
Eric Bazail-Eimil
National Security Reporter at POLITICO
National security reporter @politico. Dolphins/Hoyas apologist. Talk to me: [email protected] and DM for Signal.
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4 days ago |
politico.com | Megan Messerly |Eli Stokols |Eric Bazail-Eimil
The president said it would begin just after midnight, after a conflict that lasted 12 days and the U.S. joined over the weekend. President Donald Trump on Monday announced on social media that Israel and Iran would enter a ceasefire. | Carlos Barria/Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday announced a ceasefire between Israel and Iran after a nearly two-week war between the two countries.
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1 week ago |
politico.com | Amy Mackinnon |Eric Bazail-Eimil
President Donald Trump speaks as a flag pole is installed on the South Lawn of the White House, June 18, 2025, in Washington. | Evan Vucci/AP With help from John Sakellariadis, Maggie Miller and Daniel LippmanSubscribe here | Programming note: We’ll be off this Thursday but will be back in your inboxes on Friday. Is Iran close to developing a nuclear weapon with its vast stockpiles of highly enriched uranium? The answer depends on who you ask.
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1 week ago |
politico.com | Eric Bazail-Eimil |Connor O'Brien |Nahal Toosi
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today that killing Ayatollah Ali Khamenei “would end the conflict” and didn’t rule out targeting the cleric who sits atop Iran’s Islamist government.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.com | Eric Bazail-Eimil |John Sakellariadis |Nahal Toosi
An excavator removes debris from a residential building that was destroyed in today's attack by Israel, on June 13, 2025, in Tehran, Iran. | Majid Saeedi/Getty Images With help from Daniel LippmanSubscribe here | Israel and its boosters in Washington are making the case that its overnight strikes in Iran were an unmitigated success. But analysts and former officials across the spectrum are offering words of caution about the effects of the attack. “We have a lot of things still ahead of us.
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2 weeks ago |
politico.com | Eric Bazail-Eimil |Maggie Miller
The Iranian government, led by Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, is facing internal pressure from hardliners who felt that Tehran’s decision not to respond forcefully to previous Israeli strikes hasn’t benefited Iran.
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