17 June 2025, 20:10 | Updated: 18 June 2025, 10:35

By Andrew Marr

“An end. A real end. Not a ceasefire.” What President Trump means by that, pretty clearly, is that whatever happens next, Iran can no longer have the means to create nuclear weapons.

But those means are still there, buried under a mountain. And Israel has now gone so far in attacks, assassinations and the rhetoric of regime change, there’s no way back.

If Iran survives in its present form and is able to produce nuclear weapons, they will be used one day, against Israel. Therefore, almost by definition, the Israel-Iran crisis cannot de-escalate until the Nuclear threat is ended, either by negotiation or by further bombing, which would probably have to involve the Americans.

As you heard last night from a senior Washington........

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