. “‘We’re just doing this anyway because I say so’.”

NOTE: Not all of the ongoing “Live” Al Jazeera ongoing posts so it may be that you will want to tap into a recent article so that you can follow this ongoing extremely dangerous situation . . . )

• Israel-Iran conflict
• Who is influencing Trump?
• The human toll of attacks on Iran
• What war would mean for the economy
• How ballistic missiles work
• Which oil facilities have been hit?
• How Trump’s base is divided
• Who are Iran’s new military leaders?

Live updatesLive updates,

LIVE: Israel, Iran trade attacks; Trump claims ‘control of skies over Iran’

03:08

Can Israel really destroy Iran’s nuclear facilities?

By Ali Harb and Caolán Magee

Published On 17 Jun 202517 Jun 2025

Click here to share on social media

• Explosions rock Iran and missiles hit Israel as attacks continue for a fifth-straight day with a Mossad office targeted in Tel Aviv and an alleged high-level assassination in Tehran.
• US President Donald Trump says “we now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran” after his vice president, JD Vance, says Trump may take “further action to end Iranian enrichment”.

Read more

186 UpdatesAuto-updates

• 4m ago(21:10 GMT)

Ahmadinejad’s office dismisses death reports

• The office of Iran’s former president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad denies reports spreading online that he has been assassinated by Israel.

• Click here to share on social media
• 14m ago(21:00 GMT)

At least Bush had ‘the dignity to lie’, says advocate

• • Ali Harb
  Reporting from Washington, DCJamal Abdi, president of the National Iranian American Council (NIAC), a think-tank that promotes diplomacy, says Trump’s rejection of the US intelligence community’s assessment that Iran is not building a nuclear weapon shows that the war is his choice.“Is Netanyahu now calling the shots and giving the president intelligence that he values over the United States’s intelligence? That’s why that that remark is so shocking,” Abdi told Al Jazeera.“I mean, at least when George W Bush started his endless war, he had the dignity to lie to us about WMDs. Trump is just saying, “I don’t care what the facts are; we are just doing this because I say so.”Bush authorised the invasion of Iraq in 2013 based on false accusations that the country had weapons of mass destruction.Click here to share on social media
• 24m ago(20:50 GMT)

Iraq faces threat of spillover conflict amid US-Iran-Israel dynamics

• With Iraq an ally of Iran and a strategic partner of the United States, Baghdad may struggle to avoid the fighting spreading to its territory, an analyst warns.“There is a sizeable risk of a spillover escalation in Iraq,” said political analyst Sajad Jiyad. “Iraqis have a right to be worried.”Jiyad said if the US supports Israel’s attacks, it “may lead to pro-Iran elements inside Iraq targeting US troops” or other American interests such as the embassy in Baghdad or the consulate in Erbil.This could lead to the US and Israel taking retaliatory actions within Iraq, he added. Israel’s use of Iraq’s airspace to attack Iran has angered pro-Tehran groups, who accused US forces of allowing it.Click here to share on social media
• 29m ago(20:45 GMT)

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say strikes targeting Israeli air bases

• Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have just issued a statement saying that its latest missile and drone attacks are specifically targeting Israeli air bases which were used to launch strikes on Iranian territory.“Our attacks against Israel will continue in a constant, complex, multi-layered and gradual manner… We targeted the airbases from which the Zionist entity launched attacks against Iranian territory,” it said in a statement.Earlier, IRNA reported Iran launched its tenth wave attacks on targets in Israel.Thee missiles and drones were fired towards Israel in different regions across Iran on Tuesday afternoon, it said.Click here to share on social media
• 34m ago(20:40 GMT)

‘Contradictory messaging’ from Trump administration on Iran’s nuclear programme

• • Kimberly Halkett
  Reporting from the White House, USThe White House put out 40 different examples of where the US president on the campaign trail said Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon, as well as 15 different times that he has said it since coming into office.But what can also be noted is that in recent weeks, Trump also suggested that Iran may be able to have a nuclear programme for civilian purposes – and when the two sides were very close to sort of inking that deal, then the goal posts moved and the president went back to his refrain that they cannot have a nuclear weapon.So there has been contradictory messaging.This has also been evident in the form of the US president essentially ignoring the director of his national intelligence who has testified in the US Senate that in fact, Iran was not close to weaponising its enrichment programme.Click here to share on social media
• 44m ago(20:30 GMT)

