Since launching air strikes on Iran last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been working to pull President Donald Trump into the war, and sway a sceptical American public. In his daily calls and public statements,

Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) said Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long desired to “drag” the United States into a military conflict with Iran. Van Hollen, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee,

Putin has openly sided with Iran’s right to nuclear power—directly challenging the positions of both Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Speaking on the growing conflict, Putin declared that Iran is entitled to pursue nuclear energy and hinted that Western powers have no authority to deny it.