The U.S. and Israel have both detected suspicious nuclear activities by Iranian scientists in recent months.
last month expressing serious concerns about Iranian research and development activities that could be used for the production of a nuclear weapon, three U.S. and Israeli officials told Axios. Officials fear they could be part of a covert Iranian effort to use the period around the U.S. presidential election to make progress toward nuclear weaponization.
The U.S. officials said the Iranians came back with a response that included explanations for these nuclear activities, stressing there has been no change in policy and they are not working on a nuclear weapon. "We take any nuclear escalation by Iran incredibly seriously. And, as the President has made clear, we are committed to never letting Iran obtain a nuclear weapon—and we are prepared to use all elements of national power to ensure that outcome."Some U.S.
The meeting, which took place in the White House Situation Room on Monday, was the U.S. and Israel's first high-level and in-depth discussion about the Iranian nuclear program since March 2023.The U.S. and Israeli intelligence communities were aligned in their assessments about the state of the Iranian nuclear program at the SCG meeting this week, U.S. and Israeli officials said.
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