US senator calls for ending ‘terrible chapter’ of Iranian government

• Republican lawmaker Lindsey Graham, a foreign policy hawk and Trump ally, suggests the US should push to overthrow the governing system in Iran.“It is now time to end this terrible chapter in the Middle East and start a new chapter. One of freedom for the Iranian people, economic integration for the region, working in peace and harmony, allowing all boats to rise,” Graham wrote in a social media post.Click here to share on social media
• 54m ago(20:20 GMT)

Russia condemns Israeli attacks on Iran as illegal

• Russia has condemned ongoing Israeli strikes on Iran, calling them illegal and urging a diplomatic resolution to concerns over Tehran’s nuclear programme.In a statement posted on Telegram, Russia’s Foreign Ministry highlighted Iran’s “clear statements” affirming its commitment to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), and its stated readiness to engage in dialogue with the US.Moscow said it is awaiting an “unvarnished analysis” from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on whether Israeli strikes have damaged Iran’s nuclear facilities.Iran remains a signatory to the NPT and has allowed IAEA inspections of its nuclear sites, while Israel has never signed the treaty and is widely believed to possess a nuclear arsenal.Click here to share on social media
• 57m ago(20:17 GMT)

Houthi official says Yemeni group will intervene in support of Iran

• Mohammed al-Bukhaiti says the Houthis will come to the aid of any Arab or Muslim nation under attack.“We will intervene to support Tehran against Zionist aggressions as we supported our brothers in Gaza,” al-Bukhaiti said.The Houthis have been carrying out drone and missile attacks against Israel in a campaign that they say aims to pressure the country to end its war on Gaza.Over the past days, Houthi missiles have coincided with Iranian launches against Israel.
• US suggests it will respond to attacks on Israeli civilians

• Echoing an earlier statement by Trump, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said: “The president has made it clear that if Americans are hurt, or, in this case, a missile [is] shot at civilians or American soldiers, that there would be a repercussion.”Israel has targeted several residential buildings across Iran, killing dozens of civilians, since the start of the attacks.Click here to share on social media
• 1h ago(20:00 GMT)

‘Netanyahu seeks to draw Trump into war’

• PM Netanyahu is actively trying to bring President Trump into the war with Iran, according to Al Jazeera’s senior political analyst Marwan Bishara.“Netanyahu’s strategy has become how to manipulate Trump, how to convince Trump, how to bring Trump into the war,” Bishara said. “They are looking into the possibility of joint American-Israeli attacks.Bishara described Trump as lacking a clear vision of his own, saying: “Trump does not have a particular ideological or strategic endgame in mind.”The remarks come as Trump attends a national security meeting in the White House Situation Room.Earlier today, the US President claimed on Truth Social that the US knows “exactly” where Iran’s supreme leader is hiding” as speculation grows over whether Washington will be drawn directly into the conflict.Click here to share on social media
• 1h ago(19:55 GMT)

Israel’s missile system ‘overwhelmed’

• The Washington Post reports, citing an unnamed source, that Israel may maintain its missile defence for 10 to 20 days only without new supplies of interceptors from the US.“They will need to select what they want to intercept,” the source said. “The system is already overwhelmed.”Click here to share on social media
• 1h ago(19:50 GMT)

Iran’s military chief calls for Haifa, Tel Aviv residents to leave immediately

• Iran’s armed forces chief of staff Abdolrahim Mousavi urged residents of the major Israeli cities of Haifa and Tel Aviv to evacuate, warning of imminent “punitive” attacks.Referring to Israel, Mousavi said that “residents of the occupied territories, especially Tel Aviv and Haifa, are strongly urged to leave these areas for the sake of their lives”.Click here to share on social media
• 1h ago(19:45 GMT)

‘Search underway’ for Israeli pilot in Iran after plane downed

• Iran’s Mehr news agency is reporting that a search is underway for an Israeli pilot after his plane was targeted.The report said that “an Israeli enemy aircraft was targeted in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province in southwestern Iran, and a search is underway for its pilot”.Click here to share on social media
• 1h ago(19:40 GMT)

‘Unacceptable’: UN calls for justice after hundreds killed at food sites in Gaza

• The UN chief has called for accountability after the latest incidents of Israeli forces killing Palestinians at a food distribution point in Gaza.His deputy spokesman, in comments made at the UN headquarters in New York, said: “The Secretary-General condemns the loss of lives and injuries of civilians in Gaza, where once again being shot at while seeking food.“It is unacceptable,” added Farhan Haq. “As of yesterday, 338 people have been killed and more than 2,800 injured while trying to access food, food near distribution sites.”Click here to share on social media
• 1h ago(19:30 GMT)

