My friend Where are the scientific evidence that..."set back Iran's nuclear program by 10 years without a single bullet" . Because Israel's narrative says the same thing and we know that Israel has been caught lying several times: 40 beheaded babies, the death of an Iranian soldier who appeared alive, 500 million in a Lebanese hospital, 99% of missiles shot down, Putin who ordered Iran to stop enriching uranium... etc. Where is the scientific evidence for this narrative?
"None of this would've been achieved had they triggered the snapback mechanism in 2018"
I disagree, because( in 2018) it could not be activated because Iran had not violated anything in it. Only after the US left did Iran increase its enrichment. In 2020, the US tried to activate SNAPBACK but was unable to do so because it was outside of it(JCPO). The question is why Europe did not activate it? If it had been activated (for example, in 2021/2022), Iran would not be able to sell anything to Russia or China, nor buy anything. This, combined with several military attacks, color revolutions(in 2022) would have further weakened Iran. But I will give the answer: I believe they have not activated SNAPBACK yet for fear that Iran will leave the NPT and announce that it has an atomic bomb or even an H-bomb.