Many believe that the U.S. bombing of subway nuclear facilities defused Iran's nuclear and terrorist threat; others are more skeptical of this claim.
The job is not finished
For Israel, the job is not finished despite the precise bombing of Iran's major nuclear facilities and the effectiveness of its strikes against strategic Shiite sites.
However, Netanyahu specified on June 25 that the Fordow nuclear facility, one of the three complexes hit by the U.S. attack, is "out of service."
"The attack on Fordow has destroyed the facility's vital infrastructure and put its capacity to enrich uranium out of service for years," the prime minister said in a statement issued by his office.
Meanwhile, the Iranian parliament voted on June 25 to suspend cooperation with the United Nations nuclear watchdog (IAEA).
"The International Atomic Energy Agency has put its international credibility at stake," Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf told state television.
In his statement, Ghalibaf announced that the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran will suspend its cooperation with the IAEA, raising further suspicions.
For his part, Trump believes or has publicly stated that the Israeli strikes and the U.S. air operation, which dropped GBU/57 B bombs on Iran's subway nuclear facilities, marked a decisive turning point in the conflict.
The 12 bunker busters, weighing 16,000 kilograms, dropped by six B-2 Spirit bombers, penetrated a concrete structure 18 to 61 meters deep before exploding. They are the only ones manufactured in the world capable of causing such subway destruction.
Moments before the attack, and in a coordinated and deterrent strategy, or so-called diversionary maneuver, U.S. submarines fired dozens of Tomahawk missiles that hit several points in Iran.
According to other reports, the main Iranian nuclear facilities are believed to be at a depth of 80 to 90 meters.
In the midst of the conflict, Netanyahu went further and proposed to eliminate Iran's alleged supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. The possibility of his physical elimination remains open.
And the U.S. could execute the same attack at an extreme moment: an Israeli strike with precise intelligence guidance from Washington or the Mossad (the Israeli intelligence agency), whose role has been central in Tehran during the major Israeli military operation.
Israel, which has received full support from President Trump's administration, seeks to completely eliminate the Iranian regime and bring about a radical political change for regional stability.
The Iranian regime is the head of the snake, and by cutting it off, the other terrorist allies under its protection are automatically disabled, with no funding, weapons supply or organized operational capability on the ground.
Tel Aviv has been at war for almost two years. First against the Hamas terrorist group, then against Hezbollah in Lebanon and now against Tehran.
Israel and the United States do not want Iran to acquire a nuclear bomb under any circumstances. Why? Iran has repeatedly declared its desire to destroy the State of Israel, and because the Iranian Parliament has voted a clause in its Constitution that establishes the destruction of the State of Israel as a duty of the government, emphasizes Joseph Hage, a political analyst specializing in the Middle East and counterterrorism.
The keys to the U.S. bombing
The Iranian nuclear program has always posed an existential danger to Israel. "Since 1979, the entire Iranian leadership has threatened and taught its people, in doctrine, the destruction of the 'great Satan of the U.S.' and the 'little Satan of Israel,'" Hage explains.
Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to receive the 408 kilograms of Iranian enriched uranium in Russia and deliver it according to its needs for civilian and peaceful use. Tehran flatly rejected the suggestion, as well as the concessions of a negotiated deal during the 60-day deadline given by President Trump, which the Iranians considered a distraction, with no accountability, much less a desire to finalize a pact.
These were the keys to Israel launching a massive attack on Iranian military and strategic nuclear facilities on June 13.
With the exception of Turkey and a lukewarm Pakistan, Iran stood alone in its policy of exporting radical Islamism. At least that was the perception during the Israeli offensive, backed by Washington.
Russia, China and North Korea, Iran's main allies, stayed out of the war and Washington's military intervention.
Even the new interim governments of Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates allied themselves with Israel. Some shot down dozens of Iranian drones and missiles targeting Tel Aviv, while others restricted their airspace to the United States and Israel.
U.S. President Donald J. Trump's tour represented not only a shower of economic investment for North America, but also strategic coordination by Washington in the region to protect Israel.
The Iranian chapter is not over, and the coming weeks will be decisive not only for Israel, but also for the immediate and future fate of the historically turbulent Middle East.
Sources: The New York Times, Fox News, Newsmax, The Western Journal, CNN, Pentagon Reports, White House website, BBC. AFP, Reuters and EFE news agencies.
(Excerpt from the article published in https://miastrategicintel.com/ You can read the full text by clicking on the following link https://msi2.substack.com/p/is-irans-nuclear-and-terrorist-threat )
Leonardo Morales is a veteran journalist and editorial leader with more than 30 years of experience in political and economic reporting in the Americas. A graduate of the University of Havana with a degree in journalism, Morales began his career in 1992 at CMHW Radio in central Cuba.
In 2003, Morales joined The Miami Herald and El Nuevo Herald, where he served as editor for nearly 16 years. Specializing in U.S. and international politics and economics, he led coverage of high-impact events and developments. He was also a senior editor of El Nuevo Herald's 36-page Bloomberg supplement, where he provided in-depth economic reporting and analysis. Simultaneously, he worked as a news producer and editor at Univision, one of the leading Spanish-language networks in the United States.
In 2020, Morales was named editor of U.S. Politics and Economics at Diario Las Américas, contributing to both the weekly print edition and the digital platform. Over the past five years, he has written hundreds of investigative and analytical articles, widely cited by national and international media. His reporting has become a reliable source for radio and television commentary, as well as for academic and political debates on economic and political trends.
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