Some experts said they believe the U.S. strikes have the potential to lead to a "fork-in-the-road" moment that could result in Tehran taking an even more dangerous path.

In June, the US military struck Iran’s main nuclear sites using a variety of precision weapons and cutting-edge aircraft.

Iran will not retaliate further against the United States’s strikes on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program or pursue nuclear “militarization,” according to one of the country’s top diplomats. “As long as there is no act of aggression being perpetrated by the United States against us,