Mohsen Tanabandeh, a prominent Iranian actor and director, mourned his nephew

Conversely, Israel perceives Iran's nuclear program as an existential threat of the highest order. The potential for a nuclear-armed Iran, coupled with its stated intentions and support for groups openly committed to Israel's destruction, is seen as an unacceptable menace to its very survival. This fear drives Israel's "Begin Doctrine," a preemptive security policy asserting its right to prevent hostile states from acquiring weapons of mass destruction, a doctrine that has been applied through overt and covert actions against Iranian nuclear facilities and scientists for decades.