Iran has, for the first time since the ceasefire of 8 April, fired missiles at Israel. Iran is throwing down the gauntlet to both Israel and the United States and challenging them to attack. Israel may well do so.

“Tonight’s operation was a warning, and if the attacks are repeated, the responses will be more extensive and will encompass all American-Zionist targets in the region,” the IRGC stated in a press release carried by the Iranian news agency Tasnim.

Iran has been kicking the United States in the shins for a long time. Trump has insisted on staying at the negotiating table, but there are limits even for Trump. Powerful forces at home want him to commit everything to breaking the regime.