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Stock indexes rose and oil prices fell after Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said there was no formal agreement but that Iran would cease fire if Israel did. As the ultimatum expired, an Iranian missile attack on June 24 killed three people in southern Israel.
US Vice President J.D. Vance, who was in the Fox News studio during Trump’s announcement, said the US raid achieved its objectives and Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium was likely destroyed in the strikes. “We know that Iran will no longer be able to develop a nuclear weapon,” he added.
 bombs on the uranium enrichment facilities at Natanz and Fordow. It is believed that about 30 Tomahawk cruise missiles, launched from submarines, also struck the nuclear facilities at Isfahan.</p>
<p> The next day, Iran responded with a symbolic strike by firing 14 missiles – one for each American MOP – at the US Al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar. All but one were intercepted, and Trump said no one was hurt thanks to Iran’s early warning. Two hours later, he declared a ceasefire.</p>
<p> Three questions now hang over the region: will the ceasefire hold, will a further diplomatic agreement be reached to limit Iran's nuclear program, and will the Middle East become more stable after this war?</p>
<p> Neither Israel nor Iran has formally confirmed the cessation of hostilities, but both sides have good reasons to stop, comments The Economist.</p>
<p> Iran's theocratic regime has for decades avoided direct confrontation with the United States, relying instead on proxy forces in the region and sporadic diplomacy. Iran's armed forces have proven powerless against Israel, and its regional allies have been weakened, The Economist adds. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unlikely to dare challenge Trump after welcoming his historic military intervention.</p>
<p> Israeli military sources believe they have destroyed almost all of the “nuclear” targets on their list. Netanyahu may now feel he has won a victory that will define his political legacy in the fight against Israel’s arch-enemy.</p>
<p> Trump, for his part, will not want to drag out the war, as he has assured Americans that he will not drag them into another “forever war,” as was the case in Iraq and Afghanistan, which he has long condemned. </p><source data-srcset=)
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