It's Friday, June 13, 2025.

I'm Albert Mueller, and this is the briefing, a daily analysis of news and events from a Christian

worldview.

Well, it's happened.

Early in the morning, Friday morning, in Iran, forces from Israel attacked at least five different cities, concentrating on

Iran's nuclear capability. Reports were the strikes that hit at Isfahan, Arak, Kermin Shah,

and Tabriz. There are other locations as well, and even in Tehran, there were some fires burning,

as reported by major media. This was something that was seen coming, but no one knew exactly when it would come.

But in retrospect, even some comments made by the president of the United States and other world officials made clear

there was a sense that Israel was about to attack.

And frankly, it hadn't been subtle.

Israel had been sending very strong messages over the course

of the last several weeks, indeed reaching back some months, but particularly over the last three to

four weeks, the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Prime Minister himself

had been making very clear that Israel thought now was the time to strike Iran, given the fact that Iran was guilty of two things.

Number one, seeking as fast as possible to develop enough nuclear material to create about 15 nuclear bombs,

and secondly, it remains steadfastly determined to eradicate Israel.

That's not just an accusation. That is an official

national goal of the Islamic regime. Once the Israeli attacks were underway, the Israeli prime

minister made the statement that a nuclear-powered Iran, that is, an Iran armed with nuclear

weapons, represented, quote, a clear and present danger to Israel's very survival,

end quote. That's the way Israel has been talking about this situation now for a number of years.

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