The former Tscu spokesperson

The preemptive attack of Israel against Iran not only marked an important step for the nation of 77 years, but also a turning point for the Middle East. According to a former TSAhal spokesperson, while Jerusalem struggling with the war in progress in Gaza, it is clear that Israel has its eyes fixed on a major objective: to ensure that Tehran never obtains a nuclear weapon.

Lieutenant-Colonel (ret.) Jonathan Condricus, former TSAhal spokesperson, principal researcher at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and co-founder of “Bottomline Media”, told Fox News Digital that Israel works to eradicate what he considers an existential threat.

In the early hours of Friday morning, Israel produced a series of air strikes and secret operations to eliminate the Iranian and senior management infrastructure. The FDI said on Saturday that it killed more than 20 Iranian commanders, including the country’s intelligence department and the commander of the surface missile network on the surface of Iran.

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The Iranian flags fly like shots and smoke from an Israeli attack on the rise of Sharan oil deposit, after Israeli strikes on Iran, Tehran, Iran, June 15, 2025. (Majid Asgaripour / Wana (Press Asia of Western Asia) via Reuters)

To be frank, a nuclear program like this means that it is staff before it is an infrastructure. And if we are serious about this – to have a lasting impact on the Iranian nuclear weapons program means that Israel must operate long enough and hard and that means that a lot of knowledge must be deleted, “said Conricus.

While the infrastructure and leadership of Iran have made major successes in the Israel Rising Lion operation, the influence of Tehran on the Middle East, including its proxies, has been damaged. Conricus told Fox News Digital that the collapse of what he calls “Ring of Fire of Iran around Israel” began with the massacres of Hamas October 7.

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“It is not yet fully done, but Hamas and Hezbollah are very weak compared to what they were on October 7, and Iran itself is, I think, the weakest I have ever seen, militarily and politically,” said Conricus.

“So, I think that with the advantages of the hindsight, Iranian strategic planners, when they thought of this multi-font assault against Israel of Gaza, Lebanon, Syria, perhaps other places, and they had these dreams of pipe which would eradicate in a way a bright idea.”

Israeli army spokesperson Jonathan Conricus talks about the operation as a military operation of the Israeli army, which was launched to expose and thwart the cross-border tunnels that would have been dug by Hezbollah along the border with Lebanon, continues in the north of the Israeli city in Israel in Israel on December 5, 2018. (Mostafa Alkharouf / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images)

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The Iranian nuclear program has been the subject of political debates and a source of regional tension for decades, because many Arab nations are quietly opposed to the regime. Following the attacks of Israel, several countries, including France and the United Kingdom, reaffirmed their opposition to Tehran by winning a nuclear weapon, even by criticizing Jerusalem for its operation.

“Many countries behind the scenes are very positive and applaud Israel and even send support messages and wish us the best chance against Iranians, because it would be suitable for its strategic goals, and they are happy that someone is resistant to the regional intimate, which is Iran,” said Conricus.

The former Tescule-Totes spokesperson told Fox News Digital that Israel had taken a blow for Iranian deterrence in the Middle East, which could change the way in which other countries in the region meet Teheran’s requests.

A building is damaged following Israeli strikes, in Tehran, Iran, June 14, 2025. (Majid Asgaripour / Wana (Press Asia of Western Asia) via Reuters)

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“Before knowing, 48 hours ago, I think that if the Iranians threatened people, the level of fear and deterrence would have been reasonably high. Today, after the very humiliating defeats that the Iranians suffered that Iranian deterrent was very destroyed, the Iranian deterrence which may have been considered” said to Fox News Digital.

However, he noted that these countries still have the opportunity to assert themselves.

Conricus also believes that even if “it is too early in the game” to predict what it could mean for Iran at the national level, there is a chance that the Iranian regime is at stake. The country was already confronted with internal disorders before the attack on Israel when the population revolted against the cancellation of fundamental rights and freedoms by the regime.