Can Trump eliminate Iran's nuclear program? Ukrainian expert explains
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The US likely won't destroy Iran's enriched uranium. The issue of nuclear weapons production by Iranian specialists has already been resolved, stated Valerii Klochok, head of the Center for Public Analytics Vezha and chairman of the Charitable Foundation Nova Doroha in a comment to RBC-Ukraine's YouTube channel.
"I don’t think they will destroy it (the uranium - ed). I already shared my version. The issue of Iran producing nuclear weapons has essentially been resolved. It will happen sooner or later. And the United States has been spreading information about possible strikes for a long time and not by accident," the expert believes.
According to him, Iran likely managed to remove the enriched uranium from the nuclear facilities that the US attacked. No radioactive emissions were detected after the strike.
"This means that Iran had taken this fuel out of there in advance, and it was no accident; they had been warned about it," he added.
Klochok also believes that it is practically impossible to completely change the regime in Iran.
"Iran has a population of 90 million. Even the opposition to Khamenei is anti-Israel. So ideally, the best-case scenario would be a change in the face of the leadership — one that is more open to the world, especially the West, and one that would declare its intent to sign an agreement on developing only peaceful nuclear technology," he noted.
The expert also pointed out that the ideology and strategic thinking of the Shiite world, especially in Iran, emphasize resilience and endurance - "they can withstand pressure for a long time." One example of this, he said, is that Iran has been under US sanctions since the 1950s.
US strikes on Iran
On June 22, the United States attacked three of Iran's nuclear facilities in Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, which are located underground.
US bombers dropped a full load of GBU-57 Massive Ordnance Penetrator anti-bunker bombs on these facilities.
