US officials have been informed that Israel is entirely ready to launch an operation in Iran, several sources said in CBS News.
The United States provides that Iran could retaliate on certain American sites in neighboring Iraq. This is part of the reason why the United States advised certain Americans to leave the region earlier on Wednesday, the State Department ordering representatives of the non-urgent government to leave Iraq due to “increased regional tensions”.
President Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff is still planning to meet Iran for a sixth round of talks on the country’s nuclear program in the coming days, two US officials said.
Trump spoke of Iran during an appearance at the Kennedy Center on Wednesday, telling the journalists of the Americans had been advisable to leave the region “because it could be a dangerous place, and we will see what will happen.” Trump also reiterated that the United States did not want Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, saying: “We are not going to allow it.”
Israeli officials and White House spokesperson refused to comment.
Trump administration asked for an agreement with Iran to limit the country’s nuclear program, as International daycare dogs Let’s say that the country has continued to enrich uranium at the level of almost army weapons. The talks are delicate, and we do not know how close the two parties are close to the agreement: Mr. Trump declared that he would not accept any enrichment of uranium by Iran, but Iranian leaders indicated that they would not accept these conditions, said the president earlier this week.
For years, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is deeply skeptical about any agreement with Iran. The two countries have been nemess since the Iran revolution in 1979. Netanyahu’s office affirms that Israel has led “countless manifest and secret operations” to store the growth of the Iranian nuclear program.
Last month, Trump publicly declared that he had urged Netanyahu not to strike Iran while his administration was pursuing negotiations with the regime.
“I told him that it would be inappropriate to do now because we are very close to a solution,” said Trump.
