Iran – A Geopolitical Opportunity for the  Free World
Date:June 21, 2025

The International Atomic Energy Agency recently confirmed that Iran is close to achieving its long-term objective of creating nuclear weapons that have the capability to destroy Israel and threaten its other perceived enemies including “The Great Satan”, the United States.

The massive aerial war initiated by the Israel Air Force on June 12th included attacks on several Iranian nuclear development sites but have not destroyed the major facility at Fordow where several thousand centrifuges are located about 300 feet under a mountain precisely to protect them from such an attack. The only weapon system which has the potential to seriously damage this location are the GKU-57, 30,000 pound “block buster” bombs developed by the US Air Force together with the B-2 Stealth bomber.

Following the meeting of the Group of Seven at Calgary on June 17th the Group stated that the destruction of these sites was in the interest of global peace. While returning from the meeting President Trump indicated he would make the decision to launch such an attack within two weeks unless he received an “unconditional surrender” from Iran.

The United States should not seek regime change in Iran. As Nikki Haley stated in an email on June 19th, “Our focus should only be on our national security, The Iranian regime has threatened the U.S. with nuclear production for years. We should support Israel in eliminating the Natanz and Fordow sites to prevent the threat of Iran getting a nuclear weapon, but the Iranian people should decide on who they want to be their leader. It is their decision, not ours.”

It is important for the US and our global partners to emphasize that they are not attacking the Iranian people, whom we admire, but their government which has chosen affiliation with the other totalitarian governments and carried out attacks throughout the Middle East by proxies in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen and Somalia. The weakening of Iran’s military and the loss of its nuclear threat will not be welcomed by Putin or Xi Janping.  Iran has been the key supplier of drones and other military equipment to Russia in their invasion of Ukraine. Taiwan also will benefit from Iran’s loss of military power in world affairs.

In summary, the destruction of Iran’s development of nuclear power for military use will be a great step forward towards global peace, and President Trump should authorize these attacks as soon as the Pentagon determines the optimum time to launch them. This opportunity should not be lost.

– Byron Kahrs Varme, Chairman