Iran has just blinked: What does it mean for the Middle East?
People walk near a mural of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Tehran, Iran, June 23, 2025. PHOTO | REUTERS
On Friday, June 13, 2025, the Middle East hovered on the brink of a conflagration unlike any seen before.
Israel’s Operation Rising Lion unleashed over two hundred fighter jets in a blistering assault on Iranian territory, crippling nuclear sites, decimating key military command centres, and eliminating several top generals and leading nuclear scientists.
