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Alarm grows after the U.S. inserts itself into Israel’s war against Iran with strikes on nuclear sites

This satellite picture by Planet Labs PBC shows Iran's underground nuclear enrichment site at Fordo following U.S. airstrikes targeting the facility, on Sunday, June 22, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The world grappled Sunday with the United States inserting itself into Israel's war by attacking Iranian nuclear sites , an operation that raised urgent questions about what remained of Tehran’s nuclear program and how its weakened military might respond.

Experts warned that worldwide efforts to contain the spread of nuclear weapons by peaceful means would be at stake in the days ahead, while fears of a wider regional conflict loomed large. The price of oil rose as financial markets reacted.

Iran lashed out at the U.S. for crossing “a very big red line” with its risky gambit to strike the three sites with missiles and 30,000-pound bunker-buster bombs.

Iran’s U.N. ambassador, Amir Saeid Iravani, told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that the U.S. "decided to destroy diplomacy,” and that the Iranian military will decide the “timing, nature and scale” of a "proportionate response.” Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi flew to Moscow to coordinate with close ally Russia.

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