With Iranian nuclear sites in ruins and proxies flailing, now is the moment to impose total surrender: no centrifuges, no Supreme Leader, no more excuses. And an ultimatum to pay reparations and return all hostages immediately and unconditionally.

by Reuven Koret

June 22, 2025 marks a turning point in the confrontation with Iran. The United States, in coordination with Israel, has struck Iran’s deeply fortified nuclear facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. Bunker-buster munitions were delivered by stealth bombers and cruise missiles. President Trump described it as a “spectacular military success,” warning Tehran that obedience, not defiance, must follow—or America will strike again with even greater force.

This is not the time to pause or recalibrate—it is the moment to tighten the screws. Iran must be forced to relinquish its nuclear program in its entirety. All facilities, personnel, and archives must be opened to international inspection without restriction. The costs of defiance must clearly outweigh any imagined gains.

Iran’s proxy armies—Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas in Gaza, the Houthis in Yemen, and Shi’ite militias in Iraq and Syria—must face a total ultimatum. They must disarm, release all Israeli hostages, and withdraw from conflict zones. If they do not, Israel and the U.S. should dismantle them systematically. Half-measures only guarantee renewed war.

Now is the time to draw clear red lines. Any Iranian missile attacks on American forces or allies must be met with overwhelming retaliation. One strike from Tehran must equal ten in return. That is how deterrence is restored.

It’s time to issue bold, nonnegotiable demands. Iran must dismantle every uranium-enriching centrifuge—without exception, delay, or diplomatic gymnastics. All military-nuclear archives must be handed over in full. Half compliance is noncompliance.

Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei must resign immediately. The Guardian Council must be dissolved. A technocratic caretaker government must be installed with international oversight. Its sole mandate: free and fair elections within six months.

Natanz, Fordow, and Isfahan must be demolished publicly. That demolition must be broadcast live to the world. Quds Force commanders must publicly apologize for decades of global terror. And reparations must be paid directly to Israeli and American victims.

These are not points of negotiation—they are conditions for survival. The alternative is collapse. Either Tehran bends, or Tehran breaks. The window is narrow and closing fast.

Crucially, we must separate the regime from the people. Iranian citizens are not our enemy. We must protect them from retaliation and support independent communications. The world must show it stands with the Iranian people, not their oppressors.

When autocracies are pressured from without and challenged from within, they crack. This is a regime already weakened by sanctions, dissent, and incompetence. Add international humiliation, and the cracks widen. Now is the time to strike at the foundation.

The predictable calls for “restraint” are echoing through Brussels and Turtle Bay. UN envoys wring their hands. European diplomats draft cautious condemnations. But no one seriously doubts that Iran intended to become a nuclear power and use that power to terrorize.

This is not aggression—it is enforcement. The West warned Iran for years. It crossed every red line anyway. Now the consequences arrive.

Prime Minister Netanyahu called the joint operation “a signal to tyrants everywhere.” Israel does not seek war—it seeks peace through strength. But strength must be demonstrated, not declared. That time is now.

The regime’s financial arteries must also be cut. No oil revenue, no crypto workarounds, no Swiss bank accounts for IRGC officers. Every international firm still operating in Tehran must choose: partnership with the free world or partnership with terror. There is no middle path.

Iran has already launched missiles at Israel. It threatens U.S. bases and allies in the Gulf. These are the tantrums of a regime caught off guard. And they must be met with devastating clarity.

If Iran escalates, we strike again—and harder. No warning. No press conferences. Just calibrated force, deployed with precision and resolve.

There is no returning to the old illusions of containment. There is no future for diplomacy with men who chant “Death to Israel” while building bombs. We must impose a global no-fly, no-fund, no-forgive zone. Until every condition is met.

The message to Tehran should be simple and final. Surrender your program. Resign your dictator. Release your hostages. Or be destroyed.

The West, together with Israel, has at last delivered the blow that was long overdue. It should not stop now. Tighten the screws until every bolt of tyranny pops loose. Then—and only then—can a free Iran rise.