Iran

Trump had no grounds to believe Iranian regime’s nuclear programme posed

‘imminent threat’. When Donald Trump announced the start of the war on
Iran, he invoked the “imminent threat” posed by the regime to the US
and its allies. “If we didn’t hit within two weeks, they would’ve had
a nuclear weapon,” Trump said several days later. “When crazy people
have nuclear weapons, bad things happen.” In Trump’s rationale, there
were echoes of a venture the US had vowed never to repeat. It took months
for the Bush administration to make the case that Iraq had weapons of mass
destruction, culminating in a PowerPoint presentation at the UN security
council a month before the US invaded. The Trump administration made no
attempt to establish the “imminent threat” of a nuclear Iran. According
to intelligence sources and official statements, it is untrue. Nine months
ago, Trump declared Iran’s nuclear facilities had been “obliterated”
after the US dropped 14 of its most powerful bunker-buster bombs on Natanz
and Fordow, leaving craters so large they can be seen from space. Since
then, Iran made “no efforts” to rebuild its enrichment capability,
according to US intelligence assessments. Asked whether Iran had been days
or weeks away from building a nuclear bomb, the head of the UN’s nuclear
watchdog agency, Rafael Grossi, simply said: no.

 Observer 23rd March 2026 

 https://observer.co.uk/news/international/article/trump-had-no-grounds-to-believe-iranian-regimes-nuclear-programme-posed-imminent-threat

 Kremlin says strikes near Bushehr nuclear plant in Iran are dangerous.
U.S.-Israeli strikes near the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran are
extremely dangerous and ‌Russia has shared its concerns with the United
States, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday. Such strikes could
have irreparable consequences, Peskov said.

 Reuters 23rd March 2026 

 https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/kremlin-says-strikes-near-bushehr-nuclear-plant-iran-are-dangerous-2026-03-23/

 Greenpeace warns Trump’s threat to bomb Iran’s power grid risks
humanitarian and nuclear disaster. Greenpeace warns that attacks on the
grid could have a knock-on effect that increases the danger of a nuclear
emergency at the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant, with potential consequences
across the region. “Bombing civilian electricity infrastructure is
illegal under international law. The electricity grid is essential for
hospitals, clean water, desalination and the operation of nuclear
facilities. Cutting it off puts millions of lives at risk,” said Jan
Vande Putte, senior nuclear and radiation protection expert with Greenpeace
International.

 Greenpeace 23rd March 2026 

 https://www.greenpeace.org/international/story/82295/trump-threat-bomb-iran-power-grid-risks-humanitarian-nuclear-disaster/