While much of the populace is breathing a sigh of relief over the cease-fire between Iran and Israel, and by association the United States, we should remember that there are two things we can depend on where Iran is concerned: 1) They will lie, and 2) They view any cease-fire as time to re-arm and re-train.
The Islamic Republic's nuke chief is already vowing to rebuild the rogue nation's nuclear capacity. On Tuesday, Speaker of the House Mike Johnson appeared on "Fox & Friends" and denounced the plan as "madness."
Iran's nuclear chief Mohammad Eslami said earlier today that the Islamic Republic is surveying damage to its nuclear industry and preparations are underway for its restoration, Reuters reported, citing the Iranian Mehr news agency.
"The plan is to prevent interruptions in the process of production and services," Eslami was quoted as saying.
“It’s madness,” Johnson later told Fox News when asked about the report. “We are under no illusion that you can just kill all their nuclear ambition overnight, but I think reality has set in over there. We have decimated the upper echelon of their military command as well as their nuclear scientists. There is not much left for them to rebuild upon.
“But the idea that they would put out a statement like at this fragile moment is very frustrating. It goes to show you why Iran has always been an irrational actor,” Johnson added. “They are not to be trusted. But we have got to use force, this is what peace through strength really means. You have to forge the peace through the exercise of strength.”
In other words, as long as the mullahs are in charge in Iran, as long as that rogue nation remains a vicious, Neolithic theocracy, Israel and the United States will have to accept the likelihood that last week's destruction of Iran's nuclear program will have to be repeated, again and again. Iran will go to greater efforts to hide their nuclear program; they will bury it deeper in the mountains, they will hide it in the middle of cities, they will go to any length to keep trying to develop a nuclear device. And when they get one, they'll use it.
This is a vicious cycle that will go on until the mullahs are deposed. Iran is doing what rogue nations throughout history have done: Lying, hiding their efforts, plotting their next attack, be it directly or (more likely) once again through their proxies.
We should also remember that there are almost certainly Iranian nationals among the 20 million illegal aliens currently in the United States, and it's a near-certainty that at least some of those people are under the control of Iran, and are or will be up to no good.
To put it more succinctly: Iran can't be and shouldn't be trusted, not any farther than a toddler can throw an M-1 tank.
See Also: John Kerry Quickly Goes Viral for His Insanely Stupid Take on Iran and Trump
Watch the Speaker's statement here:
"Iran has always been an irrational actor": @SpeakerJohnson on Iran’s nuclear chief claiming they will immediately restart their nuclear program after U.S. strikes pic.twitter.com/lwg76bn5zd
— FOX & Friends (@foxandfriends) June 24, 2025
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