On Sunday, Iran’s Foreign Minister bluntly stated that whether the despotic regime in Iran makes a nuclear deal with the United States or not, Iran will continue enriching uranium.
Seyed Abbas Araghchi <a href="https://x.com/araghchi/status/1924143188341653975?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1924143188341653975%7Ctwgr%5Edc42ba01d925128c26ebf7241cb4cb02c171b908%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fworld%2Firan-foreign-minister-vows-nuclear-enrichment-continue-with-without-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">claimed</a>, “Special Interest groups; malign actors which set the agendas of at least previous Administrations,” should be ignored before adding, “we are ready for a serious conversation to achieve a solution that will forever ensure that outcome. Enrichment in Iran, however, will continue with or without a deal.”
In January 2024, the Arms Control Association <a href="https://www.armscontrol.org/act/2024-02/news/iran-accelerates-highly-enriched-uranium-production" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> that Iran had accelerated its production of uranium enriched to near-weapons grade levels, pointing out that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) had estimated Iran was producing approximately nine kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent uranium-235 per month. “Accelerating the production of uranium enriched to 60 percent U-235 is concerning because the material can be quickly enriched to weapons-grade levels or 90 percent,” the Arms Control Association reported.
“Once you&#8217;re at 60, you&#8217;re 90% of the way there. You are, in essence, a threshold nuclear weapons state, which is what Iran basically has become,” Secretary of State Marco Rubio<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-foreign-minister-vows-nuclear-enrichment-continue-with-without-deal?intcmp=tw_fnc&amp;taid=682aa729f8868200012f443a&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> said</a> on Thursday.
Uranium enrichment involves increasing the concentration of the Uranium-235 (U-235) isotope in uranium, from its normal 0.7% to 3.5% for use in nuclear reactors or going further, over 20%, at which point it can be used for nuclear weapons.
“Because Iran has reduced its cooperation with the Agency, the IAEA is no longer able to precisely verify Iran&#8217;s stockpile of enriched uranium at any one time,” Iran Watch<a href="https://www.iranwatch.org/our-publications/articles-reports/irans-nuclear-timetable-weapon-potential" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> noted</a> in late March of this year in a comprehensive article about Iran’s nuclear weapons program, adding, “Iran’s nuclear program has reached the point at which Iran might be able to enrich enough uranium for five fission weapons within about one week and enough for eight weapons in less than two weeks.”
The danger of Iran further enriching uranium was explicated thus: “Iran&#8217;s centrifuges have not produced uranium usually defined as weapon-grade, which is uranium enriched to 90% or higher in the isotope U-235. All of Iran’s production has been at lower grades. Thus, the lower-grade uranium would have to be enriched further to reach at least 90%.”
In April 2024, Iran <a href="https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2024/as-iran-threatens-israel-the-danger-of-tehrans-long-vaunted-missile-program-remains-in-question/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">launched</a> a reported 30 cruise and 120 ballistic missiles targeting Israel; the U.S. Director of National Intelligence stated, “Iran has the largest inventory of ballistic missiles in the region and continues to emphasize improving the accuracy, lethality and reliability of these systems.”
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei verbally attacked President Donald Trump in front of a crowd chanting “death to America” in recent comments; Khamenei accused Trump of “lying.”
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Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei: Trump Is Lying and His Statements Are Not Worth a Response; Israel Will Be Dismantled; Crowd Chants “Death to America” Multiple Times <a href="https://t.co/STqgNBsSP5">pic.twitter.com/STqgNBsSP5</a>
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On Tuesday, Senate Republicans, echoing statements made by President Trump, issued two social media posts bluntly calling for Iran’s nuclear program to be totally dismantled.
The first post on X simply stated, “Iran’s nuclear program must be totally dismantled.”
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The second, posted one hour later, declared, “Obama and Biden policies allowed Iran to come closer than ever to a nuclear weapon. Senate Republicans are working with @POTUS  to completely dismantle Iran’s nuclear program.”
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Obama and Biden policies allowed Iran to come closer than ever to a nuclear weapon.
Senate Republicans are working with <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> to completely dismantle Iran’s nuclear program.
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On Sunday, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/read-full-transcript-president-donald-trump-interviewed-meet-press-mod-rcna203514" target="_blank" rel="noopener">speaking</a> on NBC’s “Meet The Press,” President Trump reiterated his perspective that he will only settle for the total dismantlement of Iran’s nuclear program.
NBC News’ Kristin Welker asked, “Your administration has had conversations with Iran. Is the goal of these talks limiting Iran’s nuclear program or total dismantlement?”
“Total dismantlement,” Trump said bluntly.
“That’s all you’ll accept?” Welker persisted.
“Yeah, that’s all I’d accept,” Trump replied, later adding, “The Iranian people are incredible. I just don’t want them to have a nuclear weapon because the world will be destroyed.”
As the Hoover Institution <a href="https://www.hoover.org/research/obamas-disastrous-iran-deal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a> of Barack Obama’s disastrous 2015 Iran nuclear deal at the time it was approved, “By providing Iran with billions of dollars of immediate cash, this agreement will help Iran fund wars and terrorist attacks that could take thousands of lives. &#8230; Right off the bat, Iran’s nuclear program has gone from illegal to legal. The new agreement lets Iran keep 6,000 centrifuges and it allows the country to continue to do its own weapons research.”
Texas Senator Ted Cruz <a href="https://www.cruz.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2020/01/09/sen-cruz-catastrophic-obama-iran-nuclear-deal-helped-fund-missiles-that-attacked-our-service-members" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in January 2020, “Under Barack Obama, under the catastrophic Obama-Iran nuclear deal, the United States allowed between $100 million &#8212; $100 billion rather, and $150 billion to flow directly into Iran. The Obama administration sent $1.7 billion in cash in unmarked bills on pallets in the dead of night in a plane flown into Iran late at night. That money is fungible. And when you flood the Ayatollah, who is chanting ‘Death to America,&#8217; with over $100 billion, in a very real sense that money that the Obama administration allowed to flow into Iran is what helped fund those missiles that were attacking our servicemen and women.”
In November 2023, Rep. Brian Mast (R-FL), the chair of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Accountability, recalled, “About two months ago, President Biden agreed to hand over $6 BILLION as a part of a hostage deal with Tehran. Shortly after, Hamas, which receives hundreds of millions of dollars from Iran annually, launched an unprecedented and horrific attack on Israel on October 7th.”
“But instead of admitting this mistake and finding a way to claw back the money, the Biden Administration doubled down and minced words, saying that the money was not going to Iran,” he continued. “The lesson here should’ve been that handing over billions of dollars to our enemy will only strengthen them and put our allies in harm&#8217;s way. But President Biden, instead, allowed Iran to access an additional $10 BILLION.”
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/total-dismantlement-thats-all-id-accept-trump-on-irans-nuclear-program">‘Total Dismantlement … That’s All I’d Accept’: Trump On Iran’s Nuclear Program</a>

