The recent military escalation against Tehran may have ended, but the efforts to remove it as an independent world power persist

Following the launch of a new phase in Israel’s military campaign against Iran on June 13, Israeli officials claimed that the strikes had been strictly limited in scope and were aimed solely at neutralizing the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.

These assertions were quickly endorsed by leading Western powers – most notably the United States and the United Kingdom – both of which had long maintained that the emergence of a nuclear-armed Iran was unacceptable.

However, within just a few days, the tone and rhetoric…

Read the full article at RT.COM