Overview

• Israel has confirmed it carried out targeted strikes that killed 14 Iranian nuclear scientists, according to Ambassador Joshua Zarka.
• Zarka said the scientists were chosen for their direct roles in creating and fabricating nuclear weapons rather than for theoretical research.
• He asserted that eliminating the group will delay Iran’s nuclear weapons research by several years.
• Nuclear analysts warn that existing blueprints and a secondary tier of specialists mean Iran can eventually rebuild its program.
• European governments are calling for a negotiated resolution, and legal scholars remain divided over the strikes’ conformity with international humanitarian law.