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Source: https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2026/02/24/iran-us-strikes-expert-forum-roundup-00794832
Trump Focusing on Iran's Pursuit of Nuclear Weapons
(Politico) Amb. Dennis Ross - The Iranians now seem to feel that Trump can be deterred by their threats to attack U.S. forces, interests and friends throughout the region. They read him as wanting only a limited conflict and they are threatening a much wider one. Neither side actually wants a wider war. The Iranians, for all their bluster, know they are profoundly vulnerable with little or no air defense, and with the risk that their forces, including the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and related control mechanisms of their public, could be dramatically weakened by a war that escalates. I think President Trump defines his objective as: Iran doesn't rebuild its nuclear infrastructure and program and effectively gives up its pursuit of nuclear weapons in a way that is unmistakable.