Iran may attempt ‘face-saving’ retaliation against US for strikes, expert says

Iran may try to retaliate against the U S after a stealth strike hit three key Iranian nuclear facilities though the regime lacks the capabilities to make a substantial escalation an expert on the Middle East and U S national prevention recounted Fox News Digital on Sunday Jacob Olidort the director of the Center for American Assurance at the America First Guidelines Institute declared Iran is a lot of bark right now and anticipated that there might be a small bite from the regime directed at the U S I do foresee specific kind of face-saving efforts Olidort stated noting that Iran could potentially launch cyber-attacks or attacks on infrastructure in the region Iran has already launched more missiles at Israel in the wake of the U S military s Operation Midnight Hammer striking at least impact sites and injuring at least people in Israel RUBIO DECLARES IRAN'S DAYS OF PLAYING THE WORLD OVER AFTER TRUMP'S DECISIVE STRIKEBut Olidort stated he didn t expect any critical escalation from Iran not because of the regime s lack of will to do so but because it now only lacks the capabilities for a stronger response after Israel launched waves of its own strikes against the regime earlier this month Israel has mentioned its strikes targeted Iran s nuclear facilities and ballistic missile sites and killed multiple Iranian military leaders In the hours after the strikes Tehran reported that the time for diplomacy had passed and that it had the right to defend itself Meanwhile President Donald Trump has declared that now is the time for peace As for the impact on the power Iran wields through its force of proxies in the region Olidort declared it s notable that none of them have right now jumped to Iran s aid following the U S strikes which possibly points to Iran s weakness Olidort explained the U S operation s impact on Iran s nuclear plan could set the regime s goal of achieving a nuclear weapon back a considerable amount Before these strikes Israel had taken out various of Iran s capabilities and a multitude of of its nuclear scientists he revealed adding that he estimated Israel had already set back Iran s nuclear scheme by two to three years EXPERT CONFIDENT IRAN'S NUCLEAR VENTURE IS NO LONGER AFTER MASSIVE US STRIKEThe U S strikes may now have hindered Iran s nuclear project by upwards of a decade according to Olidort though he commented that the timeframe largely depends on what actions or agreements the U S and Iran make in the days to come The U S launched a surprise strike using B- stealth bombers on Iran s Fordow Natanz and Isfahan nuclear facilities on Saturday Gen Dan Caine chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff stated during a briefing at the Pentagon on Sunday morning that the full extent of the battle damage to the facilities would take time to assess It remained unclear as of Sunday whether any enriched nuclear material was destroyed in the U S strikes or if Iran had moved the material beforehand