{"id":48591,"date":"2026-04-12T13:21:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=48591"},"modified":"2026-04-12T13:21:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T13:21:58","slug":"netanyahu-says-u-s-israel-campaign-destroyed-irans-nuclear-missile-programs-regime-fighting-to-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=48591","title":{"rendered":"Netanyahu Says U.S.\u2013Israel Campaign Destroyed Iran\u2019s Nuclear, Missile Programs &#8212; Regime \u2018Fighting to Survive\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Saturday night the joint U.S.-Israel campaign against Iran has delivered \u201chistoric achievements,\u201d declaring it has succeeded in \u201ccrushing\u201d the regime\u2019s nuclear and ballistic missile programs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\">This outcome means Tehran is left \u201cbegging for a ceasefire\u201d and at its weakest point since the 1979 Islamic Revolution after reaching \u201ca situation where Iran does not have a single active enrichment facility,\u201d as U.S. negotiators walked away from talks in Pakistan, he continued.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"\/>\n<p data-start=\"887\" data-end=\"1051\">Netanyahu said the joint campaign has fulfilled its core objectives \u2014 dismantling Iran\u2019s nuclear and missile programs and significantly weakening the regime itself.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1053\" data-end=\"1443\">\u201cWe have succeeded in crushing the nuclear program and crushing the missile program,\u201d Netanyahu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/IsraeliPM\/posts\/pfbid02mUxoXaB1rFhhUELZ43u73UH9ttmi1xMTm3PsNfjDxuyrvLxohpwtKMdFbeWUgUcnl?rdid=Qjb1IQ3cqXUODyrs\">said<\/a> in a televised address, adding that Iran \u201cno longer has a single functioning enrichment facility\u201d after sustained U.S.-Israeli strikes dismantled its nuclear infrastructure. He added that most of Iran\u2019s missile production capability has \u201cvanished,\u201d with remaining stockpiles \u201crunning dry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1445\" data-end=\"1720\">Framing the outcome in broader ideological and strategic terms, Netanyahu said Iran\u2019s leadership had spent decades operationalizing its threats against Israel and the United States \u2014 backing proxy forces across the region while advancing its nuclear and missile capabilities.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2043083073269432381\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsraeliPM\/status\/2043083073269432381\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1722\" data-end=\"1871\">\u201cThey wanted to strangle us, and now we are strangling them. They threatened us with annihilation \u2014 and now they are fighting for survival,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a9d\"\/>\n<p data-start=\"1873\" data-end=\"2116\">Netanyahu described the outcome as a historic strategic reversal, arguing that Iran\u2019s long-running effort to encircle Israel and threaten U.S. and allied interests has been decisively rolled back, with the regime now \u201cbegging for a ceasefire.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2118\" data-end=\"2589\">He said the campaign reflects two phases of sustained military action against Iran \u2014 beginning with Israel\u2019s June 2025 12-day war that culminated in U.S. strikes on three key nuclear facilities in Operation Midnight Hammer, and expanding into the current joint campaign launched February 28, known in Israel as Operation Roaring Lion and in the United States as Operation Epic Fury \u2014 arguing that without these combined operations, \u201cIran would already have atomic bombs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2591\" data-end=\"2973\">Netanyahu said the initial phase was launched after intelligence indicated Iran had begun moving toward weaponizing enriched uranium, prompting strikes that eliminated senior nuclear scientists, targeted nuclear facilities alongside U.S. forces, and destroyed missile stockpiles and launch systems \u2014 actions he said removed what he described as an immediate dual existential threat.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2591\" data-end=\"2973\">RELATED:\u00a0President Trump: 99% of What We Want from Iran Is No Nuclear Weapons<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"rumble\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/rumble.com\/embed\/v766h5k\/?pub=he97b\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>He said that months later, new intelligence showed Iran\u2019s leadership \u2014 under then-supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was later killed in the opening phase of the current campaign \u2014 had ordered the resumption and expansion of both nuclear and missile programs, moving them deep underground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\" data-start=\"3274\" data-end=\"3483\">\u201cHe sought to bury both missile production and nuclear production deep, deep beneath a mountain, in a way that even B-2 aircraft could not reach,\u201d Netanyahu said. \u201cOnce again, we could not stand by. We acted.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a9d adSo\"\/>\n<p data-start=\"3485\" data-end=\"3750\">Netanyahu said the current joint campaign systematically targeted nuclear facilities, missile infrastructure, weapons production sites, and senior leadership, resulting in what he described as the dismantling of core elements of the regime\u2019s strategic capabilities.