President DONALD TRUMP set a 60-day deadline for Iran to make progress on talks over its nuclear program or face potential military retaliation, according to four people familiar with the. After Israel’s efforts to destroy Iran’s proxies and allies in the region, including Hezbollah in Lebanon and Hamas in Gaza and the Israeli-occupied West Bank, and Israel air attacks on Iran’s missile defenses, Iran is perceived as militarily vulnerable. On 13 April 2024 , Iran fired 300 missiles and drones at Israel; 99 percent of them were intercepted by Israel with the help of an international coalition. Iran’s difficulty in penetrating Israel’s air defences exposed the technological gap between the two countries. BERLIN — Talks between the United States and Iran , which President Donald Trump said Monday would begin Saturday in Oman, face considerable problems of substance and well-earned mistrust. But time is short for what is likely to be a complicated negotiation. Trump ’ s maximum pressure campaign, which began with the withdrawal from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018, has systematically targeted Iran’s economic lifelines, crippling its ability to finance militant proxies and advance its ballistic missile program. The Bombing of Iran May Teach an Unwelcome Lesson on Nuclear Weapons Will America’s pre-emptive strike discourage other countries from pursuing a weapon — or just the opposite? Iranian forces unleashed barrage of missiles on Israel early Monday, targeting major cities including Tel Aviv and Haifa, marking a dramatic escalation in tensions between the two regional powers. Trump’s executive order, which kicked off the Golden Dome review effort in January, states that the United States does not seek to replicate the Iron Dome —a short-range missile defense system best optimized for Israel’s particular security predicament.
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