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WASHINGTON TIMES
Letter to the POTUS: A few hopefully helpful notes on Iran’s “Islamic Revolutionaries”
Clifford D. May
June 2, 2026

…You might remind people, too, that the regime’s nuclear program has been significantly set back. According to David Albright of the Institute for Science and International Security and Andrea Stricker of FDD, prior to the Twelve-Day War, Tehran could produce enough weapon-grade uranium for a nuclear weapon in about a week. It could build a deliverable weapon in less than six months. Now they assess that timeline has stretched to at least 2–3 years. People forget that inaction is not cost-free. One example: Osama bin Laden declared war on the United States in 1996. Two years later, al-Qaeda bombed two U.S. embassies in Africa. President Clinton responded by lobbing some missiles at an al Qaeda camp in Afghanistan to no effect. The attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 followed. A nuclear 9/11 might not result in “Death to America!” – the vow Iran’s rulers have been repeating for almost half a century. But after such an attack the United States would never be great again. READ MORE

JEWISH INSIDER Fetterman warns Trump against caving on Iran nuclear deal Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) said on Tuesday that he is growing increasingly concerned that President Donald Trump may agree to a deal with Iran that does not ensure the retrieval of Tehran’s stockpile of enriched uranium or that the regime will never acquire a nuclear weapon. Fetterman, who has become the most hawkish Democrat in Congress on Iran and the sole member of his party to vote against every Iran war powers resolution in recent months, spoke with Jewish Insider in Washington about the possible outcomes of the ongoing peace talks.

FREE PRESS
This Is How the Iran War Ends
Michael Doran
May 26, 2026

…The Democratic critics refuse to acknowledge the war’s substantial achievements, foremost among them the severe degradation of Iran’s nuclear weapons program. David Albright, the president of the Institute for Science and International Security and one of the leading independent experts on nuclear proliferation, assesses that Tehran went from near-certainty of the ability to build a nuclear weapon within months, to facing far longer timelines with substantially lower odds of success. Meanwhile, Iran’s economy lies in ruins from sanctions, lost oil revenue, and infrastructure damage. Its proxies wield a fraction of their former power and are incapable of coordinated behavior as the “Axis of Resistance.” The new Supreme Leader, a nepo-baby Ayatollah, hides underground and presides over a fractured leadership. Much of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ballistic missile program lies under rubble. The list goes on. Taken together, these gains leave the United States in a stronger strategic position than before the war began. READ MORE