On June 13, Matthew Kroenig, Atlantic Council vice president and Scowcroft Center senior director, was quoted in Time on the motivations behind the airstrikes Israel directed at Iranian nuclear sites, as well as its military leaders and scientists.

This really was done as a last resort. They were out of time. The best estimates were that Iran’s dash time to one bomb’s worth of weapons grade material was down to about a week.

Matthew Kroenig

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