“After the U.S. struck Iran’s most fortified nuclear sites, the regime’s clerical leaders are facing a perilous choice: hit back at the U.S. and risk a widening a war with two militarily superior foes, or return to nuclear talks where they would likely have to give up on nuclear enrichment and their ballistic-missile arsenal, two pillars of the country’s sovereignty,” the Wall Street Journal reports.“Iran’s missile arsenal and military infrastructure have been degraded by Israel’s military strikes this month, with Israel claiming to have destroyed half of the country’s missile launchers. But the exact extent remains unclear, and Iran possesses other means to strike back such as cyberattacks and possibly terrorist proxies, or disrupting oil shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Uncertainty over how Iran might respond had stock and oil markets on edge, with U.S. futures moving slightly lower.”