Ambassador Robert Joseph
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Well, President Trump has been very optimistic in his statements lately that the conflict is coming to a conclusion.
The military objectives have clearly been achieved.
Thanks, of course, to the men and women in uniform.
And I think we all owe them a tremendous, tremendous gratitude for the sacrifices that they've made.
The military objectives included
Those that have been achieved included the elimination of the Air Force, the elimination of the Iranian Navy.
the elimination or decimation of its army, the attacks on the IRGC, which I think is probably more important than on the conventional military and on the besiege.
The besiege, of course, being the localized forces that are in many ways responsible for the deaths of over 30,000 Iranian protesters in January.
The defense industrial base has been decimated.
the leadership has been decimated.
The principal links to Iran's terrorist proxies have been severed.
And now we're in a situation where we're executing, I believe, what will be a very effective naval blockade, which will put enormous pressure on the Iranian regime.
Yet the political objectives are still outstanding.
First and foremost, of course, is denying Iran the capability to have a nuclear weapon.
Now, I understand that there is breaking news, as in the last 10 minutes, that the Iranians have agreed not to have a nuclear weapon, which they've always said in the past.
But they've agreed in this case to give up the 60% enriched uranium, enough for 11 nuclear weapons.
And at 60%, it's only a few steps away from weapons-grade fissile material.
The key that I haven't heard anything recently in this recent announcement is about enrichment and whether or not the Iranians will forego enrichment and that we will ensure that they can't enrich.
And I think that's a key element in any agreement, because having a nuclear weapon has been and continues to be, in my view, in the DNA of this regime.
Right.
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