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3752\" data-end=\"3916\">He said the broader objective extended beyond military infrastructure to weakening the regime itself \u201cto its lowest, weakest level\u201d since its establishment in 1979.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3918\" data-end=\"4173\">\u201cWe made a huge change here,\u201d Netanyahu said, pushing back on critics. \u201cThere are massive achievements here \u2014 this is a historic change,\u201d he added, pointing to internal divisions within Iran\u2019s leadership and growing difficulty in meeting domestic demands.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2043083117506806043\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IsraeliPM\/status\/2043083117506806043\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4175\" data-end=\"4387\">Netanyahu also highlighted what he described as an \u201cunprecedented alliance\u201d with the United States, saying coordination between Israeli forces and the U.S. military has reached levels \u201cthat never existed before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4389\" data-end=\"4522\">He said the impact is already reshaping the regional order, arguing that demonstrations of strength are shifting diplomatic dynamics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a9d-pre\" data-start=\"4524\" data-end=\"4557\">\u201cPower attracts,\u201d Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a9d adSo\"\/>\n<p data-start=\"4559\" data-end=\"4786\">He pointed to Lebanon as a leading example, saying it has reached out \u201cseveral times\u201d in recent weeks to initiate direct peace talks \u2014 an unprecedented development \u2014 with discussions expected to center on dismantling Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4788\" data-end=\"4913\">\u201cWe want the dismantling of Hezbollah\u2019s weapons, and we want a real peace agreement that will last for generations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4915\" data-end=\"5097\">Netanyahu said the shift extends beyond Lebanon, with other countries in the Middle East and beyond increasingly seeking cooperation and alignment with Israel following the campaign.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5099\" data-end=\"5257\">At the same time, he emphasized that the campaign is not yet complete, warning that enriched nuclear material remains inside Iran and must still be addressed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5259\" data-end=\"5395\">\u201cThere is still enriched material in Iran,\u201d Netanyahu said. \u201cEither it will be removed by agreement, or it will come out in other ways.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2043031753875411364\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/clashreport\/status\/2043031753875411364\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5397\" data-end=\"5637\">The remarks came as U.S.-Iran negotiations in Islamabad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2026\/04\/11\/no-deal-vance-walks-away-from-iran-talks-in-pakistan-after-tehran-rejects-american-requirements-for-peace\/\">collapsed<\/a> after more than 20 hours of talks, with Vice President JD Vance announcing the American delegation would leave without an agreement after Tehran refused to meet U.S. demands.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5639\" data-end=\"5781\">\u201cWe have not reached an agreement,\u201d Vance said. \u201cAnd I think that\u2019s bad news for Iran, much more than it is for the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2043142505097482292\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/2043142505097482292\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5783\" data-end=\"5938\">Vance said Washington\u2019s core requirement remains a \u201cfirm commitment\u201d that Iran will not develop a nuclear weapon or retain the capability to rapidly do so.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"5940\" data-end=\"6067\">President Donald Trump had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/10\/trump-optimistic-iran-talks-warns-u-s-warships-reloading-if-diplomacy-fails\/\">defined<\/a> a successful agreement ahead of the talks as preventing Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6069\" data-end=\"6121\">\u201cNo nuclear weapons \u2014 that\u2019s 99% of it,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6123\" data-end=\"6298\">U.S. Central Command Commander Adm. Brad Cooper said Thursday that Iran has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2026\/04\/09\/centcom-chief-iran-has-suffered-a-generational-military-defeat-40-year-military-build-up-crushed-in-under-40-days\/\">suffered<\/a> a \u201cgenerational military defeat,\u201d with its four-decade buildup \u201ccrushed in under 40 days.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6300\" data-end=\"6553\">CENTCOM <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2026\/04\/11\/centcom-u-s-navy-starts-mission-to-clear-mines-from-strait-of-hormuz\/\">said<\/a> Saturday that U.S. naval forces have begun preparations to clear Iranian mines from the Strait of Hormuz \u2014 a critical global energy corridor \u2014 as part of efforts to reopen the strategic waterway following its disruption during the conflict.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"6555\" data-end=\"6647\">\u201cIran is no longer the same Iran \u2014 and Israel is no longer the same Israel,\u201d Netanyahu said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><em>Joshua Klein is a reporter for Breitbart News. 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