Here & Now Anytime Is Trump really done with his war with Iran?
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Apr 8, 2026 
Mike Prysner, Iraq War veteran and director at the Center on Conscience and War, discusses a surge in service members seeking conscientious objector status. Radin Yad, an Iranian expatriate and linguist, shares civilian life and family impacts in Iran. Jim Walsh, MIT security analyst, assesses the ceasefire’s strategic implications and lingering regional risks.
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Equipment Kills Don't Prove Victory
- Counting destroyed equipment doesn't equal strategic success; the metric is who bears more pain and will give in first.
- Walsh warns Iran can still fire dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones, enough to threaten the Strait and regional oil infrastructure.
Nuclear Risk Could Rise From Attacks
- Iran still controls a large enriched uranium stockpile and the expertise to pursue a bomb if it chooses.
- Walsh flags the key risk: attacks may push Iran from staying below the bomb threshold to deciding to build one.
Strait Reopening Is Psychological Barrier
- Reopening the Strait of Hormuz is mainly psychological for shippers once attacks stop.
- Walsh notes confidence must be rebuilt and Iran might impose new conditions like an informal "toll booth" affecting shipping dynamics.