Iran
After a top Iranian official claims Tehran already has the ability to build an atomic bomb, analysts tell JNS that “technologically speaking, they are very, very close.”
U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt was in Argentina for the AMIA bombing ceremony, where attendees waved black-and-white photos of the victims.
A senior adviser to Iranian leader Ali Khamenei claims Tehran “has the technical means to produce a nuclear bomb” but that no decision has yet been made to do so.
During Biden’s visit to the kingdom, the U.S. president and Saudi Arabia agree on the importance of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.
Among the names on Tehran’s sanctions list are former U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo.
An Iranian Foreign Ministry official blasts U.S. President Joe Biden for “distorting reality” and accuses Washington of “supporting the most murderous regime... and the worst child-killer in the world in Israel.”
Every step in the strategic world of defense is weighed through cost-benefit analysis, both long and short-term; this complex lens leads to contrary positions. It’s a sign of an open and healthy system.
“How can a city claim to be a good friend of the Jewish State of Israel and at the same time has a partnership with another state that [says] it wants to wipe Israel off the map?”
Israeli prime minister tells U.S. president: “The only thing that will stop Iran is knowing that if they continue to develop their nuclear program the free world will use force.”
“The American public, not just my administration, is completely devoted to your security, without any ifs, ands or buts,” the U.S. president asserts after meeting in Jerusalem with the Israeli prime minister.
The American leader seemingly places the military option back on the table, even as he reiterates his administration’s desire to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.
The document, the first of its kind between the two countries in decades, will be a “living testimony” to the unique bilateral relationship, say Israeli officials.