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Political commentator Mark Levin, who also <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114355616823261590" target="_blank" rel="noopener">serves</a> on the Trump administration’s Department of Homeland Security advisory council, delivered a message from Jerusalem warning that the Trump administration must not allow Iran to get nuclear weapons.
Levin was in Israel for the two days of Yom HaZikaron (Day of Remembrance), which honors the tens of thousands of Israeli soldiers, men and women, who gave their lives for the Jewish state, and Yom Ha’atzmaut (Israeli Independence Day), the following day.
Standing in front of the Western wall, the retaining wall behind which is the Temple Mount, the holiest place in Judaism and where the First and Second Temples stood, Levin pointed out that Jerusalem and Israel are sacred for both Jews and Christians, stating, “I’m standing here at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, the Holy Land for Jews and Christians. That wall was breached by the Romans, and the Second Temple was burned to the ground. Jews survived.”
“I want to make something very, very clear,” he declared. “The Iranian regime, Islamo-Nazi terrorist genocidal regime wants to get nuclear weapons, intercontinental ballistic missiles, shoot at America one day, destroy this: the Holy Land of Jews and Christians.”
“Let me tell you something, folks: we don’t get second chances with maniacs like this,” he warned. “So rather than them have nuclear bombs to attack us, why are we protecting their nuclear sites from our bombs? Explain that to me. So we’re going to have an EO (executive order), we’re gonna write it on paper, and they’re gonna say, ‘Y’know, we’re terrorists, we violate rules; we cut people’s throats, but we’re gonna honor the deal?’”
“No. They’re not gonna honor any deal, especially if there’s some deal where President Trump is president and then he leaves office. What about the next regime or the regime after that?” he asked rhetorically.
“This cannot be tolerated,” he asserted. “It’s bad enough that Communists have nuclear weapons, that fascists have nuclear weapons, but there’s not a terrorist country on the face of the earth that has a nuclear weapon. We must not usher it in.”
“This cannot stand,” Levin warned. “And I say that as an American that’s concerned about what happened on 9/11 and then other times that we have been attacked by these terrorists, too. They’re here. They’re here. They’re in this part of the world. Right here.”
“And now they’re vulnerable,” he stressed. “We’re gonna wait for their nuclear weapons and then wring our hands about it and say what are we gonna do about it? I don’t think so.”
“America, it’s time to speak out,” he proclaimed. “It’s time to rise up. Stop the Iranian nukes. Now is the time. “
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MARK AT THE WESTERN WALL IN JERUSALEM RIGHT NOW WARNING THE WORLD THAT IRAN MUST NEVER GET NUCLEAR WEAPONS PERIOD. <a href="https://t.co/7IWUfyO1uF">pic.twitter.com/7IWUfyO1uF</a>
— Mark R. Levin (@marklevinshow) <a href="https://twitter.com/marklevinshow/status/1917596618573877563?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 30, 2025</a></blockquote>
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‘We Don’t Get Second Chances With Maniacs Like This’: Levin Warns Iran Must Not Get Nuclear Weapons

