Iran lacks leverage for fair nuke deal with US

1 year ago

Iranian-US tensions are boiling after Trump threatened to bomb Iran following its rejection of direct talks over a new nuclear deal. He also ordered the Pentagon to move six B-2 stealth bombers, which CNN assessed to be 30% of its stealth bomber fleet, to the Indian Ocean island base of Diego Garcia.

The Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei responded by promising strong retaliation if the US attacks. One of his chief advisors, Ali Larijani, warned that Iran would have “no choice” but to build nukes if the US or through it Israel bombs the country.

Although the US intelligence community’s latest Annual Threat Assessment found that “Iran is not building a nuclear weapon”, there are long-standing concerns it could do so quickly with its program’s alleged rapid breakout potential.

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