It's Israel's War — So Why Won't Iran Hit Israel? (Kim Iversen)

While Trump and Hegseth tell Americans they've "obliterated" Iran's military, Professor Seyed Mohammad Marandi joins Kim from inside Tehran — under nightly bombing — with a starkly different account. He argues Iran is actually stronger than when the war began, producing more missiles and drones, firing day and night at U.S. assets across the Persian Gulf, Jordan, and northern Iraq, and that America's biggest miscalculation was never understanding Iran's vast network of underground missile and drone bases — or the depth of domestic support the government holds, which he says was visible in funerals too massive for Western media to hide. He walks through what he frames as Trump's serial violations of the signed MOU (withheld assets, reinstated oil sanctions, the Strait of Hormuz corridor), why Iran has shifted to hitting U.S. bases rather than striking Israel directly, and his warning that continued strikes on civilian infrastructure could tip the region — and the global economy — toward a depression worse than the 1930s. Kim and Marandi also get into the nuclear question and Iran's religious ruling against these weapons, the shifting views of young American Jews, and, in a sobering final exchange, the personal risk Marandi takes by speaking at all — separating himself from his family in case of a missile strike, and why he says he has no other option but to speak out.



The Iranians are not striking Israel at this time because they want the Israelis to remove Netanyahu through their own elections. Also, it's only the US striking Israel at the moment. The current primary goal is to end the war via their blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.

What the Iranians are doing now is mass producing drones, which can be easily done, and continuing their production of ballistic missiles. They will not be losing any of these key capabilities since they are all based underground - inside mountains.

The idea that the Strait will reopen due to US military force, or that infrastructure in the region is safe from missile and drone attacks, is misguided. Ceasing military activity is the only way out for the US and Israel short of genocidal WMD attacks (which would only come after a false flag).  

If the war continues along its present course the world will suffer an economic crisis due to oil restrictions before Iran runs out of drones and missiles. 

Related:

Iran Is STRONGER Now Than When the War Began


[Posted at the SpookyWeather2 blog, July 22, 2026.]