The US-Iran nuclear agreement deadline passed without a breakthrough, and President Trump now seeks surrender. Iran signals readiness for a prolonged confrontation, showing little sign of accepting US demands. Former Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene claimed nuclear weapons are discussed for Iran. Conventional weapons may not destroy Iran’s deeply buried nuclear facilities. This leaves President Trump with limited effective military options against Iran.
The 60-day deadline for a broader US-Iran agreement has come and gone without a breakthrough. President Donald Trump is now publicly talking about surrender rather than compromise. Though IRGC refuted his claim.
Trump additionally reiterated that America’s top goal in the Iran war is preventing the country from obtaining a nuclear weapon, “They should put up the white flag of surrender,” Trump told Fox News, confirming reports of the IRGC backchannel negotiations that bypass mediators and Iranian political officials. “The number one Goal is, and always will be, that Iran cannot have, in any way, shape, or form, a Nuclear Weapon. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post on Monday morning. Iran, meanwhile, is signalling that it is prepared for a longer confrontation and is showing little sign of accepting Washington’s demands.
Against that backdrop, a provocative claim by former Congresswoman and once a Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Greene can ignite debate over an issue that has largely remained on the fringes of public discussion — whether any military option short of a nuclear weapon can actually destroy Iran’s deepest nuclear facilities. The question is not whether the US is expected to apply a nuclear weapon. There is no clear evidence so far that such a decision is being considered. The question is whether, from a purely military standpoint, a nuclear earth-penetrating strike would be the only option for the US against a target like Pickaxe Mountain under which Iran has buried its nuclear infrastructure.
