Deal costs: Regime survives as Iran keeps enough material for 11 bombs

The article says Iran still has buried enriched material sufficient for 11 nuclear bombs, and the agreement between Washington and Tehran does not stop uranium enrichment. Instead, it allows Iran to continue enriching at a low level under supervision.

The deal also does not include any mechanism to halt ballistic missile production, which would let Iran keep manufacturing thousands of new missiles with little difficulty. It is expected to bring Tehran billions of dollars, money that could be used to renew funding for its proxy network, including Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis.

Under the understandings, the war in Lebanon would stop, alongside an Iranian demand for an IDF withdrawal to the international border. The agreement would also define the Strait of Hormuz as Iranian territory, allowing the regime to collect payments from every ship that passes through it.

Security officials are worried about what happens next. They are asking how Israel would respond in six months if it received a “golden intelligence” warning of an Iranian rush to the bomb or construction of deeper underground reactors, and what would become of the northern front if Hezbollah rebuilds its strength with an arsenal of 150,000 missiles and rockets.