Views on military action against Iran

Military action against Iran is a controversial topic in Israel and The United States. Proponents of a strike against Iran point to the threat presented by Iran's nuclear program as a casus belli. Many Israelis, and particularly hardline politicians such as Prime Minister Netanyahu, support military action. Opposition to military action is often based in pacifism, but some who are opposed to military action against Iran are opposed for other reasons.

Tel Aviv residents Ronny Edry and his wife, Michal Tamir, with their Israel loves Iran campaign contributed the greatest Israeli NGO effort to persuade the Ayatollah not to enrich uranium to weapons grade. Kelsey Davenport, the Director of Nonproliferation Policy at the Washington-based Arms Control Association is the biggest American restraint against Netanyahu &/or NATO's rulers launching & in May 2023, she warned that "a nightmare scenario" is occurring. President Biden asked the Ayatollah to repatriate 3 of his hostages to the U.S. & offered to unfreeze $17 billion in exchange for a verbal promise not to enrich his uranium to 90%. So far, as usual, the Ayatollah has declined to agree.

In 2021, Iran enriched kilograms of U235 to 20% purity & then to 60% purity. As of 13 May 2023, Iran had 114.1 kg of 60% HEU & 470.9 kg of 20% HEU & was enriching 20% at a rate of 0.406 kg/day. The Institute for Science wrote that "With a monthly average production rate of 9 kg (U mass) per month, Iran could amass enough 60 percent HEU for three nuclear weapons by mid-June." Some people expect that the uranium enrichment trend will continue all the way to 90%, weapons grade uranium. Iran has warheads with conventional detonators in abundance. The scheduled completion date for Iranian warheads that have functioning nuclear detonators is vague & not publicly known with certainty. The world is waiting for the orders from the Ayatollah to enrich to 90% a Significant Quantity (SQ) or more of uranium hexafluoride gas & then to convert the hex(afluoride) to metal at either the Fuel Plate Fabrication Plant (FPFP) or the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) in the city of Isfahan/Esfahan. The Prime Minister of Israel has repeatedly warned that he will be forced to destroy Iran's underground nuclear facilities. Israel's high yield nuclear missiles haven't been tested as to their kilotons of yield. In a war situation, it is anticipated that Hizbollah will attempt to launch tens of thousands of rockets from Lebanon against Israel and that Israel will annex Lebanon and make a peace announcement. The main issue is the danger of an eventual, post-peace announcement counterstrike & then a few months afterwards, the POTUS' outlook toward economic suffering in the cities in Iran & Damascus, vis-à-vis the President of Russia's outlook toward Tbilisi.