> Iran's sponsorship of Hezbollah towards attacking Israel is part of their defence strategy? Iran's sponsorship of Hezbollah is absolutely part of their defen

> Iran's sponsorship of Hezbollah towards attacking Israel is part of their defence strategy? Iran's sponsorship of Hezbollah is absolutely part of their defense strategy, so is antagonism towards Israel, not that I agree with it, but it's worth noting that Israel has been regularly threatening to "bomb Lebanon back into the stone age" and attacking Iranians in Syria, so Israel is clearly an antagonizing force as well. Also see my comment here https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19045148 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19045148 for the broader context. > they want nukes so they can point them at Turkey, Saudi, Israel, Europe and further embolden themselves There's no particular reason to think that if they wanted nukes, they'd do so for any other reason, than as a deterrent against an invasion, similarly to the reasons North Korea develops them. > The only reason that trade is possibly going to happen - is because of the belief that they are not pursuing nuclear weapons. It is not just a 'belief' as you call it, it has been verified regularly by the International Atomic Agency and Iran is in compliance with the deal. The U.S. is not.