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Once again, the Islamic Republic of Iran is drawing the United States into talks through the Sultanate of Oman. Some Western officials and analysts frame this as an <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iran-us-start-talks-oman-under-shadow-regional-conflict-2025-04-12/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">opportunity</a> for de-escalation, but the evidence suggests otherwise. The regime’s decision to engage is a tactical maneuver aimed at delaying pressure, repositioning itself diplomatically, and benefiting from potential external shifts. If not met with firm containment, this round of diplomacy will mirror past failures.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/iran" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iran’s</a> current position is fragile. The <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/06/us-will-collapse-irans-economy-by-shutting-down-its-oil-industry-treasury-secretary-says.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">economy</a> is deteriorating rapidly, with persistent inflation and currency depreciation undermining basic economic stability. Domestically, the regime continues to face discontent that, while suppressed by force, has not been resolved through legitimacy. 
Regionally, its power projection has eroded. Hamas has been severely degraded, Hezbollah has suffered significant military setbacks, and Iran’s network of militias faces growing pressure from Israel and Western-aligned actors. The regime is seeking time for political dynamics in Washington to shift, for global energy markets to realign, and for Persian Gulf partners to return focus to short-term economic stabilization over long-term isolation strategies. None of this signals readiness to change course — it signals a regime buying time, again.
Engagement with Iran does not support the Iranian people. Every round of diplomacy has ended with the IRGC stronger, dissidents more isolated, and Tehran more defiant. Historically, sanctions relief and renewed <a href="https://www.meforum.org/mef-observer/how-the-iranian-regime-seeks-to-build-its-power-upon-american-naivete" target="_blank" rel="noopener">diplomatic engagement</a> have bolstered the regime’s internal security networks. Resources gained through these openings are funneled to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), intelligence services, and patronage systems that reinforce regime control. The October 7 massacre was the price of appeasement. Billions flowed to Iran under Biden — and blood flowed in Israel.
The coalition pushing for a deal does not have American interests in mind. China and Russia want breathing room for their ally. The Europeans want to claim progress ahead of their own elections. And some in the Persian Gulf would rather appease Tehran than risk direct confrontation. 
<div id="attachment_911379" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-911379" class="size-large wp-image-911379" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-2210316600-864x576.jpg" alt="Italian police officers outside the entrance of the Omani embassy, in Rome, Italy, on Saturday, April 19, 2025. Iran and the US on Saturday began a second round of talks aimed at reaching a deal over Tehran's nuclear program, according to Iranian state television. Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg via Getty Images" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-2210316600-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-2210316600-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-2210316600-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-2210316600.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" />Italian police officers outside the entrance of the Omani embassy, in Rome, Italy, on Saturday, April 19, 2025. Photographer: Alessia Pierdomenico/Bloomberg via Getty Images</div>
President Donald Trump has an opportunity to break this cycle of failure. His administration must recognize that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei is not a rational actor. He does not negotiate in good faith, he does not reform, and he does not seek peace. Like Hamas’s Yahya Sinwar, Khamenei sees both survival and martyrdom as victory — an outlook rooted in radical Islamist ideology that glorifies death over compromise. As Gaza burned, Sinwar sat gripping a stick, waiting for the drone that would kill him — convinced he had already won. Khamenei would do the same to Iran. He would rather watch cities collapse and millions suffer than compromise with the West. 
Some argue that if Tehran <a href="https://allisrael.com/is-the-libyan-disarmament-a-viable-model-for-iran-understanding-the-option-netanyahu-would-like-to-see" target="_blank" rel="noopener">dismantles</a> its nuclear program and allows missile inspections, a deal might be acceptable — similar to the Libya model. But that view misunderstands the nature of the Islamic Republic. Its nuclear ambitions are a symptom, not the root of the threat. The regime’s hostility toward the U.S. and Israel is ideological, rooted in its identity. That identity cannot be negotiated away. A deal now would prolong the regime’s survival and empower the institutions behind its repression and aggression. 
Tehran’s use of calibrated escalation further underscores the risks of engagement without parallel containment. In 2019, the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/14/world/middleeast/saudi-arabia-refineries-drone-attack.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">regime</a> struck Saudi oil infrastructure expecting a restrained U.S. response. Israeli <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgr0yvrx4qpo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strikes</a> on IRGC-affiliated targets have been met with limited, symbolic responses rather than strategic confrontation. This behavior is consistent with a <a href="https://www.iiss.org/globalassets/media-library---content--migration/images/comment/analysis/2017/december/2-mcinnis2125.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">doctrine</a> of calculated, limited escalation designed to generate leverage and delay decisive retaliation. It is not evidence of de-escalation.
While indirect negotiations may appear diplomatically useful, they allow Tehran to manipulate outcomes while avoiding direct commitments. Engagement becomes a form of enablement. The danger is not the act of negotiation itself, but the repetition of a failed process in which pressure is relieved while Tehran stabilizes, regroups, and continues regional destabilization.
To protect U.S. and allied interests, the correct response to the regime’s current posture is neither renewed engagement nor war, but the full activation of isolation mechanisms. This includes triggering the UN snapback sanctions mechanism under <a href="https://www.congress.gov/119/bills/sres81/BILLS-119sres81is.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">UNSCR 2231</a>, designating the IRGC as a terrorist organization at the <a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-838780" target="_blank" rel="noopener">EU level</a>, freezing <a href="https://financialpost.com/pmn/us-imposes-sanctions-on-a-chinese-refinery-accused-of-buying-iranian-oil" target="_blank" rel="noopener">assets</a> linked to Chinese and Malaysian brokers facilitating regime oil exports, and exposing the logistical infrastructure that allows the IRGC to operate regionally. European banks and Persian Gulf financial institutions still transacting with regime-linked entities should face coordinated diplomatic and financial pressure. Isolation must be operational and enforced.
<div id="attachment_911393" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-911393" class="wp-image-911393 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-2209282209-864x576.jpg" alt="An Iranian driver sits in his vehicle, which is parked under an anti-U.S. mural in downtown Tehran, Iran, on April 12, 2025, during the day of the Iran-U.S. nuclear discussions. According to Iranian officials, indirect nuclear discussions between Iran and the United States begin in Muscat, Oman, on April 12. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-2209282209-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-2209282209-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-2209282209-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/04/GettyImages-2209282209.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" />An Iranian driver sits in his vehicle, which is parked under an anti-U.S. mural in downtown Tehran, Iran, on April 12, 2025, during the day of the Iran-U.S. nuclear discussions. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto via Getty Images)</div>
In the likely event of further regime degradation, the United States and its allies must be prepared for a leadership vacuum. Any transition scenario must include support for figures with broad-based legitimacy, cross-generational appeal, and a clear public commitment to secular democratic governance. The <a href="https://www.meforum.org/mef-observer/the-u-s-must-engage-with-reza-pahlavi" target="_blank" rel="noopener">son of the late Shah</a> is uniquely positioned as a unifying figure with broad-based legitimacy and recognition required to facilitate a post-regime transition. He consistently advocates a referendum-based process to empower Iranians in determining their political future, explicitly refraining from promoting any particular system, including monarchy. His value lies in providing political continuity, grounded solely in his national stature and widespread public recognition during a potentially volatile transition period. During recent national celebrations — including Nowruz and Chaharshanbe Suri — <a href="https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-847541" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Iranians</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUrz6uoeRXc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">chanted</a> his name in cities across the country. These were not isolated incidents or orchestrated campaigns; they were widespread, public expressions of recognition. No other figure inside or outside Iran has generated this level of organic visibility. 
