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The bullshit part was the timeframe which they said they were going to be able to enrich the amount of uranium needed to make a viable nuclear weapon. Plus, they are a sovereign nation who are allowed to make nuclear weapons, especially considering the US unilaterally ended the treaty that prohibited nuclear programs.
Also, random people holding kill trump banners isn't the same as the Iranian government making a feasible plan to assassinate the president.
They already had a uranium enriched to 60% according to the IAEA. https://www.iaea.org/newscenter/pressreleases/update-on-developments-in-iran
Sure starting from nothing to enriching uranium to the level needed to build a nuclear weapon would take a long time. But a country that has a uranium enrichment program that has already enriched uranium to 60%?
The IRGC controls information in Iran. Large banners that say "We will kill Trump" wouldn't be put up if the IRGC didn't approve. Also they've wanted kill Trump since he assassinated Soleimani. Killing the Ayatollah probably didn't change that.
I'm not saying Trump or Netanyahu are good, or that Iran doesn't have a reason to want to kill them. But let's not pretend the IRGC are innocent little lambs that would never ever do anything wrong. Trump, Netanyahu, the Ayatollah, the IRGC are all a bunch of shitbags.
Going for 60% to have a functional nuclear bomb is going to take longer than 2 weeks. You might be able to convert 60% to 90% if you had enough materials and enough centrifuges running, but that's not a bomb. Not to mention the time required to make a delivery system. They've been producing highly enriched uranium since 2021, the two week claim was just another misleading justification for an unjust war.
And again, they are a sovereign country, they are allowed to build nuclear weapons. We aren't invading every country in the world producing highly enriched uranium.
Why wouldn't the IRGC approve of their citizens disliking a world leader that is actively bombing them? Even if they approved the sentiment, it doesn't mean they are actively making immediately actionable plans.
Putting this into the context of geopolitics..... Did the IRGC commit any acts of war that would justify an invasion? Even if there were legitimate plans to take out the president of the United states, would that not be a valid wartime operation?