Last Monday, Iran chose to retaliate against the triple strikes led by the United States against its nuclear facilities by sending its missiles to US bases located in Qatar, Kuwait and Iraq.
The six missiles that targeted an empty base in Qatar were meant largely for effect. They made a lot of noise, but found no targets. However, they managed to help Iran prove a point that it was unfazed by the US bunker buster bombs dropped at its nuclear facilities at Fordow, Isfahan, and Natantz.
Some Western media channels claim that what the US did at Fordow was no different from what Iran did at Qatar. Photoshopped images of events on both sides were used by Iran and the US to call for ceasefire, which was happily declared by US President Donald Trump and accepted by Israel.
While there have been reports of Israel breaking the ceasefire, to which Trump has reacted, this is the second time in two months that Trump has declared ceasefires, in two different geographies and four between different combatants. While the first duo—India and Pakistan—promptly agreed to the ceasefire even though they were going up the escalatory ladder, the other one—Iran and Israel—is trickier.