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Middle East Eye · Iran · 17 Aug 2026

Passive voice hides who attacked, a weapons programme is presupposed, and the legal stakes go unmentioned.

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US considering nuclear weapons against Iran as war falters, claims Marjorie Taylor Greene

Former US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has claimed that President Donald Trump's administration is discussing using nuclear weapons against Iran , as Washington struggles to sustain its months-long war. “They are discussing using nuclear weapons on Iran in strategy meetings,” Greene wrote on social media late on Sunday. “I'm not speculating, I know. And it's pure evil," she added. Greene, once one of President Donald Trump’s closest congressional allies, urged Americans to resist any attempt to escalate the war. “People need to speak out and boldly stop this insanity.” New MEE newsletter: Jerusalem Dispatch Sign up to get the latest insights and analysis on Israel-Palestine, alongside Turkey Unpacked and other MEE newsletters Greene's relationship with Trump collapsed after she pressed for the release of files connected to Jeffrey Epstein, the late convicted pedophile and financier whose social circle included Trump and other powerful figures. Greene accused Washington of launching the war on the back of warnings repeatedly promoted by Israel about Iran’s nuclear programme. “Trump and his admin were told by our own intelligence that Iran was nowhere near creating a nuclear weapon, then Israel said the same line it’s repeated for decades, ‘Iran is only weeks away,’” said Greene. “And now our government is the one actually discussing lowering the nuclear threshold in order to use nuclear weapons against Iran even though Trump claims he’s won the war like 40 times and says the U.S. controls the SoH,” she added, referring to the Strait of Hormuz. Iran and Oman work on temporary Hormuz shipping route as Trump threatens to claim the strait Read More » The US and Israel launched their war on Iran on 28 February. Months of attacks have killed thousands of Iranian civilians, disrupted global energy supplies and failed to break Tehran’s grip over the vital waterway. Greene warned that further escalation could unleash a global “nuclear holocaust”, economic depression and casualties on a scale unseen in generations. “America is not untouchable," Greene warned. Her intervention comes as the US military struggles with depleted weapons stocks. Reuters news agency reported that American forces had used “ virtually all ” of their long-range precision missiles during the war, while heavy expenditure of Patriot and THAAD interceptors has weakened US readiness elsewhere. NBC News reported this month that the Pentagon was drafting a strategy that would give shorter-range tactical nuclear weapons a greater role in regional conflicts. “Our view is that we need credible nuclear options,” a senior US defence official told NBC. The US remains the only country to have used nuclear weapons in war, destroying Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945.

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