There are additional risks that must be managed. Steve Witkoff, appointed as special envoy by the Trump administration, currently leads the Iran talks. His extensive <a href="https://jewishinsider.com/2024/11/steve-witkoff-middle-east-envoy-real-estate-mogul-donald-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">business</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/25/us/politics/witkoff-trump-middle-east-envoy.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">connections</a> with investors in Persian Gulf states, notably Qatar and Saudi Arabia, raise legitimate concerns about regional influence over U.S. policy direction. Some regional partners could advocate for a &#8216;stability-focused&#8217; agreement that sustains a weakened yet intact Islamic Republic, rather than supporting a genuinely secular and democratic alternative beyond their sphere of influence. This scenario would replicate the strategic failures of the JCPOA, entrenching regime survival without accountability, and directly compromising U.S. and Israeli national security interests.
If negotiations stall, Tehran’s fallback is limited, survivable conflict. The regime has long embraced a strategy of controlled escalation — not to win wars, but to provoke just enough confrontation to shift global focus, fracture internal dissent, and reset its legitimacy. In its calculus, limited war is safer than isolation. That’s why containment must be decisive. If neither diplomacy nor confrontation offer the regime an exit, internal collapse becomes inevitable.
The current diplomatic track with Iran is not designed to prevent conflict or nuclear escalation. It is designed to create space for the regime to survive. That calculation must be reversed. The United States and its allies must pursue containment and isolation as the strategic baseline — not the fallback. That’s how you flip the script — and how you make Tehran fear American resolve again.
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Dr. Aidin Panahi is an Iranian-American research professor, energy expert, and political activist. He is the cofounder of the “From Boston to Iran” initiative and his analyses on security and policy issues have appeared in outlets including The Jerusalem Post, Washington Times, Middle East Forum, Homeland Security Today, and Visegrád24. X: @Aidin_FreeIran 
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Fox News host Mark Levin said Sunday that he believed that President Donald Trump was the &#8220;right man&#8221; to ensure that Iran doesn&#8217;t get nuclear weapons.
Levin made the comment during a discussion on the necessity of eliminating Iran&#8217;s capacity for having nuclear weapons with Arkansas GOP Senator Tom Cotton, the Iraq War veteran who is the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee and sits on the Armed Services Committee. Cotton has long been a staunch opponent of Iran having a nuclear weapon; he led the charge against the Obama nuclear deal with Iran that permitted the terrorist regime to continue the pursuit of building nuclear weapons.
&#8220;I’m not asking you to violate any secrets, obviously, or anything of that sort,&#8221; Levin began. &#8220;Is Iran really close to having a nuclear weapon and is that something we should take seriously? Or, as some people say, &#8216;It’s very manageable. Don’t be a warmonger. Don’t interfere. Don’t be a neo-con. Just let the good little terrorists do whatever they’re going to do and we’ll be just fine.'&#8221;
&#8220;Mark, Iran is very close to having a nuclear weapon, and it’s something that we should fear and that we shouldn’t tolerate.&#8221; Cotton replied. &#8220;Donald Trump’s been very clear about this; for as long as he’s been in politics, going back 10 years. In fact, the first conversation I ever had with Donald Trump, he was coming to Arkansas to speak at a Republican party dinner. I happened to be going to Vienna that weekend to meet with the International Atomic Energy Agency. And he called me and he said that the one thing we can’t do is let Iran have a nuclear weapon. And he’s been clear about that publicly over and over again because Iran is not a normal nation. It’s a fanatical theocratic dictatorship. And if they get nuclear weapons, they’re likely to use them.&#8221;
Answering Levin&#8217;s question about how close Iran was to having a nuclear weapon, Cotton continued, &#8220;How close are they? They have enough enriched uranium now that they could probably produce enough weapons-grade in just a matter of days, maybe a few weeks. And then it’s only a matter of marrying up that nuclear weapon to the missiles they already have that can reach our friends in Israel and throughout the Middle East.&#8221;
&#8220;But it’s worse than that, Mark,&#8221; Cotton declared. &#8220;They have a space launch program which is really just flimsy cover for a ballistic missile program, and they’re probably just a few years away from having missiles that could hit us here in the United States, that could hit Florida or Arkansas or Washington, D.C. So it is a grave threat, not just to our friends in the Middle East but to the United States itself. And that’s why President Trump has been completely clear that Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon.&#8221;
&#8220;And Mark, I think it’s important to remember how we got to this point as well,&#8221; he recalled. &#8220;We got here because of the terrible Obama deal with Iran that allowed them to enrich uranium, that allowed them to keep all their centrifuges, that allowed them to continue research into ballistic missiles. President Trump has been clear that Iran has no reason to enrich uranium. They therefore have no reason to keep their centrifuges, and they certainly have no reason to be developing intercontinental missiles that could hit the United States. If Iran is willing to make a deal on those terms, and as President Trump said last week, we can have peace and they can live happily without death.&#8221;
Trump has recently said, &#8220;Iran has a chance to have a great country and to live happily without death.&#8221;
&#8220;But if they insist on keeping all that enriched uranium and all those centrifuges and their missile program, as he has said, we’re going to have to take a different path,&#8221; Cotton said.
&#8220;In other words, they need to dismantle this, and it needs to be provable in a way in the past it hasn’t been provable, cause they cheat and they lie and they steal,&#8221; Levin stated. &#8220;I mean, after all, they are terrorists and just because they signed a piece of paper, &#8216;Oh, yeah, we’ll sign whatever you give us. Oh, that all you have? Sure, sure, sure,&#8217; it means absolutely nothing.&#8221;
&#8220;I have complete faith in Donald Trump on this; he’s the right man at the right time,&#8221; Levin asserted. &#8220;I have complete faith in Benjamin Netanyahu; he’s the right man at the right time. And I think there’s a lot of static out there by a cabal of individuals who seem to think that nuclear weapons in the hands of an enemy — not just any enemy, but one that doesn’t believe in mutually assured destruction, it just believes in destruction — is manageable or it’s OK. And I’m not willing to bet our country, society, my children and grandchildren, on that. Are you?&#8221;
&#8220;No,&#8221; Cotton said firmly. &#8220;Absolutely not, Mark. And I agree with you: I have confidence in President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu; they understand the stakes here; they understand that the only acceptable deal is one in which Iran dismantles its nuclear program, turns over its enriched uranium, turns over its centrifuges, stops ballistic missile research.&#8221;
Cotton pointed out that the U.S. had intervened before to stop a rogue state from having nuclear weaponry, recalling, &#8220;Libya did the exact same thing in 2003. It was scared straight; it threw open the doors, let us come in and take away all of its nuclear programs as well as biological and chemical weapons programs as well. And we took Libya off the list of state sponsors of terrorism; we lifted sanctions on them. They became a de facto ally, even though Muammar Khadafi still had a lot of American blood on his hands in the past.&#8221;
&#8220;There’s a clear model of what a good, enforceable, verifiable deal would look like here,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It does not involve any enrichment of uranium, or Iran possessing centrifuges or continuing its production of ballistic missiles. That’s the kind of deal that President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu have both been clear about for many years.&#8221;
&#8220;You know, senator, if Iran doesn’t intend to build nuclear weapons to harm us or anybody else, then what’s the problem?&#8221; Levin asked. &#8220;Why won’t they dismantle it? But if they won’t dismantle it, then they’ve revealed what they’re really up to.&#8221;
&#8220;They claim they want a nuclear energy program; there are plenty of countries around the world that have nuclear energy and don’t enrich uranium, that don’t have centrifuges, that acquire it [nuclear energy] from countries that do,&#8221; Cotton noted. &#8220;There’s no reason for Iran, as you say, to have this vast nuclear infrastructure. That’s why they’re only a few months away from getting the bomb. It’s what Barack  Obama let them get.&#8221;
&#8220;It&#8217;s funny; they sell their oil to Communist China. I guess they’re not exactly running out of energy. But they’re liars, they’re thieves, and they’re terrorists. That’s what the regime is. That’s the bottom line,&#8221; Levin concluded.
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Levin, Cotton On Iran: President Trump The ‘Right Man At The Right Time’

