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The Trump administration is asking Iran to give up its entire nuclear program or in front of the consequences, Mike Waltz National Security Advisor He said Sunday.
Waltz said it was time for Iran to “move completely” from his search for nuclear weapons, pressing for a “complete dismantling” during an appearance in “Face the Nation” of CBS.
“This is not a kind of Tit-For-Tat that we had under the administration of Obama or Biden,” Waltz said. “This is the complete program. Give it or there will be consequences.”
Waltz did not specify what kind of consequences Iran could face, although the president said Donald Trump It is maintaining “all the options on the table”, including diplomacy.
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The National Security Advisor, Mike Waltz, said Sunday that the Trump administration wants a “complete dismantling” of Iran’s nuclear weapons program or faces “consequences.” (John Nation/Getty images/file)
Waltz said the Trump administration wants Iran to give up its nuclear program “In a way that everyone can see.”
“If (Iran) had nuclear weapons, the entire Middle East would explode in an arms race,” he said. “That is completely unacceptable for our national security. I will not go into what has been the return, but Iran is in the worst place that has been of its own national security since 1979.”
The tensions between Tehran and Washington have been high since the representatives of Iran, Hamas and HezbollahHe launched attacks against Israel in recent years. Iran changed the fire with Israel twice last year.
Trump has threatened US military action if Iran does not negotiate a new agreement on its nuclear program.
The Iranian supreme leader, Ayatolá Ali Khamenei, has said that he is not interested in conversations with an “intimidation government”, although Iranian diplomats, including Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, suggested previously that conversations could be possible. Araghchi then hardened his position, after Khamenei’s advantage.
The Iranian supreme leader, Ayatolá Ali Khamenei has generated expectations about any possible conversation with Washington. (Iranian Supreme Leader’s Office through AP)
The 2015 original nuclear agreement negotiated under the former president Barack Obama Allowed to enrich uranium up to only 3.67% of purity and maintain a 661 -pound uranium reserve. The last report of the International Atomic Energy Agency on Iran’s program put its reservation in 18,286 pounds, since it enriches a fraction of it to 60% purity.
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The United States intelligence agencies evaluate that Iran has not yet started a weapons program, but has carried out activities that position it better. nuclearIf you choose to do it. “
Associated Press contributed to this report.
