In June 2019 tensions between the U.S. and Iran escalated after a U.S. surveillance drone was shot down by Iran’s revolutionary guard in the Gulf of Oman. The U.S. claimed it was an “unprovoked attack” and the drone was flying in international airspace. 2 weeks earlier the Trump administration blamed Iran for the attacks on two oil tankers who were bombed in the Gulf of Oman. Iran denied any involvement. In early June Iran announced that it would break its uranium stockpile limit set under the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. Under the deal Iran was allowed to keep a maximum of 660 pounds of uranium enriched to 3.67%. Analysts predict that if the uranium is enriched to 20% or more Iran would be capable of developing nuclear weapons.
14% Yes |
86% No |
7% Yes |
71% No |
6% Yes, but only if they develop nuclear weapons |
15% No, the U.S. should encourage Iran to disarm through diplomatic channels |
1% Yes, but only with missile strikes |
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No, because a war with Iran will only benefit Jewish interest.
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No, but efforts should be made to destabilize the current authoritarian government there and support a secular democratic republic.
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No, unless Iran attacks us.
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An Iranian military security official has revealed exclusively to The Cradle that the US contacted the Islamic Republic, asking the nation to allow Israel "a symbolic strike to save face” following Iran's retaliatory drone and missile barrage this weekend.“Iran has received messages from mediators to let the regime do a symbolic strike to save face and asked Iran not to retaliate,” the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, revealed to The Cradle.He added that Tehran “outright rejected” the proposal, delivered by mediators, and reiterated warnings that any Israeli attack on Iranian soil would be met with a decisive and immediate response.The reply was delivered directly to the Swiss envoy in Tehran by officials from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and not the foreign ministry. According to The Cradle's source, the decision for the IRGC to reply directly was meant “to send a strong warning to the US.”“Iran successfully embarrassed all of the integrated radar network and anti-missile systems of the US and the [Israeli] regime. The US even activated its parked satellites over the region to do maximum protection and failed miserably,” the Iranian military official added.The revelations come as US defense officials have told western media that they expect a “limited response” from Israel against Iran, which will reportedly focus on targets outside of Iranian territory.Nevertheless, US officials stressed that Tel Aviv had not briefed the Pentagon on a “final decision” as discussions within Israel's fractured war cabinet continued.“The US does not intend to take part in the military response,” they confirmed. However, they expect Israel to inform Washington about response plans in advance. Israel has publicly vowed to respond to the Iranian operation this weekend, which saw the launch of hundreds of drones, ballistic and cruise missiles by the Islamic Republic in retaliation to the Israeli bombing of Iran's consulate in Damascus.“This launch of so many missiles, cruise missiles and drones into Israeli territory will be met with a response,” Israeli army chief of staff, Lt Gen Herzi Halevi, said on Sunday, speaking from the Nevatim air force base in southern Israel, which was one of three military targets successfully hit by the Iranian barrage.Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani told state TV on Monday night that Tehran's response to any Israeli retaliation would come in “a matter of seconds, as Iran will not wait for another 12 days to respond.”
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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. claimed again on Monday that Donald Trump’s team asked him to consider being the former president’s running mate, which a Trump adviser denied.Kennedy’s claim, which he posted to followers on X, previously Twitter, comes after several attacks by Trump on Truth Social calling Kennedy “the most radical liberal” candidate in the presidential race.Both Republicans and Democrats are racing to define Kennedy in the general election race before his campaign can define itself, with Trump’s side calling him too liberal and President Joe Biden’s team connecting him with Trump and the MAGA movement.“President Trump calls me an ultra-left radical. I’m soooo liberal that his emissaries asked me to be his VP. I respectfully declined the offer,” Kennedy wrote on X.Kennedy first said that Trump’s team had approached him about joining his ticket as vice president in January. “People from the team have reached out to me,” Kennedy said in an interview with News Nation.Trump has privately floated the idea of picking Kennedy as vice president in recent months, though advisers dismiss the idea he would ever be picked. Trump is known to workshop ideas to a variety of aides and allies, even if they never come to fruition.Chris LaCivita, Trump’s co-campaign manager, pushed back on Kennedy’s claim, calling him a “leftie loonie that would never be approached to be on the ticket..sorry!”Kennedy and Trump, both former New York residents and former Democrats, have known each other for many years. When Trump was first elected in 2016, he even considered appointing Kennedy to a new government vaccine safety commission after an in-person meeting at Trump Tower during the presidential transition. In an interview with Science journal, Kennedy said that the meeting was about an hour long with both Trump and former adviser Kellyanne Conway. The commission ultimately was not formed.Now as election opponents, Trump has criticized Kennedy for being too far left in multiple Truth Social posts and in a recently posted video.“But he’s got some nice things about him. I happen to like him,” Trump said in a video post last week. “Unfortunately he is about the ‘Green New Scam’ because he believes in that and a lot of people don’t.”“I guess that would mean the RFK Jr.’s going to be taking away votes from Crooked Joe Biden, and he should because he’s actually better than Biden,” Trump continued. “He’s much better than Biden. If I were a Democrat, I’d vote for RFK Jr. every single time over Biden.” MOST READ‘This Seems to Be a Major Strategic Error on the Part of Iran’Anxiety and depression is spiking among young people. No one knows why.‘The 401(k) industry owns Congress’: How lawmakers quietly passed a $300 billion windfall to the wealthyHouse GOP’s old bull prepares for his toughest rodeo yetIran’s Attack Seems Like It Was Designed to Fail. So What Comes Next?
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A “blowout” March retail sales report sparked a sell-off in US government debt and shook global currency markets on Monday, in the latest sign that the world’s largest economy may be running too hot to justify cutting interest rates.Rising inflation in March didn’t deter consumers, who continued shopping at a more rapid pace than anticipated, the Commerce Department reported Monday.Retail sales increased 0.7% for the month, considerably faster than the Dow Jones consensus forecast for a 0.3% rise though below the upwardly revised 0.9% in February, according to Census Bureau data that is adjusted for seasonality but not for inflation.The consumer price index increased 0.4% in March, the Labor Department reported last week in data that also was higher than the Wall Street outlook. That means consumers more than kept up with the pace of inflation, which ran at a 3.5% annual rate for the month, below the 4% retail sales increase.Excluding auto-related receipts, retail sales jumped 1.1%, also well ahead of the estimate for a 0.5% advance. The core control group, which strips out several volatile measures and is in the formula to determine gross domestic product, also increased 1.1%A rise in gas prices helped push the headline retail sales number higher, with sales up 2.1% on the month at service stations. However, the biggest growth area for the month was online sales, up 2.7%, while miscellaneous retailers saw an increase of 2.1%.Multiple categories did report declines in sales for the month: Sporting goods, hobbies, musical instruments and books posted a 1.8% decrease, while clothing stores were off 1.6%, and electronics and appliances saw a 1.2% drop.Stock market futures added to gains following the report, while Treasury yields also pushed sharply higher. The upbeat outlook for the Wall Street open came despite an escalation over the weekend in Middle East tensions as Iran launched aerial strikes on Israel. Stocks surrendered gains later in the session as yields surged.
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