America’s June 21 bombardment of Iranian nuclear facilities may have set the regime’s nuclear-weapons aspirations back by several years, but unless American policymakers press the advantage, the Islamic Republic will rebuild and survive to fight another day.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and its regional proxies remain a threat to the United States and its allies. In the weeks since the Israeli-Iranian cease-fire, Iran and its proxies have executed near-daily drone strikes on Iraqi bases that house U.S. troops. Meanwhile, Iran’s stockpile of ballistic missiles, capable of penetrating Israeli air defenses in significant numbers, remains intact.
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