Chaos as ICE arrests Iranian couple in LA, woman suffers panic attack
In Los Angeles, federal agents detained an Iranian asylum-seeking couple with a 3-year-old child during a routine immigration check-in. The couple had legally entered through the Biden-era CBP One program. According to their pastor, Ara Torosian, the family fled religious persecution in Iran. A day after the first arrest, immigration agents raided another Iranian couple's home, triggering chaos and panic.
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Mint
14 minutes ago
- Mint
For Iran's nuclear program, a month is longer than it sounds
The furious debate over whether U.S. strikes obliterated Iran's nuclear program or only delayed its progress toward being able to build a nuclear weapon by a few months skips over a key component in the equation: Iran's political calculation. If Iran were to make the decision to build a nuclear weapon, it would be betting that it can complete the job and establish deterrence before the U.S. and Israel intervene—through military action, economic pressure or diplomacy—to stop it. A longer timeline increases the risk of being spotted or struck again, which could dissuade Iran from taking such a gamble in the first place. So measured on the Iranian nuclear clock, a delay of a few months could translate into a lot longer than it sounds if it keeps Tehran from moving ahead. 'If they start their breakout effort, and it takes them three more months, that's a lot of time to respond. It gives you time to detect it. It gives you time to mount a response," said Michael Singh, managing director at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a former senior official at the National Security Council. 'It's not nothing." The 2015 international nuclear deal negotiated by the Obama administration, which granted Iran sanctions relief in exchange for limits on its nuclear program, was designed to keep Iran a year away from being able to produce enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon. President Trump pulled the U.S. out of that agreement in his first term. Iran scaled up its nuclear work a year later and by May this year, it was producing enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon every month. Before the war, the general assumption was it would take Iran a few months to make a crude weapon as powerful as the bomb dropped on Hiroshima and deliverable by truck or ship, and one to three years to make a warhead that could be fit atop a missile. Some analysts are concerned thatthe attacks by Israel and the U.S. may have convinced hard-liners in Tehran that the only way to preserve the regime is to make a run at developing nuclear weapons. 'If Iran decides to weaponize, it will take more time than it would have otherwise," said Alan Eyre, a former State Department official and member of the U.S. negotiating team under the Obama administration that worked on the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. 'But, paradoxically, we might have strengthened their resolve to seek a nuclear weapon now." 'They're going to be figuring out how to reconstitute some sort of defensive strategy, or at least create a new one, because the one they had doesn't work anymore," he said. Nuclear experts and U.S. officials say Iran could have stashed away enough centrifuges and material to race for a bomb. Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in an interview with CBS's 'Face the Nation" on Sunday, said Iran has the industrial and technological wherewithal to resume enriching uranium in a few months. U.N. atomic energy agency chief Rafael Grossi said Iran can resume enriching uranium in a few months if it wants. 'The capacities they have are there," Grossi said. 'They can have, you know, in a matter of months, I would say, a few cascades of centrifuges spinning and producing enriched uranium, or less than that. But as I said, frankly speaking, one cannot claim that everything has disappeared and there is nothing there." Grossi's agency is responsible for inspecting Iran's nuclear sites but hasn't been able to visit the sites since the Israeli strikes on Iran began June 13. Iran's options now include trying to reconstitute a covert nuclear program and produce a bomb as fast as possible. A second option would be to agree to a diplomatic path that limits their ability to build a weapon by ending its enrichment of uranium, which the Trump administration has pushed. Iran could also try to split the difference: engage in nuclear diplomacy while quietly advancing its nuclear program. That would mean working in secret at sites hidden from international inspectors, which would make the task more cumbersome. Trump and his administration say the U.S. airstrikes using 14 30,000-pound bombs and a salvo of cruise missiles have destroyed the facilities at Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. If so, Iran would need new, hidden enrichment sites, as well as facilities to turn enriched uranium into metal for a bomb core and manage a covert program that can get nuclear scientists to the site without being spotted. 'Iran will never obtain a nuclear bomb, because Operation Midnight Hammer obliterated their nuclear capabilities," White House deputy press secretary Anna Kelly said when asked about Iran's prospects for rebuilding its nuclear program. Iran has worked for decades on know-how relevant to developing nuclear weapons and has mastered most of the aspects of building a bomb, according to the IAEA and Iranian and Israeli officials. The Trump administration says it destroyed Iran's nuclear facilities at Fordow. Before the war, Iran had amassed a large stockpile of highly enriched uranium large enough for 10 nuclear bombs if further enriched. It would have taken about a week to convert enough of the 60% material into 90% weapons-grade enriched uranium for one nuclear weapon, according to the IAEA. Iran had also tested out many of the components needed to build a bomb and kept that knowledge alive for a new generation of scientists through experiments and studies ostensibly designed for peaceful purposes. The fate of the fissile material stockpile and how many centrifuges Iran still has remain unclear. Some may have been moved from Iran's nuclear sites before the U.S. attack. The IAEA's inspectors lost the ability to track Iran's manufacturing of centrifuges due to restrictions Iran imposed in response to Trump's withdrawal from the 2015 deal. Inspectors have also spent six years seeking the whereabouts of a vast array of equipment from Iran's decades-old nuclear weapons program that Tehran dispersed in 2018. It could include lines for making uranium metal and equipment for testing high explosives and other key equipment for making a bomb. Iran's pre-2003 nuclear program aimed to produce a small arsenal of nuclear weapons deliverable by missile. Experts believe Iran has yet to seriously work on miniaturizing a nuclear weapon and integrating it onto a missile, which could take one to three years. 