Here we are again: Iran has restarted its nuclear program. As Venezuela’s former president Nicolás Maduro found out – and the Iranian leadership back in June 2025 learned the hard way – do not dismiss President Donald Trump’s ultimatums. When asked about ongoing talks with Iran, Trump said, “We’re either going to get a deal, or it’s going to be unfortunate for them,” adding that the Middle Eastern nation has a “maximum” of 15 days to reach an agreement with US negotiators. That means that sometime between March 2 and March 7, Iran will either make a deal or suffer a ruinous result.
Trump Has Been Clear With Iran
What those consequences will be, President Trump would not reveal. It’s not that Trump hasn’t been painfully clear with the Iranians that he expects a deal that stops Tehran’s uranium enrichment program, stops the Iranian ballistic missile production, and stops the support to terrorist proxies. Anything short of that will be unacceptable. As Liberty Nation News observed, “The Trump administration’s message is clear: ‘The US is not going to talk forever. Iran will bring the talks to a successful (‘successful’ on US terms) conclusion or suffer devastating consequences.’” If Iran is listening, there should be no confusion on the US position regarding its atomic weapons program, its ballistic missile stockpile, and its persistent support for terrorist proxies in the region. In a January 28 Truth Social post, Trump said:
“A massive Armada is heading to Iran. It is moving quickly, with great power, enthusiasm, and purpose. It is a larger fleet, headed by the great Aircraft Carrier Abraham Lincoln, than that sent to Venezuela. Like with Venezuela, it is ready, willing, and able to rapidly fulfill its mission, with speed and violence, if necessary. Hopefully, Iran will quickly ‘Come to the Table’ and negotiate a fair and equitable deal – NO NUCLEAR WEAPONS – one that is good for all parties. Time is running out; it is truly of the essence! As I told Iran once before, MAKE A DEAL! They didn’t, and there was ‘Operation Midnight Hammer,’ a major destruction of Iran. The next attack will be far worse! Don’t make that happen again.”
In a couple of weeks, that “massive armada” will be larger with the arrival of the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group, currently in the Mediterranean and headed to the Gulf Region to join the Lincoln.
Among those who believe a military option would be the most useful course of action to further reduce Iran’s combat capability is retired General Jack Keane, former US Army Vice Chief of Staff. He recently told Sky News Australia: “I believe that the path we are really on here…I don’t see Iran making a deal…I really think the preferred option and most likely option is a combined Israel and United States attack… A comprehensive attack that the regime will not be able to recover from, and they will be on a pathway for its collapse.”
Learning From History
We have some idea as to what such an attack would look like. When the US captured Venezuela’s Maduro, American forces shut down all internal communications and cut the electricity off. Iranians would not be able to coordinate a counterattack or communicate among their armed forces if the US took a similar approach against Iran. Plus, the attack would come from the air with precision munitions in what is known as SEAD, or Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses, to eliminate threats from ground-based air defense systems. This is what happened during the June 2025 war, and Iran’s air defenses were all but destroyed. Again, from General Keane, without a viable air defense, targets should be hit “to set the conditions for regime collapse, leadership targets, the entire infrastructure that sustains this regime, the IRGC [Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps], the police force itself, the Basij Militia, the defense industrial base…”
If Iran does not sign an agreement, the US is in a position to carry out regime change. March 7 is the date by which a deal must be reached, if not sooner. Nothing short of an end to the enrichment of uranium, eliminating ballistic missile production, and ceasing proxy terrorist support will do. Iran should not put President Trump to the test.
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