Alastair Crooke:
“Israel is clearly preparing for a conflict with Iran – at high level and intensity”.
“Trump’s Ukraine Envoy, Keith Kellogg, has called for reviving a maximum pressure campaign against Iran, stressing the need for comprehensive measures to encourage democratic reforms in the Islamic Republic. He added that these pressures [should not be] just kinetic, not just military; they must be economy and diplomatic as well. He said action to change Iran for the better must be taken without delay. “We must exploit the weaknesses we now see”, Kellogg said. “The hope is there. So must the action be there too”.