With the destruction of some, but far from all, of Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities and bomb-making ability, the concern is no longer with Iran's own capabilities but with the risk that a current member of the nuke club would supply Iran with a functioning weapon. The two likeliest purveyors are North Korea and Pakistan and you can bet every effort is being made to detect and halt such a transfer.
From Reuters, June 16:
Iran sought US pressure on Israel for ceasefire via Gulf states, sources say
Tehran has asked Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Oman to press U.S. President Donald Trump to use his influence on Israel to agree to an immediate ceasefire with Iran in return for Iranian flexibility in nuclear negotiations, two Iranian and three regional sources told Reuters on Monday.Gulf leaders and their top diplomats worked the phones all weekend, speaking to each other, to Tehran, Washington and beyond in an effort to prevent a widening of the biggest ever confrontation between longstanding enemies Israel and Iran.Iran is willing to be flexible in the nuclear talks if a ceasefire is reached, one of the Iranian sources said.The Gulf states are deeply concerned the conflict will spin out of control, a Gulf source close to government officials told Reuters.Qatar, Oman and Saudi Arabia have all appealed to Washington to press Israel to agree to a ceasefire and to resume talks with Tehran towards a nuclear deal, the Gulf source said.A regional source and an official briefed on Iran's communications with the Gulf said Tehran had reached out to Qatar and Oman to mediate a return to nuclear talks, but insisted that a ceasefire with Israel be put in place first.Iran made clear to Oman and Qatar that it would not negotiate while it is under attack and will only begin serious negotiations once it has finished responding to Israeli strikes, the official said.
Iran's foreign ministry was not immediately available to respond to Reuters' request for comment. Qatar's foreign ministry, Oman's ministry of information, Saudi Arabia's international media office, the White House and the U.S. State Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office did not respond to a request for comment.When asked if a diplomatic mechanism was being worked out to end the campaign, Israeli National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi told Army Radio on Monday: "It is a little early for that. You don't go to war and look to end it three days later."....
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Iran Is Struggling To Comprehend What Just Happened
Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Trading Higher
"Iran turns to Qatar, Oman in bid to halt Israeli strikes, U.S. presses for nuclear concessions"
Ayatollah Khamenei's "Enforcer" Making Inquiries About Room Rates At Assad's Place In Moscow
"Investors Take Israel-Iran Conflict in Stride: Gold, Oil, and the Dollar are Softer"
Maybe not in stride but as Bob Dylan says in Subterranean Homesick Blues: "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.
HT on the Reuters story: Iran International who also report:
Netanyahu says assassinating Khamenei would end Iran-Israel conflict - ABC
All 14,000 operating cascades at Natanz likely destroyed, IAEA chief says