U.S. State Department Admits Israel Requested the Iran War

On April 21, 2026, the U.S. State Department issued a surprising press release that, perhaps inadvertently, admits the U.S. attacked Iran at Israel's request.

 

The press release is credited to Reed D. Rubinstein, Legal Advisor, Office of the Legal Advisor.

 

Its first two paragraphs reads as follows:

"On February 28, the United States Armed Forces launched Operation Epic Fury with a set of clear objectives: to '[d]estroy Iranian offensive missiles, destroy Iranian missile production, destroy [Iran’s] navy and other security infrastructure,” and, finally, ensure that Iran “will never have nuclear weapons.'

"Epic Fury is only the latest round of an ongoing international armed conflict with Iran. As the United States has explained in multiple letters to the U.N. Security Council, including most recently on March 10, the United States is engaged in this conflict at the request of and in the collective self-defense of its Israeli ally, as well as in the exercise of the United States’ own inherent right of self-defense."

 

 

The press release goes on to claim that this war is also in America's interests, and gives various other justifications for this war. 

 

Still, this is the first time I can recall an official admission that Israel's interests played any role in America's decision to attack Iran.

 

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