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President Donald Trump said on Monday that he believed Iran was trying to slow-walk any potential nuclear deal with the United States because they were &#8220;used to dealing with stupid people in this country.&#8221;
Trump made the comments during an Oval Office meeting with Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele — whose cooperation has been an essential part of the Trump administration&#8217;s efforts to deport alleged dangerous illegal alien gang members affiliated with Tren de Aragua and MS-13.
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.<a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a>: &quot;Iran has to get rid of the concept of a nuclear weapon. They cannot have a nuclear weapon&#8230; I think they&#39;re tapping us along because they were so used to dealing with stupid people in this country.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/tfMQXo1GGu">pic.twitter.com/tfMQXo1GGu</a>
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&#8220;Iran wants to deal with us but they don&#8217;t know how,&#8221; Trump explained. &#8220;They really don&#8217;t know how. We had a meeting with them on Saturday. We have another meeting scheduled next Saturday — I said that&#8217;s a long time. You know, that&#8217;s a long time, so I think they might be tapping us along.&#8221;
&#8220;Iran has to get rid of the concept of a nuclear weapon. They cannot have a nuclear weapon,&#8221; Trump added, turning to Bukele, who was next to him, continuing,  &#8220;He can&#8217;t have a nuclear weapon. We can&#8217;t have anybody having nuclear weapons, you know? We can&#8217;t have nuclear weapons. And I think they&#8217;re tapping us along because they were so used to dealing with stupid people in this country.&#8221;
Trump went on to say that Iran had been more or less under control — largely because he had restricted their cash flow — during his first administration.
&#8220;I had Iran perfect, you had no attacks, you would have never had October 7th in Israel, the attack by Hamas,&#8221; Trump said then, adding, &#8220;Because Iran was broke, they were stone-cold broke when I was president, and I don&#8217;t want to do — I want them to be a rich, great nation! The only thing is, one thing — simple, it&#8217;s really simple — they can&#8217;t have a nuclear weapon. And they got to go fast, because they&#8217;re fairly close to having one, and they&#8217;re not going to have one — and if we have to do something very harsh, we&#8217;ll do it. And I&#8217;m not doing it for us, I&#8217;m doing it for the world. These are radicalized people.&#8221;

