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Op-Ed · Stimson Center · November 4, 2024

Israeli Actions Push Iran Closer to Nuclear Weapons

Writing for the Stimson Center, Amir Handjani argues that recent Israeli military actions are accelerating, not slowing, Iran’s path toward a nuclear weapons capability.

In this commentary for the Stimson Center, Amir Handjani argues that the recent escalation of Israeli military actions against Iranian targets is producing the opposite of its stated aim: rather than deterring Tehran from pursuing a nuclear weapons capability, it is strengthening the hand of those inside the Iranian system who have long argued that only a bomb can guarantee the regime’s survival.

Read the full piece at the Stimson Center.