The 12-day war between Iran and Israel must have convinced the Iranian regime that only in the possession of a nuclear bomb lies the security and deterrence of their country. Had it possessed a bomb it is most unlikely that Israel would have launched an attack on it on the 13th of June 2025. In an interview with Karan Thapar, the internationally renowned award winning columnist Gideon Levy stated that in case Iran possessed a bomb just as in the case of North Korea and Pakistan it would've provided a guarantee and deterrence against a nuclear attack by an adversary.

Although the ceasefire between Iran and Israel may last for a short while, a permanent peace is inconceivable in the absence of a lasting solution to the Palestinian issue. Resolution of the Gaza, Lebanon and Western Bank problems may bring some respite yet complete peace in the middle east will be fraught unless a two-state solution is not implemented.

The killing of 100 innocent Gazans every day by the Israelis cannot be called anything like self-defence or security but clear genocide.

The best one can say about the 12-day war is that it was short and did not deteriorate into a war of attrition like the brutal war in Gaza. This raises the question whether the war was necessary.

The staying power of Iran would've been far greater than that of Israel in a protracted standoff considering that Iran withstood a war for eight years with........

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