Israel claims it struck ‘12 missile launch and storage sites’ in Iran

• The Israeli army says it has completed a new wave of air strikes targeting what it claimed were military sites inside Iran.In a statement, the Israelis said its air force struck “12 missile launch and storage sites” today.Earlier, Israel claimed one of its recent attacks in Tehran killed a top Iranian commander Major General Ali Shadmani.Click here to share on social media
• 1h ago(19:20 GMT)

War will not end without damaging Iran’s Fordow facility: Israeli official

• Israel’s National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi tells Channel 12 that the military operation against Iran will not end before damaging the country’s main uranium enrichment site Fordow.Experts say that Israel will require US help – with massive bombers and munition – to penetrate Fordow’s defences.The facility, near the city of Qom, is built deep inside a mountain.Click here to share on social media
• 2h ago(19:10 GMT)

Trump meeting with national security team

• US President Trump is meeting his national security team in the White House Situation Room this afternoon, according to a US media report.The meeting comes as Trump weighs whether the US should deepen its involvement in the escalating conflict between Iran and Israel.He returned to Washington yesterday, cutting short his appearance at the G7 summit in Canada by a day.Earlier today, Trump made a series of statements on his Truth Social platform, including a pointed message directed at Iran’s leadership, claiming the US knows “exactly” where Iran’s supreme leader is “hiding”.Click here to share on social media
• 2h ago(19:00 GMT)

If you’re just joining us

• It is 10:30pm in Iran, 10pm in Palestine and Israel (19:00 GMT). Here’s a recap of the latest developments:
  • President Trump says “we now have complete and total control of the skies over Iran”.
  • Iran’s new military chief Abdolrahim Mousavi says Tehran has only launched attacks to deter Israel, and “punitive operation will be executed soon”.
  • Iran launches more retaliatory attacks against Israel, with Iranian state media saying eight missiles were fired in the latest volley.
  • Iranian news outlets report strong explosions in Tehran as Israel continues its bombardment of the country.
  • Qatar’s Foreign Ministry slams the “reckless targeting of energy and nuclear facilities in the region”.
  Click here to share on social media
• 2h ago(18:56 GMT)

Israel says more Iranian missiles fired

• The Israeli army says sirens have sounded in several areas after missile launches were detected from Iran.Click here to share on social media
• 2h ago(18:50 GMT)

Trump may step into war on Iran ‘at another time’

• Liqaa Maki, a political analyst at Al Jazeera Arabic, says Trump appears to be engaging in a campaign of deception.“I think this indecisiveness and confusion are deliberate,” he said. “I think he is planning to intervene in this war at another time.“He will intervene when he is informed by his military leadership that Iran is in a position of military weakness and cannot respond against US bases and interests. And then maybe he will participate in the war … to get credit for the victory.”Click here to share on social media
• 2h ago(18:40 GMT)

Trump ally in Congress renews opposition to ‘another foreign war’

• Right-wing US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says Americans say the United States government should focus on issues at home, including safety, education and housing.“Considering Americans pay for the entire government and government salaries with their hard earned tax dollars, this is where our focus should be,” she wrote in a social media post. “Not going into another foreign war.”

• WATCH: Will Russia, Turkiye and China provide support to Iran in its conflict?Moscow, Ankara and Beijing have condemned Israel’s attacks on Iran.It is a conflict that has the potential to ignite the entire Middle East. Israel has been attacking Iran, saying Tehran’s nuclear programme poses an existential threat. Iran has responded with a barrage of retaliatory attacks.But now, what role can the global community play?China, Russia and Turkiye have condemned Israel’s actions.Beijing and Moscow maintain economic and political ties with both Iran and Israel. So, what, if anything, can these powers do to end the conflict? And is there a shift in dynamics in the region?Watch the discussion on Inside Story below:

27:07

Will Russia, Turkiye and China provide support to Iran?

• Click here to share on social media
• 4h ago(17:15 GMT)

Iran’s top general says ‘punitive’ attacks will be launched against Israel

• According to Iran’s Press TV, Abdolrahim Mousavi, chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, said: “The operations carried out so far have been a warning for deterrence – the punitive operation will be executed soon.”Click here to share on social media
• 4h ago(17:10 GMT)

Iran accuses EU of acting as Israel’s ‘apologist’

