Joe Biden has said he will seek to revive the Iran Nuclear deal, which the Trump administration withdrew from in 2018, with some changes.
Israel바카라s military chief Tuesday warned the Biden administration against rejoining the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, even if it toughens its terms, adding he바카라s ordered his forces to step up preparations for possible offensive action against Iran during the coming year.
The comments by Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi came as Israel and Iran both seek to put pressure on President Joe Biden ahead of his expected announcement on his approach for dealing with the Iranian nuclear program. In Iran, leaders said they would not wait indefinitely for Biden to act.
The 2015 deal put curbs on Iran바카라s nuclear program in exchange for the easing of crippling economic sanctions. Israel strongly opposed the deal, saying it did not include sufficient safeguards to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. It welcomed the Trump administration바카라s withdrawal from the agreement in 2018.
Biden has said he will seek to revive the deal, with some changes.
In his address to the Institute for National Security Studies, Kohavi said a return to the deal, even with some improvements, 바카라is bad operationally and it is bad strategically.바카라 He said allowing Iran to proceed with a nuclear program would be 바카라an unacceptable threat and will lead to nuclear proliferation across the region.바카라 Iran says its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes only.
Kohavi said that given the threat posed by Iran, Israel바카라s military would be prepared to attack on its own if needed.
바카라I instructed the army to prepare a number of operational plans in addition to the existing ones,바카라 he said. 바카라We are taking care of these plans and will develop them during the coming year. Those who decide on carrying them out, of course, are the political leaders. But these plans have to be on the table.바카라
Just hours before Kohavi spoke against a deal, Iran prodded Biden to rejoin the atomic accord. 바카라The window of opportunity will not be open for long,바카라 said Iran바카라s Cabinet spokesman Ali Rabiei.
Israeli officials, including Kohavi, say that Iran is in a much weaker position than in 2015 after years of sanctions by the Trump administration. They say that any new deal should eliminate 바카라sunset바카라 provisions that phase out certain limits on Iran바카라s nuclear activities, address Iran바카라s long-range missile program and its military involvement and support for Israel바카라s enemies across the region.
Tensions around Iran have steadily increased. During Trump바카라s final days as president, Tehran seized a South Korean oil tanker and begun enriching uranium closer to weapons-grade levels, while the U.S. has sent B-52 bombers, the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier and a nuclear submarine into the region.
Iran has also increased its military drills, including firing cruise missiles as part of a naval drill in the Gulf of Oman this month.
Iran has missile capability of up to 2,000 kilometers (1,250 miles), far enough to reach Israel and U.S. military bases in the region.