President Trump and his foreign policy aides are divided over how to address Iran’s advancing nuclear program. The issue has become progressively more acute – for the United States and particularly for Israel, which identifies Iran’s nuclear program as an “existential threat” – as Iran assembles the fissile material and knowledge it would need to […]| The Soufan Center
As Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu began his visit to Washington last week, including meeting with President Trump in the Oval Office on February 4, global experts expected the meeting to produce an unequivocal commitment by Trump to use––or support Israel’s use of––military action to destroy Iran’s nuclear program. President Trump and all of his […]| The Soufan Center
U.S., Israeli, and European concerns over Iran’s advancing nuclear program have brought the Iran file to a top position on the Trump administration’s national security agenda. Iran’s nuclear advances are testing Trump’s long-stated intent to avoid sparking a significant new regional war. Iran’s nuclear program is assessed by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as […]| The Soufan Center