The next forever war

If there really was a large stock of highly enriched uranium stored where the U.S. bombed Iran’s nuclear enrichment sites, they had a week to hide it at safe sites all over the country.

Why did Iran start enriching uranium past the 3.5 per cent limit that it accepted in the 2015 deal? Because U.S. President Donald Trump tore up that deal in 2018 and re-imposed sanctions, writes Gwynne Dyer. Photograph courtesy of Flickr/The White House

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

June 23, 2025

LONDON, U.K.—He didn’t take two weeks to make up his mind whether or not to bomb Iran; only two days. United States President Donald Trump is not a patient man. But he has just started another American “forever war” in the Middle East, so he will have plenty of time ...

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