The facts are known: after leaving the top of the G7 with a few hours in advance in Kananaskis, Canada, the US president Donald Trump He convened an urgent meeting with the leaders of his administration, following which he addressed a tough attack on the Iranian supreme guide, the Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “We know exactly where the so -called ‘supreme leader’ is located,” said the president, speaking of an “easy target”, while specifying that direct action is not foreseen for now. Trump also asked Tehran for an “unconditional surrender”, claiming that the United States would “complete control of the skies above Iran” and that “patience is ending”.
Iranian supreme leader replied to Trump’s words. “The battle begins,” wrote Khamenei on social media: “Help from Allah and imminent conquest. The Islamic Republic will triumphed on the Zionist regime by the will of God”. Khamenei then added that Iran “will never compromise with the Zionists. We will not show any pity for them”. Now it is the Iranians who have declared the “absolute dominion” on the skies of Israel.
According to some sources close to the White House, the American administration would be evaluating the military optionin particular an attack aimed at Iranian nuclear infrastructures. In the viewfinder, the underground plant for the enrichment of the Fordow uranium, near the Holy City of Qom. However, according to what reported by the CNN, American intelligence believes that Tehran is not currently actively pursuing the construction of a nuclear weapon and would still be about three years after the ability to carry out an operational.
Tension grows in the Middle East
Despite the initial hesitation, before returning to Washington, the US president signed the final declaration of the summit, in which the leaders of the G7 They reaffirmed the common commitment for “peace and stability in the Middle East”. The document explicitly identifies Iran as a “main source of instability and terrorism in the region” and reiterates that Tehran “will never be able to have a nuclear weapon”.
The reply of the Iranian authorities is dry, which accuse the G7 of ignoring “Israeli aggressions” and of legitimizing “illegal attacks on peaceful nuclear infrastructures” of the Islamic Republic. The Israeli Defense Minister, Israel Katz, also came to grow the dose, who compared the situation of Khamenei to that of the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, inviting him to “do not forget its fate”.
US dynamics
So far the United States have provided Israel with a defensive support, intervening to intercept arriving missiles, but without taking part in offensive actions. In the last few days, however, Washington’s position seems to have suffered one significant turning point: from the prudent line of the “is not our operation” we moved on to the affirmation, pronounced by Donald Trump, according to which “now we check the skies above Iran”.
A statement that sparked the debate also to Washington, where the Congress He started moving. A bipartisan group of deputies presented a resolution that intends to prohibit the US armed forces of “undertaking unauthorized hostilities against the Islamic Republic of Iran”. In the text we remember how, according to the Constitution, it is up to the congress – and not to executive power – authorize the use of military force against a country that has not attacked the United States directly.
Criticism also came from the isolationist wing of the Republican Party, close to the Maga Movement. Among the most explicit opponents to a military involvement, the former face of Fox News and today popular Podcaster Tucker Carlson, who spoke openly of a “risky out of control interventionism”.
Al Pentagonthere is no shortage of reserves, even if for different strategic reasons. Elbridge A. Colby, former Undersecretary of Defense with delegation to politics, reiterated how any military resource used in the Middle East subtracts capacity and attention from the Pacific front, where the United States are engaged in the containment of the growing Chinese influence.
Tel Aviv operations
On the operational level, Israeli military sources confirmed the killing of the Iranian general Ali Shadmani, a few days after his appointment at the helm of military coordination operations. According to the organization Human Rights Activists, based in Washington, the recent Israeli raids in Iranian territory would have caused the death of over 450 people, of which at least 224 civilians, and the injury of another 640.
A heartfelt appeal at the end of hostilities came from Narges Mohammadi, Nobel Prize for Peace and Human Rights Activist, currently held in Evin prison. “Let’s end the war,” he said, “without destroying Tehran: ten million people live in the capital. Who could we save them?”. For its part, the Iranian government has claimed attacks against alleged objectives of the Mossad and Israeli military intelligence in the center of the country. According to the Iranian armed forces, the actions performed so far would have had “dissuasive nature”, but new “punitive attacks” would be imminent.
Merz’s announcement
From the top of the G7, the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz He expressed a clear position regarding the Israeli offensive against Iran, calling it an action that provided a service to the western allies. “Israel is doing dirty work for all of us,” he said in an interview with the German public broadcaster Zdf, underlining how Germany is also in the sights of the Iranian regime.
But it is not alone, indeed, the most important declaration is another. During an interview with politician, the chancellor also confirmed that Berlin is evaluating any participation in the Israeli military campaign. A non -trivial passage. When asked if the United States were taking into consideration a direct entry into the conflict, Merz replied: “We talked about it”. According to the German leader, Washington’s decision will depend on Tehran’s availability to return to the negotiation table. “Otherwise – he concluded – we could attend a further escalation, but at the moment it is necessary to wait for the developments”.
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