Further on from my earlier post regarding Iran's Nuclear stance, former CIA analyst Larry Johnson has seemingly confirmed that Iran has likely acquired a Nuclear Weapon with the assistance of a 3rd party country.
https://sonar21.com/does-iran-have-a-nuke-well-placed-source-says-yes/
"....received clarification on how Iran has obtained a functioning nuke… The information regarding the construction of this device (or devices) was provided by a third country that does have proven capabilities in this area. Iran’s objective is, with the backing of Pakistan, China and Russia, to raise the risk to Israel of engaging in future attacks on Iran.
The source also provided the following assessment of the consequences of US and Israeli actions on the global security and financial architecture:
The secondary effects of this standoff are rewiring the global strategic and financial architecture in real time:
• The Collapse of the Abraham Accords: The political infrastructure sustaining Israeli-Arab normalization is functionally dead. Pakistan has publicly rejected it, Saudi Arabia has frozen all back-channel discussions, and Qatar and Oman are actively preparing a six-to-nine-month timeline for U.S. forces to vacate their military installations.
• The Emerging Security Axis: A new Saudi-Pakistan-Turkey-Egypt security architecture is being constructed, completely detached from U.S. backing. Pakistan has elevated itself from a peripheral player to the indispensable operational pivot, leveraging an Islamic cultural proximity that neither Washington nor Beijing can replicate.
• Systemic Risk to the Global Order: An Iranian nuclear demonstration would obliterate the global non-proliferation framework and hand Beijing an unearned, definitive proof-of-concept regarding the limits of American hegemony."
Iran has always had the ability to build a Nuclear Weapon but refrained from doing so due to the late Ayatollah's Fatwa. However, as predicted by many geopolitical experts and reflecting a growing discussion within Iran about obtaining a Nuke to protect themselves, Iran has taken the North Korea path.
It turns out bombing Schools, Hospitals, Critical infrastructure and murdering civilians whilst threatening that "A civilisation will die tonight" whilst "negotiating" isn't the most diplomatic tactic.
Of course this could be deliberate misinformation from his source, however do they or do they not have a weapon will now have to be factored into any military action, it introduces an ambiguity that can't be confirmed until a response.
It's important to note that if this is true, this could not have been achieved without the knowledge of Russia and China, indicating that their stance on the American threat to all 3 countries has changed. It's prescient in light of this tweet from Russian ex-president Dmitriy Medvedev after last Junes striked:
https://x.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1936725544017567860?s=20
"What have the Americans accomplished with their nighttime strikes on three nuclear sites in Iran?
1. Critical infrastructure of the nuclear fuel cycle appears to have been unaffected or sustained only minor damage.
2. The enrichment of nuclear material — and, now we can say it outright, the future production of nuclear weapons — will continue.
3. A number of countries are ready to directly supply Iran with their own nuclear warheads."
Remember that Russian