Although Brewer and other experts I spoke with did not predict that Iran will go nuclear in the near term, they agreed that it is likelier than ever before. If Iran were to acquire nuclear weapons during the metastasizing conflict in the Middle East,

Israel's new Defence Minister Israel Katz has reportedly called for a strike on Iran's nuclear facilities. "Iran is more vulnerable than ever to damage to its nuclear facilities. There is [now] a possibility of removing the threat,