John Hultgren
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So many have managed to flee the country, but the different exile groups seem very divided, and we know very little about the opposition internally to Iran.
I think that USA's friends in the region feel quite weakened by Trump.
The United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, they had nothing to do with the start of this war, but they have still been very strong.
One thing is the export of oil and gas, but it is also about the image that these countries have wanted to show as tourist destinations.
And that is very strongly weakened now.
I think it can take time to build up again.
China is good friends with Iran.
They have developed technology and traded with each other for several years.
According to Trump, China will have played an important role in making sure that Iran will be involved in the negotiations.
So we can say that China has been one of several right-wingers to get to where we are now.
No, that's exactly it.
The regime in Teheran is still there, and it is, as far as we know, several hundred kilos of enriched uranium still in the country.
It is probably quite far under a lot of stones, but it is still there.
It is clear that militarily Iran is weakened, but that was not the goal of this war.
Yes, there have been many goals.
In the beginning, it was regime change.
Then it was to implement the atomic program, i.e.
Iran's atomic program.
Then it was to remove the ballistic missiles, which are a threat to Israel, because they can reach there.
They cannot reach, for example, the USA.