In short, Iran picked a form of government we don't like, so they can't have nukes, even though they signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Nuclear Inspection deal.
The Zionist Entity hasn't signed the NPT.
They have attacked nearly all of their neighbors during their history. (so much for beign "Defensive")
They are systematically oppressing the Palestinian people.
they kidnapped one of their former citizens and put him for prison for just exposing their nuke program.
The US cannot overlook that Iran’s nuclear program is not simply about deterrence—it is a tool for advancing a revolutionary ideology.
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What US President Donald Trump’s administration might overlook is that Iran’s nuclear program is not simply about energy or military deterrence—it is a tool for advancing a revolutionary ideology. Since 1979, the Islamic Republic has operated along two strategic tracks:
exporting its Shia revolutionary doctrine and establishing influence through networks like the “
Axis of Resistance.” This expansion is not limited to the Middle East—it includes initiatives in
Africa and
Latin America, where Iran quietly builds ideological and military infrastructure.
At the core of this
ideology is an enduring hostility toward the United States and an obsession with the
destruction of Israel. This hostility has been cultivated, promoted, and practiced by both Supreme Leaders, beginning with Rouhollah Khomeini’s Friday prayer pulpit in Jamaran to Ali Khamenei’s headquarters in Pasteur and millions of social media followers. After forty-six years of its existence, we have also seen that all presidents within the regime—
reformists as well as
hardliners alike—have adhered to these tenets of the revolution.
The regime sees both countries not just as geopolitical threats, but as ideological antitheses. The United States, “the
Great Satan,” symbolizes liberal democracy, capitalism, religious pluralism, and gender equality. Israel, “the
Little Satan,” presents a unique and intolerable affront: a sovereign Jewish state thriving in the heart of what hardliners see as Islamic land.
For Iran’s leadership, Israel is not merely a rival; it is the primary obstacle to their ideological vision of regional domination. As Khomeini declared and Khamenei later invoked, the position on Israel is tantamount to a
cancerous tumor that must be eradicated. The Jewish state’s very existence undermines their belief in a historical and religious destiny that dates back to the Islamic conquests of the seventh century.
Western negotiators cannot dismiss the regime’s rhetoric. For
decades, paired
chants of “Death to America” and “Death to Israel” have echoed across Iranian political, educational, and religious institutions. Famously, the regime erected a public billboard with a
clock counting down to the destruction of Israel. Even during what was supposed to be friendlier times, post-Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)
on the heels of the nuclear agreement, Khamenei declared that Israel would not exist in 25 years and triggered an eruption of “death to America chants” among hundreds of his disciples.
