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In the event of failure, a military confrontation would appear to be almost inevitable,
Jean-Noel Barrot said in parliament, adding
We are going to step up pressure on the Iranian regime even further,
Barrot saidOur confidence and our conviction remain intact,
Barrot saidOur priority is to reach an agreement that verifiably and durably constrains the Iranian nuclear program,
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If America or Israel bomb Iran under the nuclear pretext, Iran will be compelled to move toward producing an atomic bomb,
the adviser, Ali Larijani, said in a television interview, ... according to Iranian press reports
There’s no reason for us to do this militarily. We should talk. … We should clear up misconceptions. We should create a verification program so that nobody worries about weaponization of your nuclear material. And I’d like us to get to that place, because the alternative is not a very good alternative,
Witkoff said Trump wroteTo preserve operational security, we do not discuss details about exercises or operations,
command spokesperson Carla Pampe said in a statement Tuesday
This isn’t some kind of, you know, kind of tit-for-tat that we had under the Obama administration or Biden,
Waltz saidAs the Islamic Republic had never blocked the paths of indirect negotiations before, this letter has also mentioned that the road to indirect negotiation is left open and has emphasized that Iran has never avoided negotiations,
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I’m certainly hopeful for it.”
Expressing ... he told CarlsonIf they [the US] move toward bombing Iran themselves or through Israel, they will force Iran to make a different decision, which is also not in America’s interest,
Mr Larijani said
We now say that we are not moving toward weapons, and the IAEA’s oversight can continue indefinitely.”
He saidIf they [Iran] don't make a deal, there will be bombing… it will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before.
On Monday, Trump announced with typical grandiloquence
Putin has nukes. I'm going to do everything I can to avoid a nuclear war".
Tehran has seen him spending the first months of his presidency telling everyoneOver the past year, we struck in Yemen three or four times, and we had three air campaigns in Iran, eliminating on the way most of the aerial defence systems in Syria, Iraq and Iran
According to a senior Israeli military source
The United States and its partners remain committed to regional security and are prepared to respond to any state or non-state actor seeking to broaden or escalate conflict in the region,
said Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean ParnellThere is a sense of urgency,
said one leading right-leaning member of Israel’s Parliament, the KnessetYes, there is a willingness to give President Trump time to try and get a good deal which we also prefer to war. But the military option is definitely real - it’s on the table and decision-making time is coming.”
They saidAfter the exchange of letters we are now exploring next steps in order to begin conversations and trust building with the Iranians,
one said
Treasury will continue to disrupt Iran's military-industrial complex and its proliferation of UAVs, missiles, and conventional weapons that often end up in the hands of destabilizing actors, including terrorist proxies."
Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent