Klimkin gives three reasons why Trump struck Iran's nuclear facilities

Without an attack on nuclear facilities, the United States could have pressured Iran into signing a nuclear deal, even if it was not on ideal terms. This opinion was expressed by former Foreign Minister Pavlo Klimkin in comments LIGA.net.

"They have levers, both public and non-public," Klimkin said.

However, the US president, due to "complex considerations within", decided that he needed, first, to maintain a balance with Israel and with pro-Israeli factions within his supporters. Especially among his fan club. Second, Trump needed to demonstrate what he calls strength.

"He likes to talk about peace through strength. This idea was very important for him, as he was trolled not only in the media for the weakness of his approach," Klimkin said .

The third point is that Trump has probably realized that it will not be possible to achieve quick results with the Iranians without raising the stakes. Especially in his concept of "carrots and sticks." Giving money and easing sanctions was not enough to get the Iranians to give up uranium enrichment.

"The Iranians knew about the strike, it is obvious. They took out not only enriched uranium, they took out a significant part of the equipment. Does this allow them to continue their nuclear program effectively now? That is still a question. Has the nuclear program been destroyed? Most serious experts say no, but it has suffered very significant damage. And this significant damage postpones the Iranian program for at least a couple of years," Klimkin said .

According to him, after the attack, some clans and groups within the Iranian regime may take a course to create a limited number of nuclear charges as soon as possible.

However, the Iranian regime is now weakened, and the United States, together with Israel, should continue to keep the pressure on.

• on June 22, the United States attacked the nuclear facilities of Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan. According to Fox News, , 30 Tomahawk missiles and five or six anti-bunker bombs.

• US President Donald Trump repeatedly stated after the attack that Iran did not have time to hide the uranium before the strikes. However, The Washington Post reported that the US intercepted a conversation between Iranian officials, in which they downplayed the consequences of the attack.