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\u201c\u2018We didn\u2019t wipe them out\u2019: Why Iran is still dangerous even after key strikes,\u201d<\/a> Times of Israel, 7-8-25.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cDespite weakening of Tehran\u2019s nuclear program and its terror proxies, experts warn that a credible threat of force is still needed to complement diplomatic efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIran’s Army Gives Missile Update: Thousands Ready to Launch,\u201d<\/a> Newsweek, 7-8-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran rejects Trump\u2019s claims it asked for relaunch of nuclear talks,\u201d<\/a> Al Jazeera, 7-8-25.<\/p>\n

\u201cIran Update, July 8, 2025,\u201d<\/a> ISW Press, 7-8-25.<\/p>\n

But will the Supreme Leader listen?\u00a0 No.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cTime for Iran to make a no-enrichment nuclear deal,\u201d<\/a> Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 7-8-25.\u00a0\u00a0Here\u2019s the first great point\u2014\u201cWhereas 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 \u2014a 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\u2019s military and intelligence infrastructure is by Israel\u2019s 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.\u201d\u00a0 Iran should actually use its oil and gas!\u00a0\u00a0Second, BAS makes this point.\u00a0 In 2018, \u201c[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\u202fAmad. \u00a0This project\u202faimed to design, build, and test nuclear warheads\u2014five devices of about 10 kiloton yield\u2014with 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.\u00a0 \u2026 However, the gravity of the revelations from the Project Amad\u2019s 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.\u201d\u00a0 \u2026 \u201cWe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c500,000 Afghans leave Iran in a month amid deportation crackdown,\u201d<\/a> Al Jazeera, 7-8-25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201c\u2018We didn\u2019t wipe them out\u2019: Why Iran is still dangerous even after key strikes,\u201d Times of Israel, 7-8-25.\u00a0\u00a0\u201cDespite weakening of Tehran\u2019s nuclear program and its terror proxies, experts warn that a credible threat of force is still needed to complement diplomatic efforts.\u201d \u201cIran’s Army Gives Missile Update: Thousands Ready to Launch,\u201d Newsweek, 7-8-25. \u201cIran rejects … <\/p>\n

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