Israel Strikes, U.S. Deal Limit Iran's Nuclear Program; Netanyahu Says Threat Persists

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Iran will not obtain nuclear weapons under any circumstances. Speaking at a press conference at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem, he stated, “Iran will not have nuclear weapons. -Israeli aerial campaign with saving Israel from nuclear annihilation.

He described the operation, which he called the largest strike sortie in Israeli history, as having “crushed” Iran’s nuclear and missile programs and inflicted hundreds of billions of dollars in damage, with some estimates approaching a trillion dollars.

“Had we not acted, Iran would already have nuclear bombs,” he said. The prime minister also reported that Israeli forces destroyed most of Hezbollah’s missiles in Lebanon and seized positions that had threatened northern Israeli communities.

“We broke the Iranian axis, the Iranian terror axis, and Hezbollah is a shadow of what it used to be,” Netanyahu stated. Despite these gains, Netanyahu said the effort is incomplete. “The struggle is not over,” he told reporters, adding that Israel would remain in security zones as long as needed.

He said the country is “stronger than ever” and will pursue new regional alliances. S. President Donald Trump concluded a peace deal with Iran on June 14. ” He added that the United States would hold “strong policing powers” to verify compliance.

U.S. Vice President JD Vance described the agreement as performance-based and said it would require Iran to abandon its nuclear weapons program and cease funding terrorist activities across the Middle East. He told ABC’s “Good Morning America” that the deal would benefit Israel, Gulf states, the United States, and potentially Iran itself.