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Home / Israel-Iran / Trump’s Iran pivot reopens old Iraq wounds
Israel‑Iran, Middle East

June 20, 2025

Trump’s Iran pivot reopens old Iraq wounds

“The intelligence suggests that even though Iran has a nuclear programme, they haven’t been pursuing weaponisation,” said Rosemary Kelanic, director of the Middle East programme at Defense Priorities, a think-tank.

Kelanic at Defense Priorities said then-president George W Bush “went to the American people over a span of 18 months to make the case for war, and also went to Congress to get authorisation. The big difference now is just the speed at which this is all unfolding.”

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