Iranian president, Masoud Peeshkian, said Thursday that his country would rebuild his nuclear facilities if he attacked, following the media reports of the United States that Israel would probably launch a strike in key Iranian nuclear sites.
“They threaten us to attack our Natanz nuclear installation. Come and attack. It is the brains of our children who built it, ”said fishshkian during a visit to the southern province of Bushehr.
“If you destroy a hundred [nuclear facilities]Our children will build a thousand, ”he said, without referring directly to US reports.
The Washington Post Today he informed that Israel would probably try a preventive strike on Iran’s nuclear program in the coming months to retreat its progress, citing an intelligence report from the United States.
Warnings on a possible Israeli strike included in multiple intelligence reports between the end of the Biden administration and the start of the Trump administration, none more comprehensive than a report of the beginning of January produced by the Intelligence Directorate of the Joint Heads of Joints of the information and the defense intelligence agency ((day).
The report warned that Israel would probably try a strike in the nuclear facilities of Fordow and Natanz de Iran within the first six months of 2025.
Served and former American officials said The Washington Post That the prediction was based on an analysis of Israel’s planning after his bombing of Iran last October, which degraded Tehran’s aerial defenses and left him exposed to more attacks.
The officials spoke anonymously to discuss highly classified intelligence. The Israeli government, the CIA, the day and the office of the director of National Intelligence declined to comment.
Brian Hughes, spokesman for the White House National Security Council, said the president of the United States, Donald Trump, “has made it clear: he will not allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon.
“While prefers to negotiate a resolution to the long -standing problems of the United States with the Iranian regime peacefully, it will not wait indefinitely if Iran is not willing to treat, and soon,” Hughes told The post.
Hughes refused to comment on the underlying intelligence.
The perspective of an Israeli strike raises an early test for Trump, who campaigned to restore peace in the Middle East and Europe while promoting firm support for Israel.
The Military Intelligence Report highlighted two potential attack options, each that involve the United States that provides support, including the replacement for aerial fuel, intelligence, surveillance and recognition, those familiar with the document said.
The dependency of the United States in any strike in Iran underlines Washington’s leverage on the path of Israel forward.
According to the intelligence report, a distance attack, known as a separation attack, would see Israeli aircraft shooting ballistic missiles (ALBM) launched by air outside the Iranian airspace.
An independent strike on the contrary would see Israeli aircraft enter the Iranian airspace, fly near the nuclear sites and drop Blu-109 “Bunker Buster” ammunition. The Trump administration approved the sale of orientation kits for these weapons last week, notifying Congress that had done it.
The evaluation of the United States found that an Israeli attack against Iranian nuclear facilities would establish Tehran’s activities for weeks or months, current and previous officials said. Any attack would also encourage Iran to look for an enriching uranium of arms weapons, they added.
The six -month time frame for a potential operation and the details about the two attack options were not previously informed. The Wall Street Journal Wednesday reported that Israel was considering a strike over Iran this year.
Some Israeli officials do not agree with the United States intelligence evaluations on the potential impact of a strike in Iran’s facilities, arguing that Tehran’s abilities could more substantially delay. “That was a difference between our intelligence and its evaluation,” said a former American official.
The revelation coincides with a solid debate within the Trump administration on the proper application of military power in the Middle East.
Trump has been surrounded by an ideologically diverse national security team, including the National Security Advisor of Foreign Policy Michael Waltz and Secretary of State Frame Prioritis “like Elbridge as Elbridge Colby, which seeks to reorient US military resources east of Asia to counteract China.
In January, Waltz raised the perspective of an Israeli strike supported by the United States in Iran’s nuclear program, saying CBS news“This is a time to make those key decisions, and we will do it during the next month.”
“Iran is on his back foot,” he told Margaret Brennan, host of ‘Face the Nation’. “Iran’s aerial defenses are destroyed.”
Earlier this week, Trump alluded to a growing awareness of Israel’s interest in a strike. “Everyone thinks that Israel, with our help or our approval, will enter and bombard them. I would prefer not to happen, “Trump told Fox News.
“There are two ways to stop them: with bombs or a written paper,” Trump added. “I would love to make a deal with them without bombing them.”
The comments of the president of the United States, who followed his reimposition of the policy of “maximum pressure” on Tehran, angered the Iranian leaders.
“These reckless and inflammatory statements flagrantly violate international law … which prohibits threats or the use of force against sovereign states,” said Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations Saeed Iravani.
The Middle East policy is one of the most controversial issues within the Trump coalition, which includes Pro-Israel Falcones and military intervention skeptics.
The neoconservative wing of the Republican Party, with the intention of maintaining an American military presence in the Middle East, has fought a series of anonymous campaigns of whispers against those named of Trump that have increased skepticism over the “usual wars”.
Unlike Trump’s first term, where his engenditos faced each other with prominent figures from the George W Bush as HR McMaster and John Bolton, the president’s new team includes superior and medium -level officials who share their skepticism of foreign military tangles .
Trump’s eldest son Donald Trump JR, backed by Vance and conservative expert Tucker Carlson, has been a bulwark against the neoconservatives who enter the administration, as former state secretary Mike Pompeo, who was in consideration to become secretary Defense in Trump’s second term in Trump’s second term in Trump’s second term in Trump’s second term. .
It is not clear if Trump will sign an Israeli strike against Iran. At the end of the Biden administration, US officials did not believe that Iran had decided to pursue a nuclear weapon and had not told their Israeli counterparts if the United States would participate in such an offensive.
After Trump’s inauguration, a day product reiterated that Israel is considering a strike over Iran this year, but included much less details. A similar evaluation also came out in October in a product of the National Intelligence Council, according to those familiar with intelligence.
