“‘We didn’t wipe them out’: Why Iran is still dangerous even after key strikes,” Times of Israel, 7-8-25.  “Despite weakening of Tehran’s nuclear program and its terror proxies, experts warn that a credible threat of force is still needed to complement diplomatic efforts.”

“Iran’s Army Gives Missile Update: Thousands Ready to Launch,” Newsweek, 7-8-25.

“Iran rejects Trump’s claims it asked for relaunch of nuclear talks,” Al Jazeera, 7-8-25.

“Iran Update, July 8, 2025,” ISW Press, 7-8-25.

But will the Supreme Leader listen?  No.  “Time for Iran to make a no-enrichment nuclear deal,” Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 7-8-25.  Here’s the first great point—“Whereas Iran will be able to reconstitute some capacity to fabricate a few bombs, it is no longer a question of giving up an already built civilian enrichment complex; virtually all of that has been destroyed by Israeli and American precision strikes. In reality, the choice facing the regime is whether to rebuild that complex —a process that will surely take many years and be extraordinarily expensive. The cost will be even higher than the initial construction as it will require more subterfuge, because it will surely be under the constant threat of further bombing. Given how deeply infiltrated Iran’s military and intelligence infrastructure is by Israel’s security services, particularly by Mossad, every step Iran takes will be under constant surveillance. We are at another impasse that only a dose of honest realism, in service of what is best for the people of Iran and their future prosperity, can untangle.”  Iran should actually use its oil and gas!  Second, BAS makes this point.  In 2018, “[o]n April 30, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu publicly revealed that Israeli intelligence had in January of that year seized over 100,000 documents and computer files from a secret atomic archive in Tehran, showing detailed planning for nuclear weapons development under the codename Project Amad.  This project aimed to design, build, and test nuclear warheads—five devices of about 10 kiloton yield—with missile integration capabilities. Netanyahu further claimed that whereas some earlier Iranian documents had stated that the project was terminated in 2003, in reality Iran had secretly stored the material to pursue weaponization later. Iran officially refused to acknowledge the theft of their archive, often making fun of Netanyahu for making risible claims. But controversial Iranian ex-president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad not only confessed to the loss of the archive but mentioned another highly secretive site stripped of all information by Israeli Mossad operatives.  … However, the gravity of the revelations from the Project Amad’s files came into much sharper focus when Israel gave American specialists a look at the files in early 2019. The report of their findings stated convincingly that Iran had deliberately pursued nuclear weapons design and development, that its technical progress exceeded prior estimations, that foreign assistance played a role, and that international intelligence failed to detect key facilities. Other reports identified some of these facilities and showed that Iran had continued its nuclear weapon efforts all along after 2003, but clandestinely.”  … “We believe Iran was hedging its nuclear bets all along to amass a sufficiently large stockpile of bomb-grade uranium for missile-deliverable nuclear warheads to serve as a deterrent against Israel. Such a nuclear deterrent has been set back by many years.”

“500,000 Afghans leave Iran in a month amid deportation crackdown,” Al Jazeera, 7-8-25.