Iran and Nuclear
Iran’s nuclear program was never going to be eliminated through military means,” she said. “We simply don’t know what the damage is. We haven’t seen any credible damage assessments.” While infrastructure has almost certainly been degraded, the underlying capability — including technical knowledge and remaining materials —persists. In some ways, she said, the conflict may have reinforced Iran’s incentive to maintain or expand that capability. “If anything it complicated things by changing the strategic thinking in Iran,” Dolzikova said.
