Nathan Sales: Success In Iran Will Be Measured By Pace Of Declining Attacks
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Washington’s objectives in the war with Iran are both military and political, including neutralizing the threat Tehran poses to the US and its allies and creating conditions for political change, according to Nathan Sales, former U.S. ambassador-at-large and coordinator for counterterrorism.
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Iran Nathan Sales: Success In Iran Will Be Measured By Pace Of Declining Attacks By Amra Zejneli Loxha March 04, 2026 12:40 CET Nathan Sales: Success In Iran Will Be Measured By Pace Of Declining Attacks Share Share Print Washington’s objectives in the war with Iran are both military and political, including neutralizing the threat Tehran poses to the United States and its allies and creating conditions for political change inside the country, according to Nathan Sales, a former U.S. ambassador-at-large and coordinator for counterterrorism who is now a distinguished fellow with the Atlantic Council’s Middle East Programs. Sales said a key short-term measure of success would be how quickly Iran’s attacks begin to decline. In his view, a drop in missile and drone strikes would show that the US campaign is weakening Iran’s ability to continue attacking. “I think operations to target the security services are also important because those are the elements of the regime that would try to put down any uprising, any future uprising by the Iranian people to restore democracy and freedom to their country”. Sales also warned that the war could create security threats beyond the Middle East. RFE/RL: How would you describe the U.S. objective at this stage of the war with Iran? Nathan Sales: There are two objectives, one related to security and one related to the future of Iran. On security, I think Washington's goal is to neutralize the threat that the Islamic republic poses to the United States and to our allies and partners in the region. So that's why you're seeing a focus on ballistic missiles. It's why you're seeing a focus on the Iranian regime's support for terror proxies and why you're seeing a focus on the Iranian regime's nuclear weapons program. The immediate goals are military in nature -- ballistic missiles and terrorism and nuclear weapons...” I think the president’s (Donald Trump) goal is to degrade and destroy those capabilities so that Americans in the region an...
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