'This process of actually making a warhead is not just a physical process. It also comes down to the engineering," the Washington Institute's Singh said. 'There's a little bit more art, rather than just science, to that part of it." The office of the U.S. Director of National Intelligence assessed in March that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei hadn't reauthorized the program to develop a nuclear weapon he suspended in 2003. What Khamenei decides in the wake of the attacks is now the biggest consideration in any timeline. 'We don't know if that is an actively running clock," said Eric Brewer, a deputy vice president at the Nuclear Threat Initiative and a former senior official at the White House National Security Council and National Intelligence Council. 'These timelines are in some ways evolving, and they depend upon what choices Iran makes next." Write to Jared Malsin at and Laurence Norman at
New Indian Express
19 minutes ago
- New Indian Express
Netanyahu to visit White House on July 7 as Trump presses for ceasefire in Gaza
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will host Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks at the White House next Monday as the American leader steps up his push on the Israeli government and Hamas to broker a ceasefire and hostage agreement and bring about an end to the war in Gaza. The impending visit was confirmed by two US administration officials who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly on it. The trip will be Netanyahu's third visit to the White House since Trump returned to office in January, and it comes after the United States inserted itself into Israel's war against Iran by attacking Iranian nuclear sites. After brokering a ceasefire between the two countries, Trump has signaled that he's turning his attention to bringing a close to the fighting between Israel and Hamas. Trump on Friday told reporters that 'we think within the next week we're going to get a ceasefire' in Gaza, but didn't offer any further explanation for his optimism. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday that Trump and administration officials were in constant communication with Israeli leadership and that bringing about an end to the Gaza conflict is a priority for Trump. 'It's heartbreaking to see the images that have come out from both Israel and Gaza throughout this war, and the president wants to see it end,' Leavitt added. 'He wants to save lives.' Israeli Minister for Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer is in Washington this week for talks with senior administration officials on a Gaza ceasefire, Iran and other matters.
Time of India
22 minutes ago
- Time of India
Mother of all land scams? Punjab mother-son duo allegedly sold off a whole defence airstrip
A land fraud case of staggering proportions has come to the fore in Punjab, where a mother-son duo has sold off not just any plot of land but an entire defence airstrip, the Times of India reported on July 1. Usha Ansal and Naveen Chand , the mother and son in question, have been accused of selling a World War II-era airstrip. This airstrip, located in Fattuwala village near the Pakistan border, was previously used by the Indian Air Force (IAF) during multiple wars, including the 1962, 1965, and 1971 ones. As the investigation unfolds, the case raises grave concerns about how such significant land can be misappropriated and the implications it holds for national security. The repercussions of this alleged scam are likely to reverberate through various levels of government and military oversight. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Bank-Seized Cars in the Philippines at Prices You Won't Believe! SUV Deals | Search Ads Search Now Undo Long legal war The allegations date back to 1997, when the two allegedly colluded with revenue officials to claim ownership and sell the land fraudulently. Following a directive from the Punjab and Haryana High Court, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) has been tasked with investigating these serious allegations. The report, which has led to the registration of a First Information Report (FIR), was filed on June 20. Live Events The FIR cites multiple charges under various sections of the Indian Penal Code, including cheating, forgery, and criminal conspiracy. The case first came to light through a complaint by Nishan Singh, a retired revenue official. Despite his efforts, the matter remained pending without any action until 2021, when the commandant of Halwara Air Force Station urged a probe into the sale of the land. Following lingering inaction, Nishan Singh sought the intervention of the High Court, leading to greater scrutiny of the situation. Major implications Justice Harjit Singh Brar of the High Court has been vocal about the implications of the case, pointing out the potential threat to national security. He called for the VB chief director to verify the allegations personally and to report back within four weeks. The court highlighted that the original owner of the land had passed away in 1991, yet fraudulent sale deeds surfaced in 1997, listing other individuals as owners, despite the military never transferring the land to them. In May 2025, after persistent legal efforts, the land was finally restored to the Ministry of Defence. The investigation, now led by DSP Karan Sharma, is now looking to uncover the full extent of the scam and identify all individuals involved in this long-concealed fraud concerning strategic defence land.
