13 June 2025, 21:03

By Jasmine El Gamal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has long insisted that Iran poses an “imminent threat” to Israel, and has now stated that Iran is on the verge of acquiring nuclear weapons.

Iran has enriched uranium to 60 %, which is far more than needed for civilian energy generation purposes.

Yet U.S. intelligence assessments ,as indicated by the Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, have fallen short of endorsing Netanyahu’s view of Iran being on the cusp of a nuclear weapon, suggesting instead that Iran’s nuclear enrichment activities, while extremely serious and worrisome, do not signal an imminent nuclear breakout.

Now, with the recent Israeli strikes on Iranian targets including nuclear enrichment facilities and key military personnel, the question is more urgent than ever: What will Iran do next?

Western governments may assume that a weakened Iran........

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