The Only Munition That Can Reach Fordo’s Underground Facility Is the American 30,000-Pound Gbu-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator
The Regime’s Monopoly over Information Flow Within Iran Also Prevents Iranians from Coordinating an Uprising
The Regime Has Never Been Weaker
Ankara’s Behavior Complicates Cooperation and Challenges the Rules-Based Order That Washington Has Long Supported
The Islamic Republic May Be Standing on Ground as Unstable as the Regimes It Once Helped to Topple
Obama Adm. Officials Scorned Him, and Years Went by Without an Israeli Attack on Iran’s Nuclear Program. But Oct. 7 Changed Israel and Its Leader, and the Writing Was on the Wall
Hezbollah Simply Does Not Have the Capability to Take on Israel in Another Full-Blown Confrontation
CAGE Invokes Free Speech to Allow Open Support for Terror Organization
Spotlight: What Next for Iran?
Sustained airstrikes by Israel on myriad military targets throughout Iran, coupled with a massive attack by United States bombers, did considerable damage to Iran’s nuclear program, humiliated the regime, and reduced its ability to terrorize the region. But the Islamic Republic has yet to be defanged.


What comes next? Is a deal with the wounded regime to cease uranium enrichment possible, or is further military action likely? How long is Israel willing to live with an Islamic Republic that remains committed to acquiring nuclear weapons? Despite public statements to the contrary, will Trump press for regime change? MEF experts weigh in on these and other pressing issues.
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