On June 13, 2025, the Zionist State of Israel has undertaken a surprise attack on Iran with complete military strength, targeting major nuclear sites, missile and their launching sites, killing top tier of military leadership and key nuclear scientists.
As confirmed by the sources of Zionist state, over 200 warplanes were used to attack Iran in the first phase, targeting all key areas which could have been used by Tehran against Tal Aviv in the retaliatory phase.
While quoting the causes for attacking Iran, Israel said that, Tehran had posed a threat for the very survival of Israel.
This logic of Israeli Government is quite contrary to ground realities since Iran has never initiated any military offensive against Israel.
It had retaliated to Israeli aggression while remaining on the defensive side despite more sufferance and losses.
To quote examples from the past few years; a) Israel bombed and killed many Iranian diplomats and military officials in its Consulate at Damascus in April 2024, b) Israel martyred Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran while he was a guest of Iran in July 2024.
Iran’s response to all these Israeli aggression was quite mild which indicated a peaceful approach of Iran for solving regional problem.
If Iranian nuclear programme is considered a threat for Israel and its strategic ally, United States, then why US unilaterally withdrew from Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) in 2018, a decision taken by President Trump in his first term.
Besides, why Israel attached Iran once nuclear talks between US and Iran were underway in Oman?
Besides, why US President appreciated the Israeli mili-tary aggression against Iran still emphasizing for the continuation of nuclear talks?
Iran may have been at the advance stage of its Uranium Enrichment; nevertheless, it always maintained a peaceful use of its nuclear programme.
More-over, Iran has never posed or gestured as a nuclear power, since some sources claimed, Tehran has already undertaken a covert nuclear weapon test.
These reports may not be based on concrete evidences since all the evidences from Iran indicate that, Iran has not attained nuclear weapons capability.
Had Iran acquired nuclear weapon capability, Israel could not have dared to at-tack the former with such a massive military power including over 200 aircrafts.
More over Tehran could have given an indication of its nuclear capability as credible deterrence.
The Iranian retaliation on the following night (June 14, 2025) was huge with over 100 missiles but could not make an impact, since the ballistic missiles it fired had to cover huge distances and intercepted in some cases.
Moreover Iran could not use its air forces as it has no geographic contiguity with Israel.
Israeli aircrafts are using the airspaces of Iraq and Jordon under the patronage of United States.
It is also reported that, Mossad and Israeli military elements had already penetrated into Iranian territory for facilitating the Israeli aerial attacks with a clear identification of targeted sites and command echelons of Iran and key nuclear scien-tists.
As revealed by Israeli sources, Mossad and Israeli military had undertaken ground work for years through direct and indirect intelligence sources to hit Iran at its key areas and command centers.
Indeed, years of ground work pave the way for Israeli air force to attack Iran with almost complete.
They provided all the intelligence needed for attack-ing Iran to sufficiently reduce its defense capability and killing of Iran’s key military and strategic force commander.
Besides, there are reports that, prior to Israeli attacks, “Mossad commandos had covertly deployed weapons across Iran, including explosive drones that were launched at a surface-to-surface missile base near Tehran.
The Mossad commandos also fired precision-guided weapons systems at Iranian surface-to-air missile systems as the Israeli attack got underway, reducing the threat to Israeli warplanes.
” This entire development raise questions on Iranian security and intelligence systems.
Knowing fully about impending Israeli attacks, why Iran failed to protect its key military commanders, nuclear scientists, nuclear sites, air defence system and missile facilities.
Question also arises about Iranian intelligence system for not providing early warning of Israeli military aggression.
Whereas the military aggression of the Zionist state is a blatant violation of UN Charter, International Law and sovereignty of Iran, US has acted as an instrument for Israel and its act of war without any provocation from Iran.
Hence, Israeli military aggression against Iran and American intimate support to Israel has to be condemned world-wide with an immediate effort for the stoppage of this war which can expand vertically as well as horizontally, if not stopped immediately.
Almost all European Union states and countries like India did not condemn the Israeli military aggression against Iran which speaks of their hatred against a Divine Faith.
Despite its emergency meetings, UNSC neither passed a resolution condemning Israeli aggression nor could bring a ceasefire, questioning its efficacy as an International Forum.
There is a question mark on the role of Muslim World and their organizational forum; Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
No OIC summit has been summoned despite passage of four days of Israeli aggression on a key Muslim state.
If OIC summits could not help genocide of Palestinians, the massive human rights violations in Indian Occupied Kashmir and a clear helplessness to support Iran against Israeli aggression, should there be any logic of still maintaining this white elephant.
Should this passive organization still claims as the representative organizations of the Muslims?
There is need that Muslim world should rise against Israeli aggression on Iran, otherwise should wait for a similar aggression against them in phases.
— The writer is Professor of Politics and IR at International Islamic University, Islamabad.(drmkedu@gmail.com)
