On the evening of June 7, multiple missiles were fired from various parts of Iran toward Israel. Following tensions that had emerged among Tehran, Washington, and Tel Aviv in the days following the April 8 ceasefire, Tehran finally struck parts of northern Israel, including Haifa, in response to the Israeli military’s actions in the Lebanese city of Beirut. The Islamic Republic had previously warned that it would give a military response if Israel attacked Beirut.
While Iran carried out these attacks, there appeared to be no consensus between the United States and Israel at the time of writing this report regarding a response to Tehran and the resumption of war. This is because the attacks took place while Pakistan’s Interior Minister was in Iran just a few hours earlier, bringing a new message from the United States to Tehran. This indicated that mediation for negotiations and reaching a deal remained intact, a matter toward which the US President has shown greater inclination in recent days. Nevertheless, a few hours after the initial attacks by the Islamic Republic, the Israeli military announced that it had struck military targets in western and central Iran.
Why Was the Attack Launched and What Did Diplomacy Achieve?
