EU foreign ministers to meet with Iran? What a joke.

1. The EU has no say in the matter. Parden me but...f-ck them.

2. Our object isn't to de-escalate it's to take the nuclear option away from some nutjobs.

3. Iran will either allow a UN force full access to destroy their nuclear facilities or the US will help Israel do it for them.

4. Iran is awash in oil and natural gas, they have zero need for nuclear power.

5. It's to our strategic advantage to help the Iranian people (a highly educated populous) acheive freedom from the tyrants who run the nation and elect their own government. Continued pressure from Israel and the US will likely lead to the Mullahs running for their lives. The military may likely step in and assume control until elections are held.

6. Can this have a happy ending. Iran could become a thriving nation with excellent global relations. They have the natural resources and a great citizenry. Fingers crossed.

Trump’s Iran Decision to Come Within Two Weeks European foreign ministers are set to meet Iranian officials in Switzerland on Friday to push for de-escalation

Wall St Journal

June 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM ET

President Trump will make a decision on potential strikes on Iran "within two weeks," the White House press secretary quoted him as saying.

Israel and Iran continued to exchange fire. An Israeli hospital was hit by an Iranian missile, while Israel says it struck 100 targets in Iran, including the heavy-water reactor in Arak and a Natanz site it says was being used for nuclear-weapons development.

Meanwhile, European foreign ministers are slated to meet with Iranian officials in Geneva on Friday to press them to de-escalate and to offer a rollback of Iran's nuclear activities.

What else to know:

Trump told senior aides late Tuesday that he approved of attack plans for Iran, but was holding off to see if Tehran would abandon its nuclear program, people familiar with the deliberations said.

The U.S. has beefing up its forces in the region. A third U.S. Navy destroyer entered the eastern Mediterranean Sea and a second U.S. carrier strike group is heading toward the Arabian Sea. The Pentagon says the moves are defensive.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said his country wouldn’t surrender and warned any U.S. military intervention would bring irreparable consequences.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls an Iranian strike on a hospital the work of “terrorist tyrants,” adding Israel is advancing “step by step” toward eliminating Iran’s nuclear program and ballistic missiles.

The U.N.’s atomic agency said there was no radioactive spill from Iran’s Arak heavy water reactor after an Israeli strike on the facility.

The death toll in Iran rose above 639 people, according to a human-rights group. In Israel, 24 people have died as a result of Iranian strikes.