• The spokesperson of the Iranian Foreign Ministry has accused the European Union of acting as an “apologist” for Israel after the bloc’s foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas raised concerns over Tehran’s nuclear programme.In a post on X, Esmaeil Baghaei directly addressed Kallas, urging her to “please stop acting as the aggressor’s apologist”.He also said: “How can you express concern over Iran’s peaceful program that is under the most robust IAEA inspections and ignore the fact that the Israeli regime has a huge arsenal of nuclear weapons?!”Baghaei reaffirmed Iran’s position that its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful.While Iran is a signatory to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), Israel is not a signatory, and is widely believed to possess nuclear arms – although it has never publicly admitted it.“Iran has never sought nuclear weapons,” Baghaei added, “unlike the aggressor that is the only barrier to a Middle East free from nuclear weapons – a goal Iran has advocated since 1974.”Click here to share on social media
• 4h ago(17:00 GMT)

‘People torn to pieces’: Hundreds of casualties in Israeli attack on south Gaza

• Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has issued a statement about the growing number of Palestinian casualties in Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip.The organisation said the bodies of 59 killed Palestinians and more than 200 wounded were brought to Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, in southern Gaza.It added that after many injured Palestinians, including aid seekers, arrived at the facility, the MSF team had to evacuate the maternity ward and turn delivery rooms into emergency operating theatres.“Every day, Palestinians are met with carnage as they try to receive the limited aid trickling into Gaza,” MSF said.Wafaa Abu Nemer, an MSF pediatrician, said “she saw people torn to pieces”.“It’s a disaster,” she added. “Seeking food should not be a death sentence.”Aitor Zabalgogeazkoa, the organisation’s emergency coordinator, said the medical complex was “over capacity and running on limited supplies … dangerously close to breaking point”.Click here to share on social media
• 4h ago(16:50 GMT)

What is Trump’s endgame?

• • Ali Harb
  The US president has been issuing seemingly contradictory statements. He would call for ending the war and hint at peace coming “soon”, then suggest that the US may join Israel in bombing Iran.Last night, he called for the evacuation of Tehran, a city of about 10 million people. And this morning, he shared a text message that he said was from his envoy to Israel that suggested that he is facing some sort of major decision.Jamal Abdi, president of the National Iranian American Council, said Trump may be building leverage with threats to strong-arm Iran into accepting his demands of dismantling its nuclear programme.“I think he’s trying to present himself as this madman who is unpredictable, and in so doing, he can then insist on this very hard line that Iran has refused to accept for decades of full dismantlement of its enrichment programme,” Abdi told Al Jazeera.Another possible explanation of Trump’s latest statements, Abdi added, is that he is “being taken for a ride by Bibi Netanyahu to commit the United States to a full-on war with Iran”.He warned that destabilising Iran may potentially lead to “long-term US military commitments to dealing with the blowback of this failed state”.

• Click here to share on social media
• 4h ago(16:45 GMT)

US lawmaker introduces bill to limit Trump’s power to strike Iran

• Congressman Thomas Massie, a member of Trump’s Republican Party, has introduced a measure that would require the US president to seek the approval of Congress before attacking Iran.The bill orders Trump to “terminate” any attacks on Iran that are not authorised by lawmakers.On Monday, a similar measure was introduced in the Senate.While the proposed legislation would likely face a presidential veto if Congress approves it, advocates said the effort could add to the pressure Trump is facing from opponents of war with Iran.Read more about the Senate bill here.Click here to share on social media
• 4h ago(16:40 GMT)

Gaza healthcare at ‘breaking point’ as fuel runs out: WHO

• The World Health Organization (WHO) has pleaded for fuel to be allowed into Gaza to keep its few functioning hospitals running.“For over 100 days, no fuel has entered Gaza, and attempts to retrieve stocks from evacuation zones have been denied,” said Rik Peeperkorn, the WHO’s representative in the Palestinian territory.“Combined with critical supply shortages, this is pushing the health system closer to the brink of collapse. Without fuel, all levels of care will cease, leading to more preventable deaths and suffering.”Peeperkorn said 17 of Gaza’s 36 hospitals were currently minimally to partially functional. They have a total of about 1,500 beds – about 45 percent fewer than before Israel’s war on Gaza began.Israel continues to restrict most goods entering the besieged territory.

---

Subscribed

ABOUT THE FOLLOWING ACCESS TO “LLAW’s ALL NUCLEAR DAILY DIGEST” RELATED MEDIA

There are 7 categories, with the latest addition, (#7) being a Friday weekly roundup of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) global nuclear news stories. Also included is a bonus non-nuclear category for news about the Yellowstone caldera and other volcanic and caldera activity around the world that play an important role in humanity’s lives. The feature categories provide articles and information about ‘all things nuclear’ for you to pick from, usually with up to 3 links with headlines concerning the most important media stories in each category, but sometimes fewer and occasionally even none (especially so with the Yellowstone Caldera). The Categories are listed below in their usual order:

1. All Things Nuclear
2. Nuclear Power
3. Nuclear Power Emergencies
4. Nuclear War Threats
5. Nuclear War
6. Yellowstone Caldera & Other Volcanoes (Note: There are no Yellowstone Caldera bonus stories available in today’s Post.)
7. IAEA Weekly News (Friday’s only)

Whenever there is an underlined link to a Category media news story, if you press or click on the link provided, you no longer have to cut and paste to your web browser, since this Post’s link will take you directly to the article in your browser.

