28 Jun 2025

The Israel-Iran conflict

From Saturday Morning, 7:15 am on 28 June 2025
An excavator is used to clear the rubble in front of a building recently hit in Israeli strikes in Tehran on June 26, 2025, following a ceasefire with Israel that ended 12 days of fighting. (Photo by AFP)

 An excavator is used to clear the rubble in front of a building recently hit in Israeli strikes in Tehran on June 26, 2025, following a ceasefire with Israel that ended 12 days of fighting. Photo: -AFP

This week the Middle East has been on a knife edge, after the US entered the conflict between Israel and Iran.

Within the last few hours US President Donald Trump has said he would bomb Iran again "without a question. Absolutely" if intelligence were to find that Iran can enrich uranium to a level higher.

After the US bombed Iran's nuclear sites last Sunday, president Trump claimed there was "complete obliteration."

He then announced a ceasefire, but Israeli strikes continued, sparking a furious outburst from Trump who dropped his own f-bomb at NATO summit.

The BBC's security correspondent Frank Gardner speaks to Susie.

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