Experts on latest Iran attack versus 12-day strikes in June 2025

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Compared with last year's 12-day strikes on Iran, the current round of strikes carries the potential for significantly greater escalation, Sun Taiyi, associate professor of political science at Christopher Newport University in the United States, said in an interview with CGTN.

The U.S. has positioned two carrier strike groups in the region, indicating a higher level of military readiness and signaling a stronger deterrence posture, Sun said.

It's different this time. Previously, Israel launched the attack first, but this time, there were talks before the attack, Wang Jin, director of the Center for Strategic Studies at Northwest University in China, said in an interview with CGTN.

However, the talks failed to achieve the expected breakthrough, Wang said.

The core point is that Iran believes it made significant concessions, but from the perspective of the U.S. and Israel, Iran's concessions were essentially minimal, and continuing the talks would be seen as a waste of time, Wang said.

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Experts: Latest attack on Iran 'different' to 12-day strikes in June 2025