“We killed the Supreme Leader, who had the prohibition on developing a nuclear weapon, who was able to withhold the proxies, killed him, killed (head of Iran’s National Security Council Ali) Larijani, killed a bunch of the other Iranian moderates, and now we’re stuck with these hardliners,” Kent said. “That was the Israeli strategy. It was very effective, and now we’re back in this situation. So, that’s why I’ve always said, in order for us to get ourselves out of the situation and get a deal with Iran, the first step has to be restraining the Israelis.”