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An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
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Firefighters extinguish a fire in a building that was destroyed in an Israeli attack on June 13, 2025, in Tehran, Iran. (Majid Saeedi via Getty Images)
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gives a press conference in Jerusalem on May 21, 2025. (Rnonan Zvulan via Getty Images)
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A view of a building damaged after ballistic missiles fired from Iran struck parts of Petah Tikva, Israel, on June 16, 2025. (Mostafaf Alkharouf via Getty Images)
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Fire and smoke rise into the sky after an Israeli attack on the Shahran oil depot on June 15, 2025, in Tehran, Iran. (Stringer via Getty Images)
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Iranian workers walk past a destroyed residential building due to Israeli attacks in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Morteza Nikoubazl via Getty Images)
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Damage after Israeli air strikes in Tehran, Iran, on June 13, 2025. (Saba Middle East Images via AFP)
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An Israeli flag flutters on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on June 13, 2025. (Getty Images)
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Portraits of Iranian military generals and nuclear scientists killed in Israel’s June 13 attack are displayed above a road as a plume of heavy smoke and fire rise over an oil refinery in southern Tehran on June 15, 2025. (Atta Kenare via Getty Images)
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Smoke rises from Tehran, Iran, after Israeli strikes early on June 13, 2025. (Getty Images)
Experts
James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Douglas J. Feith
Senior Fellow