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Trump: Iran Is Slow-Walking Nuclear Deal Because They’re ‘Used To Dealing With Stupid People’

Trump: Iran Is Slow-Walking Nuclear Deal Because They're 'Used To Dealing With Stupid People'

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National security adviser Mike Waltz on &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; reacted to a news report from last week that indicated Israel is likely to strike Iran&#8217;s nuclear program by saying that President Donald Trump will never allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.
The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/02/12/israel-iran-us-intelligence/">reported</a> last week that Israel &#8220;is likely to attempt a strike on Iran’s Fordow and Natanz nuclear facilities in the first six months of 2025.&#8221;
Waltz was asked about what the U.S. involvement would be in a strike on Iran, given that Israel might need U.S. assistance with destroying Iran&#8217;s underground facilities.
&#8220;I can speak to what the president has repeatedly said and that is Iran can never have a nuclear weapon,&#8221; Waltz said. &#8220;That not only would be existential for Israel, I think it would be existential for the entire world, because it could kick off a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.&#8221;
&#8220;How we get there, I&#8217;m not going to get into the details here, but the president has also expressed a willingness to take whatever action is necessary,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;All options are on the table, but also to talk to Iran as well if they want to give up their entire program and not play games as we&#8217;ve seen Iran do in the past in prior negotiations.&#8221;
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He concluded, &#8220;I&#8217;ll promise you this: President Trump is absolutely serious, deadly serious, when he says Iran can never have a nuke, and certainly not on President Trump&#8217;s watch; they are an irrational actor that we cannot allow to have their finger on the button.&#8221;
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Mike Waltz: Trump Is ‘Deadly Serious’ About Stopping Iran From Obtaining Nuclear Weapons

Mike Waltz

Israel is reportedly considering carrying out &#8220;significant strikes&#8221; against Iran&#8217;s nuclear sites this year, according to an analysis from U.S. intelligence agencies.
The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/israel-sees-opening-for-strikes-on-iranian-nuclear-sites-u-s-intelligence-warned-76a7fa24" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that the analysis, which was done during the final days of the Biden administration, concluded that Israel is looking to take maximal advantage of Iran&#8217;s weakened state.
A subsequent report created after Trump took office produced similar findings, the report said.
Officials familiar with the report said that it indicated Israel believes President Donald Trump is far more likely to support Israel&#8217;s decision to take out the nuclear sites than former President Joe Biden.
The U.S. military believes that it would need to supply specific munitions for the strike given that one of the facilities is buried under a mount and the U.S. is the only country in the world that has powerful enough bunker buster bombs to reach it.
The report said in-part:
<blockquote>In December, the U.S. intelligence community issued its sharpest warning yet that Iran could move to develop nuclear weapons. Iran has amassed a large stockpile of highly enriched uranium and is thought to have been working on the technical details of completing work on a bomb should it make the political decision to go ahead.
Iran has long forsworn development of a nuclear weapon, but the December report concluded the risks have increased that it could change its mind to develop an effective deterrent, pointing to a public debate in the country over going nuclear. Israel over the past year wiped out the top leadership and much of the arsenal amassed by Lebanese militia Hezbollah, an Iran ally and a deterrent to Israeli attacks, and crippled Iran’s air defenses.
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria also deprived Iran of one of its most important allies and a crucial platform for projecting power in the region. Meanwhile, Iranian missile strikes against Israel in retaliation for Israeli attacks have failed to do much damage.</blockquote>
Iran is also dealing with a weakened economy that is likely to be further weakened by President Donald Trump&#8217;s new maximum pressure campaign against the country.
While Trump has signaled at times that he is open to diplomacy with Iran, he has always sent strong signals that he is prepared to use the U.S. military to deal with the Islamic regime if need be, which comes after the country has repeatedly tried to assassinate Trump over the last year.
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Israel Reportedly Planning To Launch ‘Significant Strikes’ Against Iran Nuclear Sites This Year

Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lindsey-graham" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lindsey Graham</a> (R-SC) said over the weekend that the U.S. needs to be ready to support Israel if it decides that it is time to eliminate Iran&#8217;s nuclear program.
Graham made the remarks on &#8220;Fox News Sunday&#8221; as the Islamic regime continues to inch closer to acquiring a nuclear weapon.
&#8220;We&#8217;re trying to define the world in which we live in accurately,&#8221; Graham said. &#8220;Senator Fetterman has been a champion for the State of Israel.&#8221;
&#8220;I went to him and asked him, would you work with me to do a census Senate resolution saying that over decades, Iran has been trying to acquire a nuclear weapon, not a nuclear power plant, that they&#8217;re the largest state sponsor of terrorism, that they would blow Israel off the map if they had a nuclear weapon, that they would come after us?&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And he said, I would be glad to.&#8221;
&#8220;So what this resolution does, it lays out the case against Iran&#8217;s nuclear ambition,&#8221; Graham said. &#8220;Bibi and the Israelis are going to have to make a decision relatively soon what to do about the Iran nuclear program.&#8221;
&#8220;This is not an authorization to use force, but I am here to tell you and the audience and the world that I think America should support an effort by Israel if they decide to decimate the Iranian nuclear program, because I think it&#8217;s a threat to mankind,&#8221; he added.
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Lindsey Graham: U.S. Needs To Support Israel If It Decides To Strike Iran Nuclear Facilities

John Fetterman

Lindsey Graham

Rafael Grossi, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which is part of the United Nations and “seeks to promote the safe, secure and peaceful use of nuclear technologies,” warned this week that Iran has grown close to developing nuclear weapons.
Before the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, which restricted Iran to enriching uranium to 3.68% purity, Iran had “200 kilograms of uranium enriched to 20% purity, and around 10,000 kilograms of low-enriched uranium at levels of 5% purity or lower,” The Times of Israel <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/un-monitor-says-reviving-iran-deal-now-irrelevant-since-tehran-on-cusp-of-nuke/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">noted</a>.
But Grossi warned Monday that “It has uranium at 60% — 90% is military grade — and is thus practically at the same level as nuclear-armed states.”
Earlier this month, the Office of the United States Director of National Intelligence reported that “Iran now has enough fissile material to make more than a dozen nuclear weapons.”
“Iran has <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/a-weakened-iran-still-has-a-major-deterrent-the-nuclear-option-907c3c34?mod=article_inline" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-type="link">enough highly enriched uranium</a> alone to build four nuclear bombs, making it the only nonnuclear-weapon country to be producing 60% near-weapons-grade fissile material. It would take just a few days to convert that stockpile into weapons-grade nuclear fuel,” The Wall Street Journal r<a href="//2068CA17-DA38-4811-844F-08C0FDB1EBBB/v" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eported</a> on December 13.
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Iran “is actively trying to kill President Trump,” a source on President-elect Trump’s transition stated. “That certainly influences everybody’s thinking when it comes to what the relationship is out the gate.”
“According to court documents, Iranian officials asked Farhad Shakeri, 51, in September to focus on surveilling and ultimately assassinating Trump,” CNN <a href="//2068CA17-DA38-4811-844F-08C0FDB1EBBB/v" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> on November 9.
“The charges announced today expose Iran&#8217;s continued brazen attempts to target U.S. citizens, including President-elect Donald Trump, other government leaders and dissidents who criticize the regime in Tehran,” FBI Director Christopher Wray <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sylvester-stallones-neighbors-upset-over-addition-to-sprawling-estate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> after Shakeri was charged. “The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps — a designated foreign terrorist organization — has been conspiring with criminals and hitmen to target and gun down Americans on U.S. soil .”
“According to the complaint and other public statements and filings, the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran (the Government of Iran) is actively targeting nationals of the United States and its allies living in countries around the world for attacks, including assault, kidnapping, and murder,” the DOJ stated.

