Derailing Iran's nuclear programme

Janes Intelligence Digest:

Fears that the US and its allies - particularly Israel - may launch air and special operations attacks against Iran's suspected nuclear facilities are growing. ...

Pinpoint strikes against targets in Iran from US warships or from the air would probably be launched mainly from Iraq, although military bases in the former Soviet republics of Georgia and Azerbaijan could also be used. However, short of an imminent threat from nuclear armed Iranian missiles, any gain would probably be outweighed by the trouble Iran could cause US forces in Iraq, which shares a 1,450 km open border with Iran and Afghanistan. ...