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“And if Trump follows through on his repeated threats to destroy Iran’s infrastructure, those attacks could further devastate the Iranian economy and would likely constitute war crimes under international law.”

“Three months earlier, amid Trump’s war with Iran and his threats to withdraw from Nato, Starmer said Europe represented a “partnership for a dangerous world we must navigate together”.”

“…counsellor to the president on the Middle East, in remarks in Doha last week highlighted these threads, admitting the war on Iran launched by his president and Israel in late February had brought unexpected consequences, turning “camp fires into forest…”

“The president drew fury when he suggested that Iran could launch a nuclear attack and “take out””

“He then suggested high prices due to the war with Iran were a “small price to pay for keeping the world safe – keeping our country safe”.”

““Iran is not seeking war, but will defend itself against pressure, threats and attacks,””

““Iran is not seeking war, but will defend itself against pressure, threats and attacks,””

“In a defiant speech to the UN general assembly in New York, his first since the US and Israel launched an all-out war on Iran, Pezeshkian repeatedly vowed that Tehran would never bend the knee to America.”

“His flamboyant effort to launch a so-called Board of Peace in January (just before launching his war of choice on Iran) was another attack on the UN, which, at times, the president wondered if his new creation might simply replace.”

“It’s the US bombing a girls school in Iran and murdering 120 girl children and 26 teachers, and no one ever taking responsibility for one of the worst war crimes since Vietnam.”

“… certain: the US and Israel will again fail to totally destroy Iran’s largely hypothetical nuclear capabilities; its regime will survive; and millions of ordinary people, there and around the world, will pay the price for this unjustified, reckless…”

“Fuel that the Russians had also imported from Iran and with whom, coincidentally, the US was at war.”

“The renewed concern over the environmental impact of the war in the strait came as the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, visited Tehran offering to act as an intermediary between Iran and Donald Trump, especially over the issue of Iran’s nuclear…”

“The question increasingly is not “if” but “when” limited or full-scale nuclear warfare will erupt.”

“Such is the concern about where Trump could go next after his threats to Greenland, that some European diplomats privately express relief that the US was unable to repeat the success of Venezuela in Iran.”

“With Iran and its Houthi allies controlling potentially a third of energy trade globally, “it’s more dangerous than a nuclear bomb,” says Al-Muslimi bluntly, “especially at a time when the world still depends massively on this type of energy”.”