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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with business leaders at the US Ambassador’s Residence on October 28, 2025, in Tokyo, Japan. (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)
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in Tehran, Iran, on May 20, 2025. (Iranian Leader Press Office via Getty Images)
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James Barnett
Research Fellow
Michael Doran
Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Peace and Security in the Middle East
Douglas J. Feith
Senior Fellow
