All sounds pretty reasonable to me. If conceding with regards to nukes is what it takes for the US to save face and call what happened mission accomplished then that sounds fair enough to me, Iran has already proven it can handle whatever the US and Israel can throw at them without need of nukes. If the reparations and lifting of sanctions stick then that's a massive win for Iran considering that US assets in the region are now left in shambles.

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

It's not even a concession when Iran has been saying for decades it doesn't want nukes. We may not like or agree with that stance but that has been their documented stance for a long time, and it's not even possible to say that was just rhetorical posturing because if they really wanted to they would have had both means and ample opportunity (as well as justification and motivation following the repeated unprovoked Anglo-Zionist attacks) to build nuclear weapons.

[–] Orcinus@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 1 week ago

I sometimes wonder if they think they simply don't need them to fight nukes. China and allies have cheap, effective drones and hypersonic missiles that the US doesn't and cannot have, along with other possible stuff we're not aware of. Maybe they're confident in their ability to intercept possible nukes.