According to a report from The New York Times, the US has warned Israel against launching cover attacks against Iran’s civilian nuclear program, calling them “counterproductive.” But Israeli officials said they have no intention of “letting up.”
The report said over the past 20 months, four explosions at Iranian facilities have been attributed to Israel. Last November, Israel assassinated Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh inside Iran. The US has refused to condemn any of these attacks, giving them a tacit endorsement and raising questions over potential US involvement.
Iran has responded to Israel’s more recent attacks by increasing uranium enrichment and stopping voluntary cooperation with certain aspects of the JCPOA. After the Fakhrizadeh assassination, Iran’s parliament passed a law requiring some 20 percent uranium enrichment and for Iran to stop complying with the Additional Protocol, a JCPOA measure that allowed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to conduct snap inspections.
In April, Israel carried out an attack on Iran’s Natanz nuclear facility that coincided with the start of indirect negotiations between the US and Iran to revive the nuclear deal. Iran responded to the April attack by enriching some uranium at 60 percent, Iran’s highest-ever enrichment level, although it is still below the 90 percent needed for weapons-grade.
Besides these steps, the anonymous US officials cited by the Times said Iran has been rebuilding its damaged facilities with new machinery that can enrich uranium faster. The report said Israel disagrees with the US assessment.
The US and Iran are set to resume indirect negotiations on November 29th. Leading up to the talks, Israeli officials have been threatening to carry out more attacks on Iran. Earlier this month, the head of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said the force is “accelerating” plans to attack Iran. The IDF recently received a budget increase that will go towards planning operations against the Islamic Republic.
More good cop, bad cop.
I can’t guess which cop is dumber
I can, the cop that gets nothing out of the deal other than more dead soldiers and more trillions squandered in a war that in no way benefits it.
Amen brother. I give you that. But to get to where we are now, our leaders must be dumb and evil.
Psst…NA….Feral Finster’s a cat. And one of the most logical cats I’ve ever encountered.
Counterproductive for what end, what product?
The Israelis don’t want a deal at all. They want a war. Constant aggression will produce that war. They know that. So does everyone else.
The problem is that nobody will stop them doing it anyway. We are Chamberlain in this, unwilling to stop war even though he knew better.
Stop funding their attacks pehaps
“When a plant that made key centrifuge parts suffered what looked like a crippling explosion in late spring — destroying much of the parts inventory and the cameras and sensors installed by international inspectors — production resumed by late summer.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/21/us/politics/iran-nuclear-standoff.html
That paragraph is just the beginning of the most one sided piece of shit of an article ever written. No mention of who was behind that explosion. And there are 3.8 billion reasons the US can give Israel to cease and desist but no mention of that.