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UN Nuclear Inspector: Iran At ‘Practically The Same Level As Nuclear-Armed States’

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President-elect <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> is reportedly weighing different options, including military options, for how to confront and destroy the threat of nuclear weapons being produced by the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The Wall Street Journal <a href="https://www.wsj.com/world/middle-east/trump-iran-plan-nuclear-weapons-def26f1d?st=YnGeyY&amp;reflink=article_email_share" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> that military strikes against nuclear facilities are now under serious consideration by the incoming president.
Adding the urgency is Iran&#8217;s increasing illicit stockpile of enriched uranium; it now has enough nuclear fuel to produce several nuclear bombs; the outbreak of war in the Middle East caused by Iran&#8217;s funding of terrorism; Israel decimating Hamas and Hezbollah; the rapid fall of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad; and Iran&#8217;s repeated attempts to assassinate Trump.
Trump has reportedly signaled to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that he wants to take care of the problem, but he does not want to ignite an all-out war.
Trump&#8217;s incoming national security team is devising a new “maximum pressure 2.0” campaign against Iran that would impose even tougher sanctions on Iran and potentially add in a military component.
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Trump could beef up Israel&#8217;s military by stationing more U.S. forces in the region in addition to selling &#8220;advanced weapons to Israel, such as bunker-busting bombs, strengthening its offensive firepower to take Iranian nuclear facilities offline.&#8221;
The report added:
<blockquote>Trump aides and confidants supporting military options for his second term said the main idea would be to support Israeli strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities like Natanz, Fordow and Isfahan, and even potentially have the U.S. participate in a joint operation. Many current and former Israeli officials say there are huge uncertainties of how successful Israel would be in mounting a solo attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities, some of which are buried deep underground.</blockquote>
Mark Dubowitz, chief executive of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said that if there was ever a time to neutralize the threat posed by Iran&#8217;s nuclear weapons program, now would be the time.
In an interview published this week with TIME, Trump told the magazine that &#8220;anything can happen&#8221; with respect to the U.S. going to war with Iran in the near future.
&#8220;Anything can happen,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s a very volatile situation.&#8221;
Gabriel Noronha, who worked on Iran policy at the State Department during the first Trump administration, told the Journal that there was &#8220;strong support&#8221; inside Israel for taking military action against Iran after the October 7 terrorist attack.
&#8220;Iran does not have much room to go before they hit [Israel’s] red lines, and they still seem intent on escalating further,&#8221; he added.

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Trump Weighing Military Action Against Iran To Stop Nuclear Weapons Program: Report

Two Democratic lawmakers are pushing President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> to sign on to an effort to restrict presidential authority over the use of nuclear weapons ahead of President-elect Donald Trump taking office.
Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts and Rep. Ted Lieu of California <a href="https://www.markey.senate.gov/news/press-releases/with-trump-returning-to-office-sen-markey-rep-lieu-urge-biden-administration-to-place-limits-on-presidential-authority-to-start-nuclear-war" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wrote</a> to Biden on Thursday to urge him to support legislation that would block presidents from ordering a first-strike with a nuclear weapon. Markey and Lieu’s legislation, the Restricting First Use of Nuclear Weapons Act, has been introduced to Congress numerous times since 2015.
“Mr. President, with just weeks left in office, you can safeguard the system against Donald Trump or any future unstable president, and make it constitutional,” the Democratic lawmakers wrote.
To make their case, they provided examples of military leaders who, under the Nixon and Trump administrations, took steps to undermine the president’s constitutional authority over nuclear weapons. Rather than denouncing such action, the lawmakers argued that a legislative fix is needed to keep the decision to launch a preemptive nuclear strike out of the hands of “just one fallible human.”
Despite the concerns of former Defense Secretary James Schlesinger under former President Richard Nixon and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley under Trump, neither president threatened to launch a preemptive nuclear strike.
“We urge you to announce that henceforth it will be the policy of the United States that it will not initiate a nuclear first strike without express authorization from Congress,” the lawmakers wrote.
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According to the Democrats, under the legislation, “A president could order a nuclear launch only if (1) Congress had approved the decision, providing a constitutional check on executive power or (2) the United States had already been attacked with a nuclear weapon.&#8221;
“This would be infinitely safer than our current doctrine,” they wrote.
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Come January, Donald Trump will have the sole authority to launch a nuclear strike. This should terrify you. That&#39;s why <a href="https://twitter.com/RepTedLieu?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepTedLieu</a> and I are urging <a href="https://twitter.com/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@POTUS</a> to put guardrails on presidential authority to start nuclear war. <a href="https://t.co/Wtvb6B2m4r">pic.twitter.com/Wtvb6B2m4r</a>
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Critics of the legislation accused the lawmakers of holding a partisan double-standard meant to cast Trump as unstable.
“They were fine with a guy who’s literally senile launching nukes…But now they want to rein things in?” RealClearInvestigations&#8217; Mark Hemingway said.
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They were fine with a guy who’s literally senile launching nukes…But now they want to rein things in? <a href="https://t.co/dd9u5sp8cG">https://t.co/dd9u5sp8cG</a>
&mdash; Mark Hemingway (@Heminator) <a href="https://twitter.com/Heminator/status/1867315738534683018?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 12, 2024</a></blockquote>
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Democrats Call On Biden To Tie Trump’s Hands Over U.S. Nuclear Strike Capabilities

Democrats Call On Biden To Tie Trump's Hands Over U.S. Nuclear Strike Capabilities

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