U.S. strikes on Iran

美国对伊朗的打击

The Point with Liu Xin

2025-06-23

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The U.S. launched air strikes on Iran's key nuclear facilities over the weekend. What triggered President Trump to give the go-ahead? How will Iran respond? In what ways would the potential closure of the Strait of Hormuz affect the world?
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  • Cutting through an overload of information to get to the heart of the story.

  • This is The Point.

  • Aggression is aggression, no matter how you frame it.

  • And the more successful from a military point of view, the more egregious it becomes, full stop.

  • At least that's my personal take on the topic today, the US strikes on Iran over the weekend.

  • Make no mistake, that's what we are seeing.

  • Operation Midnight Hammer is the name.

  • Smashing international law is the game.

  • They want you to focus on what the hammer is claimed to be used for,

  • but the real issue is that some people believe they have the right to swing it at will simply

  • because they can.

  • And to come out on TV and publicly brag about how spectacular the whole thing was and then have the audacity to call for peace?

  • Are these people living in another universe?

  • So what triggered President Donald Trump's to give the go ahead?

  • What might Iran's response be?

  • And how would the potential closure of the Strait of Hormuz,

  • as the media are talking about, affect the world?

  • Welcome to The Point, coming to you from Beijing with me, Liu Xin.

  • Joining us today from Tehran, Iran.

  • Fouad Izzadi, Associate Professor of World Studies at the University of Tehran.