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Source: https://x.com/mdubowitz/status/2047489126602088842
The Iranian Regime Has Suffered Significant Strategic Defeats
(X) Mark Dubowitz - As a result of the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, Iran's nuclear program has been set back years. Uranium enrichment and reprocessing has been gutted and weaponization sites destroyed. Fordow is inoperable, Natanz is in ruins, and a generation of senior nuclear scientists has been eliminated. Monthly production of ballistic missiles is down from 100 to near zero. Half the regime's missiles and launchers have been destroyed. Iran's air defenses have been devastated. It faces a naval blockade, near-zero oil exports, choked imports, wrecked steel and petrochemical sectors, triple-digit inflation, and a currency that is effectively worthless. Khamenei is dead. Larijani is dead. Hundreds of senior IRGC, intelligence, military, and Basij commanders are dead. Gulf states are shutting down the sanctions-busting, money-laundering, and financial escape routes the regime has relied on for years. Iran's proxy network is shattered, with Hizbullah and Hamas heavily degraded. In Syria, Assad is gone and the new government in Damascus is actively blocking Iranian arms transfers to Hizbullah. With Hizbullah battered and resupply choked, Israel and Lebanon have opened direct peace talks for the first time since 1983. There is much more to do, but it is hard to comprehend how much has been achieved. The writer is CEO of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.