Trump called for the evacuation of Tehran amid Israeli attacks. What the media is writing
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US President Donald Trump left the G7 summit ahead of schedule due to the conflict between Israel and Iran and called for evacuation from Tehran, from where residents are already fleeing. While analysts are trying to figure out how long the exchange of blows will last, American intelligence has concluded that Iran could not have developed its nuclear weapons for a long time. What the media wrote on the fifth day of the confrontation is in the Izvestia digest.
NBC News: Trump left the G7 summit due to the conflict between Iran and Israel
The White House announced on the evening of June 16 that US President Donald Trump was reducing his participation in the G7 summit in Canada, citing the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. White House press Secretary Caroline Leavitt wrote that "due to what is happening in the Middle East, President Trump will leave the country tonight after dinner with the heads of state."
NBC News
"I have to come back as soon as possible," Trump told reporters on Monday evening in response to a question about his plans to leave the summit ahead of schedule. — We will have dinner with these wonderful leaders, and then I will board a plane. I need to get back early for obvious reasons." An administration official said that Trump had requested that the National Security Council be ready to meet in the situation room when he returned from the summit.
In a statement on Monday evening, Trump and other G7 leaders called for a de-escalation of the conflict between Israel and Iran. The group reaffirmed Israel's right to self-defense and said Iran is the "main source" of instability in the Middle East. The U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem and the Embassy branch in Tel Aviv announced their closure on June 16.
Reuters: Trump calls for evacuation of Tehran
On the fifth day of the conflict between Israel and Iran, Trump called on Iranians to evacuate Tehran, citing, according to him, the government's rejection of an agreement to limit the development of nuclear weapons. He also denied French President Emmanuel Macron's statement that the United States had initiated a cease-fire proposal between the warring parties.
Reuters
"Wrong! He has no idea why I'm heading to Washington right now, but it definitely has nothing to do with the cease-fire. Much more," Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform on Monday evening. <...> "Simply put, IRAN CANNOT HAVE NUCLEAR WEAPONS. I've said it over and over again! Everyone should evacuate Tehran immediately!" Trump said on Monday.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Trump remains committed to the Iran nuclear deal, adding that the United States will protect its assets in the region. Sources said Tehran had asked Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia to urge Trump to put pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to an immediate ceasefire. In return, Iran will show flexibility in nuclear negotiations, according to two Iranian and three regional sources.
Associated Press: center of Tehran emptied amid Israeli attacks
The center of Tehran began to empty on the morning of June 17, and many shops were closed. The city's ancient Grand Bazaar was also closed, which previously only happened during demonstrations or at the height of the coronavirus pandemic. Traffic jams formed on the roads from Tehran to the west, many headed to the Caspian Sea region. Long queues could also be seen at gas stations in Tehran.
Associated Press
The Iranian authorities continued to insist that everything was under control and did not give any instructions to the population on what to do. The Israeli military, meanwhile, claimed to have killed someone they called "Iran's top general" in a strike on Tehran. Iran did not immediately comment on the reported assassination of General Ali Shadmani, who had just been appointed head of the Central Headquarters of the Khatam al-Anbiya, a unit of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guards.
Israeli military spokesman Effie Defrin said on June 16 that his country's forces had "achieved complete air superiority over the skies of Tehran." The military said it had destroyed more than 120 surface-to-surface missile launchers in central Iran, a third of the total in Iran, including several launchers just before launching ballistic missiles towards Israel.
Financial Times: how long can the struggle between Israel and Iran last
The war unleashed by Israel against Iran will last for days and weeks. It will pursue such ambitious goals as destroying Iran's ballistic missile arsenal, numerous uranium enrichment facilities, and weakening the ruling regime to the limit. Both sides understand that U.S. intervention can be crucial. They have bunker—busting munitions that are inaccessible to the Israel Defense Forces, which are powerful enough to penetrate a Ford nuclear facility hidden under a mountain.
Financial Times
But at the moment, Israel and Iran seem to be involved in a conflict that is completely unusual for this region, which is being waged at a distance of 1,000 km or more, not by ground forces, but with the help of drones, missiles and interceptors. Sid Kaushal, a military expert at the Royal United Services Institute, described it as a "protracted war of cities" that would be difficult for both sides to sustain if the United States stood aside or peace talks did not resume.
Military experts can only guess how many missiles Iran has left, what their level of complexity is, and whether they are comparable to the remaining "safety margin" of Israeli anti-missile systems. Israel's multi-layered defense system has shot down the vast majority of Iranian missiles and attack drones, but the interceptor stocks are not endless. According to the Israel Defense Forces, Iran started the conflict armed with more than 2,000 missiles capable of reaching Israel.
CNN: American intelligence doubts Iran's ability to build nuclear weapons
While Israel claims that Iran is fast approaching obtaining nuclear weapons and that the strikes were necessary to prevent this, American intelligence assessments have come to a different conclusion. According to her, Iran is not only not actively developing nuclear weapons, but, according to four people familiar with the assessment, it could produce and deliver them to their chosen target only in three years.
CNN
After several days of Israeli airstrikes, American intelligence officials believe that Israel may have dropped Iran's nuclear program for only a few months at this point. Even though Israel caused significant damage to the Iranian facility at Natanz, which houses centrifuges needed for uranium enrichment, the second, heavily fortified enrichment facility at Fordo remained virtually untouched.
Representatives of the American military and intelligence services have long stated that the United States and Israel often disagree on how to interpret information about the Iranian nuclear program, although they exchange it closely. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said last week that Iran has accumulated enough uranium enriched to just below weapons grade to potentially produce nine nuclear bombs, calling it a "matter of grave concern."
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