A current Digest of major nuclear media headlines with automated links is listed below by nuclear Category (in the above listed order). If a Category heading does not appear in the daily news Digest, it means there was no news reported from this Category today. Generally, the three best articles in each Category from around the nuclear world(s) are Posted. Occasionally, if a Post is important enough, it may be listed in multiple Categories.

TODAY’s NUCLEAR WORLD’s NEWS DIGEST, Tuesday, (06/17/2025)

All Things Nuclear

NEWS

President Trump fires a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission – WCBU Peoria

WCBU Peoria

… WCBU. Weekend All Things Considered. WCBU. Weekend All Things Considered. Next Up: 5:00 PM Conversations From The World Cafe. 0:00. 0:00. Weekend All …

Israel says Iran was racing toward a nuclear weapon. US intel says it was years away – CNN

CNN

If Iran wanted one, they have all the things they need.” Now, after days of Israeli airstrikes, US intelligence officials believe that so far, Israel

President Trump Has Always Been Clear: Iran Cannot Have a Nuclear Weapon

The White House

They — I had to have one thing, no nuclear weapons. You can’t have … “All I want them to do is not have a nuclear weapon. They can’t have a …

Nuclear Power

NEWS

Israel strikes Iran: Is the world close to a nuclear radiation incident? – Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera

… nuclear reactor in the world’s first attack on a nuclear power plant. Israel conducted another air attack the following year, destroying the …

CATF Statement: Dismissal of NRC commissioner undermines nuclear deployment and oversight

Clean Air Task Force

Nuclear energy is a carbon-free, always-available energy source that provides nearly 20% of U.S. electricity generation, and maintaining public trust …

Map Shows World’s Nuclear Stockpiles As China Warheads Increase – Newsweek

Newsweek

… nuclear power, behind Russia and the United States, a report by a Swedish think tank said. When asked to comment, Chinese Foreign Ministry …

Nuclear Power Emergencies

NEWS

Annual Emergency Drill Today (Tuesday) at Monticello Nuclear Power Plant

KRWC 1360 AM

(image: Xcel Energy) The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is advising residents of Wright County, and particularly those who live in, …

Kyrgyzstan Intends to Join International Conventions on Nuclear Safety

The Times Of Central Asia

… radiation emergencies. The legislative initiative was prompted by … Nuclear Power Plant? Central Asia Unites: Evacuations Amid Middle East …

Emergency webinar: No War on Iran. End the Genocide. End the Nuclear Hypocrisy – CND

CND

Join CND and Stop the War Coalition for this emergency webinar to discuss Israel’s illegal attack on Iran and its nuclear hypocrisy. … power is not …

Nuclear War Threats

NEWS

LIVE: Israel, Iran trade attacks; Trump claims ‘control of skies over Iran’ – Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera

Israel’s war on Gaza has killed at least … Israel has been attacking Iran, saying Tehran’s nuclear programme poses an existential threat.

China stockpiling nuclear warheads at fastest rate globally, new research shows

The Guardian

… threaten to use nuclear weapons against non-nuclear armed states. … war, not the climate crisis, is humanity’s biggest threat, according to one …

Israel claims control of Iran’s skies, but Tehran is managing to hit back – NPR

NPR

those that might pose a significant threat to Israeli aircraft have [been].” In October, during tit-for-tat missile and drone attacks between Israel …

Nuclear War

NEWS

Israel strikes Iran: Is the world close to a nuclear radiation incident? – Al Jazeera

Al Jazeera

A week into the Iran-Iraq War in 1980, Iran’s Operation Scorch Sword damaged Iraq’s unfinished Osirak ​nuclear reactor in the world’s first attack on …

Trump says he wants “real end” to Iran’s nuclear program, not just an Iran-Israel ceasefire

CBS News

Trump says he’s not “looking for a ceasefire” in the Israel-Iran war, as he warns all of Tehran’s residents to evacuate and says Iran should be …

How Israel’s Iran strikes might supercharge the global nuclear arms race – NBC News

NBC News

… nuclear-aspirant nations that nuclear weapons are essential in shielding them against attack. Countries such as North Korea already pointed to …