The Islamic Republic of Iran: War on the United States

I post this for the record. 

Which could bolster a claim -- which I have not seen the U.S. make, but I think it could -- that it has been attacked by a country, the Islamic Republic of Iran, and therefore requires help from NATO members to take defensive action. 

Despite which Capitulationists, like France, Italy, Germany and Spain have refused even the minimum help, like allowing overflight of US Airforce planes. Which I have a sneaking suspicion is partly because Trump posts hurty diatribes on his Truth Social. Now, he shouldn't do that, I reckon. But to get upset about it? As France's Emmanuel Macron has done? Get over it Emmanuel!

Here is the Grok summary of attacks on the United States since the establishment of the Islamic Republic of Iran in 1979. All of which amount to carrying out their declaration of war, given the regime's mantra: "Death to America!"

Major incidents where Iran or Iran-backed groups attacked the United States or its forces since 1979:

• November 4, 1979: Iranian militants seized the U.S. Embassy in Tehran, taking 52 Americans hostage for 444 days. No hostages were killed. A failed U.S. rescue attempt (Operation Eagle Claw, April 1980) killed 8 U.S. servicemen.
• April 18, 1983: Iran-backed Islamic Jihad bombed the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, killing 17 Americans (63 total).
• October 23, 1983: Iran-backed Hezbollah bombed the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, killing 241 U.S. service members (220 Marines, 21 others).
• June 25, 1996: Iran-backed Hezbollah al-Hejaz bombed Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, killing 19 U.S. airmen.
• 2003–2011: Iranian-backed Shia militias in Iraq, supplied and trained by Iran’s IRGC with EFPs and IEDs, killed at least 603 U.S. troops (per Pentagon).
• January 8, 2020: Iran launched ballistic missiles directly at U.S. bases in Iraq; 0 killed, over 100 U.S. troops suffered traumatic brain injuries.

Iran has also tried (allegedly) to assassinate president Trump. I've not seen the evidence. But I can easily accept that they would try. Given Trump's vitriol against them. His clear determination to defang their nuclear weapons policy. Only Trump would attack them. Why not try to kill him?

We also heard from the spineless Starmer that the U.K. secret intelligence people have foiled at least 20 Iranian terrorist attacks in 2025 alone. How can we collectively, Europe? pretend that there's no imminent threat? That there's no declaration of war on America and the west? That they are not an existential danger to Europe? Keir?