Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks in a televised, pre-recorded message, after the ceasefire between Iran and Israel, in Tehran, Iran, June 26, 2025. (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Handout via Reuters)
In reality, none of Iran's missiles hit their mark on the Al-Udeid Air Base.
Despite the U.S. strike on three nuclear facilities across Iran last month, experts say the regime is still bent on developing nuclear weapons.
"Repair, reconstitute and rebuild is going to be the modus operandi of the Islamic Republic of Iran," Behnam Ben Taleblu, Senior Director of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies’ Iran Program told Fox News Digital. "It just depends on how are they going to be doing it? While flirting with the international community? Are they going to go dark totally altogether?"
"All of this remains to be seen," he added.
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President Donald Trump is shown in the Situation Room next to an image of the damage done to Iran's Fordow nuclear facility on June 21, 2025. (The White House; Maxar Technologies via Reuters)
Experts in the U.S. and Israel have said they believe Iran is still assessing the extent of the damage from the "bunker buster" bombs, and that the regime will look to recover and repair what it can — meaning it may be looking to buy time.
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"No doubt, the regime will still have a diplomatic strategy designed to rope-a-dope anybody, and to find as much time as possible for this government to do that," Ben Taleblu said.
Fox News' Caitlin McFall contributed to this report
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