IRAN: What the Bombs Leave Behind
The headlines report military success, destroyed centrifuges, a weakened enemy. What they don't report: the International Atomic Energy Agency has confirmed radioactive releases at four Iranian nuclear sites – and cannot account for roughly 200 kilograms of uranium enriched to 60 percent. Material sufficient for up to five nuclear warheads is at an unknown location. At the same time, the one figure who served as a religious and institutional brake against Iranian nuclear weapons is dead. What this war was supposed to prevent, it may have made possible.