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“I will make my decision on whether or not to go there in the next two weeks,” said the US President. On the same day, the White House warned that Iran will “take 15 days” to complete the production of a nuclear bomb. They will not negotiate while attacked.
United States President Donald Trump will make a decision about an eventual US intervention in Iran “in the next two weeks,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a press conference.
“Since there is a substantial possibility of potential negotiations with Iran in the near future, I will make my decision on whether or not to go there in the next two weeks“Said the US leader, in a statement broadcast by the presidential spokeswoman.
In recent days, the US media have reported that Trump has approved alleged plans to attack Iran, but has not yet made a final decision.
According to the CBS station, citing a source of secret services and a defense department official, the president GIVEN GREEN LIGHT To formally join the air campaign of Israel against the Iranian regime.
On Tuesday, Trump told Counselors that he was postponing the final order in the case of Tehran deciding to abandon his nuclear program, three sources familiar with the subject was said.
The president contested these Thursday these statements on his social network social network: “The Wall Street Journal has no idea what I think about Iran!” He wrote.
15 days, “what will need it” to set up nuclear bomb
In the same conference yesterday, the White House stated that Iran has the ability to set up a nuclear bomb in “fifteen days” if the supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, give the order.
“Let’s be very clear: Iran has everything you need to build a nuclear weapon. All you need is a decision of the supreme leader to do so, and It would take fifteen days to complete the production of this weaponwhich would represent an existential threat not only to Israel, but also to the United States and the whole world, ”said Leavitt
Leavitt stressed that “no one should be surprised” with Trump’s approach that will “not have a nuclear weapon,” a position that has defended “not only as president, but also as a citizen.”
“In 2011, he said the United States’s main goal in Iran should be to destroy his nuclear ambition. In 2015, he said Iran was a threat to Israel, Middle East allies and the United States,” the spokesman recalled.
Will not negotiate while attacked
Iranian diplomacy chief Abbas Araghchi excluded any negotiations with the United States yesterday while Israel continued to attack Iran.
Abbas Araye acknowledged that the United States repeatedly sent messages to appeal to negotiations. Even so, Iran expressed that While the aggression does not stop, there will be no “space” for diplomacy and dialogue.
The Foreign Minister of Iran should meet this Friday with several European counterparts in Geneva.
Israel has been ongoing a against Iran since June 13, which has justified with the progress of the Iranian nuclear program and the threat that the production of ballistic missiles by Tehran represents to the country.
Since then, Israeli planes have attacked Iranian military infrastructures such as air defense systems and ballistic missile storage facilities as well as nuclear centers.
The attacks caused Hundreds of deadincluding high military commands and scientists working on the nuclear program.
Iran retaliated with missile and drone launches against several Israeli cities that killed more than two dozen people.
