Israel dragged US into war on Iran, State Department confirms

The US Department of State has admitted that Washington entered a war of aggression against Iran on behalf of the Israeli regime. 

In a government release written earlier this week, the department’s legal adviser, Reed Rubinstein, detailed how the US “is engaged in this conflict at the request of its Israeli ally.”

The release cited multiple letters issued by the agency to the UN Security Council (UNSC) as evidence of the apparent connection.

The candid admission directly contradicts the White House and US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly insisted that Israel had nothing to do with his decision to spark another unpopular war in West Asia.

Trump has constantly complained online about the circling narrative, claiming on the social media platform Truth Social that “Israel never talked me into the war with Iran.”

US involvement in the war of aggression against Iran was reportedly arranged following a February 11 meeting between Trump, the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and several US and Israeli officials in the White House Situation Room.

It was reportedly Netanyahu’s direct influence and the ensuing pressure campaign that thrust America into the war.

US military commanders advised Trump that components of Netanyahu’s plan to attack Iran were “farcical,” but by that point, Trump had already been inspired to begin the aggression.

It is likely that Netanyahu continues to hold the reins.

Last month, Trump told The Times of Israel that the decision to end the Iran war will be a “mutual” decision he makes with the Israeli leader, though Israel has not made peace negotiations easy, repeatedly defying fragile ceasefire arrangements by relentlessly bombing its regional neighbors.

The war has significantly increased the cost of living for people around the world and agitated international relations, particularly between the US and its longtime allies in the Western Hemisphere.

It has cost American taxpayers more than $1 billion per day (the current total is estimated at more than $60 billion) and sparked a political rejection of MAGA (Make America Great Again) ideology across the US as the American public becomes more and more disillusioned with its increasingly infirm, unstable, and volatile president.

The criminal US-Israeli aggression against Iran began on February 28 with airstrikes that assassinated senior Iranian officials and commanders, including the Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

Iranian armed forces responded by launching almost daily missile and drone operations targeting locations in the Israeli-occupied territories as well as US military bases and assets across the region.

Furthermore, Iran retaliated against the strikes by closing the Strait of Hormuz, which resulted in a significant increase in oil prices and its by-products.

On April 8, Iran’s Supreme National Security Council (SNSC) announced that there was an agreement to a Pakistan-brokered temporary ceasefire after the US accepted Iran’s 10-point proposal.

A high-ranking delegation from Iran led by Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf participated in the negotiations with the US delegation led by Vice President JD Vance.

Despite 21 hours of intensive discussions, the negotiations ended without an agreement, with Iran citing “excessive demands” from the US side.

Since then, the Islamic Republic has categorically refused to rejoin the process unless the US lift an illegal blockade it has imposed on Iranian vessels and ports.

Tehran has also asserted that, as long as the blockade is still in place, it has no intention of reopening the Strait of Hormuz.

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