To what extent is Israel considering the new threats to Iran’s nuclear aspirations?
On the eve of the fourth election in two years, a coronavirus pandemic and uneasy and economically ruined citizenship, the incompetent government may see the astronomy come out of Tehran as a strategic re-enactment just before the renewed negotiations on the 2015 nuclear treaty.
Iran’s uranium enrichment resource
(Photo: AP)
When Iran announced on January 1 that it would start enriching uranium to 20%, it could be confident that the US or Israeli invasion would not continue.
Such a move will only come when Iran begins its military project to achieve a nuclear warhead.
As far as we know, the Iranians still cannot do this but it is not clear when they could.
Iran’s chief nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was ousted in November, blaming Israel, for delaying the nuclear weapons project.
But until it is proven that the assassination achieved its goal and that the project is now underway, Israel must look at any change in Tehran ‘s nuclear program as a major threat.
Iran’s chief nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was assassinated in November in an attack on Israel
(Photo: AP)
When Iran’s parliament voted last month to accelerate its nuclear program, Israel should have launched a major diplomatic effort to put pressure on the regime.
But Tehran realized that few people could be concerned about considering Jerusalem’s concerns as a global pandemic raged on them.
They have been working for 30 years to achieve nuclear capabilities and have been waiting for the moment when the world was different. For Israel, that moment is already too late.
Iran returned to its offensive campaign in the Gulf of Persia on December 31, including the free movement of oil tankers.
And when U.S. Defense Secretary Christopher Miller announced in response that the U.S. would increase its military presence in the region, Tehran launched weapons exercises, eliminating the new UAV capabilities and ballistic missiles.
An American submarine and naval vessel roam the Gulf of Persia in a force demonstration to Iran
The Iranians are far from fools. They will not provide US President Donald Trump casus belli with direct offensive action against the American military.
The new administration under Joe Biden and the nuclear talks that are likely to begin after January 20 are within reach. They will no doubt include many of the same people who ran Obama’s negotiation efforts a decade ago, who are enthusiastic about the agreement reached during his term.
Therefore, they posed obstacles such as increased uranium production, which is easily let down in exchange for more important performance.
Israel needs to be ready for the day after Biden engages in office talks and the US-Iran could leave Jerusalem out of the loop.
Can the government of carers be trusted to meet that challenge?