The Bombing of Tehran

Military action

The United States with Israel, Saudi Arabia, and a coalition of other nations detonated another nuclear device on a foreign power, but the detonation occurred miles above Tehran. Emboldened by the perceived decline of American power, a conflict with Iran, Syria, and Russia had sealed off the Persian Gulf and Iran began open hostilities on first U.S. military ships, and then the ships of U.S. allies. The situation escalated until the detonation, at which point the Chinese stepped in. The Russians quickly withdrew support and the situation deescalated. However, radiation poisoning affected the region for a decade and the United States was ordered by the Revised United Nations Security Council to clean up and pay restitution (four to two with the U.K. abstaining).