13/6/2025–|Last update: 05:36 (Mecca time)
The US Secretary of State said Marco Rubio Israel has made a unilateral action against Iran. This is after the Israeli Air Force attacking dozens of sites in Iran and the assassination of senior military leaders and atom scientists at dawn today, Friday.
Rubio stressed that Washington is not involved in strikes against Iran and that its maximum priority is to protect the American forces in the Middle East.
He pointed out that President Donald Trump and his administration took all the steps necessary to protect the American forces in the region.
He explained that Tel Aviv informed Washington that it believes that this procedure is necessary to defend itself, he said.
In the context, two US officials told the island that the United States does not participate and does not assist Israel in its strikes against Iran.
Commenting on the start of Israel, an attack on Iran, Republican Senator Lindsay Graham said that “the game started and prayed for Israel.”
On the other hand, the New York Times quoted Democratic Senator Jacques Reed that Israel’s strikes on Iran “not only threaten the lives of innocents, but also the stability of the entire Middle East.”
CNN quoted an official In the White House That the American president Donald Trump It is in the process of holding a ministerial meeting to coincide with Israel launched its attack on Iran.
The officials said that the Trump ministerial meeting was planned in advance before implementing the Israeli strike on Iran.
For its part, the New York Times quoted 3 sources that Trump and his senior aides were aware of the possibility of the Israeli strike on Iran.