“Reserves all options” echoed through every foreign ministry as code for missiles, proxies, or worse. Behind closed doors, allies begged Washington for clarity while warning that if nuclear sites were truly hit, a red line had been crossed that could normalize preemptive strikes on nuclear infrastructure worldwide.
International Response and Tensions
At the UN, delegates drafted emergency resolutions no one believed would stop anything. The real question was no longer what had happened, but what Iran now felt compelled to do-on a world stage already holding its breath.
