With little leverage, Iran’s leaders would then have two options. They could follow North Korea by sacrificing economic prosperity for nuclear breakout, and hope that US and Israeli talk of “all options” being on the table to stop their efforts is a bluff; or they could pursue economic prosperity by forgoing a nuclear-weapons capacity, and hope that a Libya-style revolt does not envelope the country and doom the regime to a fate like that of Qaddafi.
伊朗领导人没有多少回旋余地，只有两个选择。他们可以效仿朝鲜，牺牲经济繁荣换取核突破，然后寄希望于美国和以色列要求把“所有选择”摆上台面以阻止他们的动作是纸老虎；或者他们可以追求经济繁荣，放弃核武器能力，然后寄希望于利比亚式的叛乱不会席卷全国、让政权重蹈卡扎菲覆辙。