The American Foreign Policy magazine has published an article whose writer believes that the secret Israeli attacks that targeted the Iranian nuclear program have failed to persuade Iran to abandon its nuclear ambitions, and it has also failed to change Iran's approach to negotiations over its nuclear program.
Political analyst Anshal Vohra considered in her article by Foreign Policy that the Israeli attacks had backfired, as they strengthened Tehran's determination to continue enriching uranium and increase the enrichment rate, bringing it closer to obtaining a nuclear weapon.
The author said that the recent Israeli attack on the Iranian nuclear facility, Natanz, did not lead to the withdrawal of Iran or the United States from the negotiations held in Vienna, and Iran used it as an excuse to increase the level of uranium enrichment from 20% to 60%, which led to shortening the time required to build a nuclear bomb. .
The article cited the opinion of Ali Fayez, director of the Iran Project at the International Crisis Group, who said that covert Israeli attacks did not reduce Iran's nuclear activities, but only delayed them.
Fayez said that the continuation of these attacks would strengthen the position of Iranian militants who are pressing for the production of nuclear weapons, and that acts of sabotage and sanctions have only led to the steady growth of Iran's nuclear program, and that diplomatic efforts are the solution that can guarantee its reversal.
Meanwhile, Sanam Wakil, deputy director of the Middle East and North Africa Program at Chatham House in the United Kingdom, believes that Israel's preemptive strategy aims to pressure the administration of US President Joe Biden to deal with Iran's regional activities.
She said that the Biden administration does not seek at the present time to amend the nuclear agreement with Iran, but rather seeks to restore Tehran to the agreement and halt the progress of its nuclear program, as it ruled out that the United States would seek more concessions from the Iranian side that might calm Israeli concerns.
The author concluded that the Israeli sabotage attacks and the long-term economic sanctions imposed by the United States on Iran had a temporary effect in weakening Iran's negotiating position on the future of its nuclear program, but the important strategic question is whether Israel and the United States will understand that neither of the two matters is presented. A long-term solution to the crisis with Iran.