1、2025/6/23 11:57RUSI Experts React to US Strikes on Irans Nuclear Facilities|Royal United Services Institutehttps:/www.rusi.org/explore-our-research/publications/commentary/rusi-experts-react-us-strikes-irans-nuclear-facilities1/7COMMENTARYRUSI Experts React to US Strikes on Irans NuclearFacilitiesMa
2、tthew Savill,Dr Burcu Ozcelik and Darya Dolzikova 22 June 20257 Minute ReadOur experts comment on the US strikes of three Iraniannuclear facilities at Isfahan,Natanz and Fordow.Iran had vowed to retaliate harshly against US interestsin the Middle East if it attacked Iranian nuclear sites.Now that th
3、e strikes have come,Tehran faces a starkdilemma:retaliate and risk a wider war or pause toconsolidate at home.Dr Burcu OzcelikSenior Research Fellow,Middle East SecurityFollowing the US surgical strikes on three Iranian nuclear facilities,theconcern is what form the Iranian reaction will take.Irans
4、credibility,internally and externally,has received an unprecedented blow,as itultimately failed to shield its coveted nuclear programme.There is a tenuouschance that the risk of escalation may be containedprovided Washingtonsignals strongly that its operation was narrowly focused on curbing Iransnuc