The Trump administration calls on Iran to abandon its entire nuclear program or face consequences, National Security Advisor Mike Waltz Said Sunday.
Walz said it was time for Iran to “get away completely” its pursuit of nuclear weapons, pushing for “complete demolition” in the appearance of the CBS “Face to Bace the Nation”.
“This is not a kind of tit selling that we’ve encountered under the Obama administration or Biden,” Waltz said. “It’s the complete plan. Give it aside, otherwise there will be consequences.”
Waltz didn’t designate what consequences Iran might face, although he said the president Donald Trump “All choices” including diplomacy.
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National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said on Sunday that the Trump administration hopes to “completely remove” Iran’s nuclear weapons program may face “consequences.” (John Nacion/Getty Images/File)
Waltz says Trump administration wants Iran abandons its nuclear program “In a way the whole world can see.”
“if [Iran] With nuclear weapons, the entire Middle East will explode in the arms race. “This is completely unacceptable to our national security,” he said. I won’t understand the back and forth, but Iran has been at its worst since 1979. ”
Tensions have been high between Tehran and Washington since Iranian agents Hamas and HezbollahIn the past few years, attacks have been launched on Israel. Iran traded directly with Israel twice last year.
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Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said he was not interested in talks with the “bullying government”, although Iranian diplomats, including Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, had previously suggested negotiations. Araghchi later followed Khamenei’s lead and strengthened his position.
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei’s expectations for any potential talks with Washington have curbed expectations. (Iran’s Supreme Leader’s Office through the Associated Press)
Former President’s initial 2015 nuclear deal negotiations Barack Obama Iran was allowed to enrich uranium to a purity of only 3.67%, and maintain uranium reserves of 661 pounds. The IAEA’s final report on the Iran program puts its stock in 18,286 pounds because a small portion of it has 60% purity.
U.S. intelligence agencies assess Iran has not launched a weapon program, but “the activities carried out can better position it Generate nuclear deviceif it chooses to do so. ”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
