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Israel is considering launching a military strike against Iran in the coming days without American support, according to Western officials.
The officials said fears of either no deal or a weak deal between Donald Trump, the US president, and the Islamic Republic to curtail its nuclear programme had forced Israeli strategists to consider a unilateral attack against Tehran.
It comes as the UN nuclear watchdog’s board of governors found that Iran had broken its non-proliferation agreement for the first time in 20 years.
The governors demanded that Iran provided answers “without delay” in a long-running investigation into uranium traces found at several locations that Tehran has failed to declare as nuclear sites.
Iran is believed to have enriched uranium to at least 60 per cent, putting it within “sprint” distance of a potential nuclear device.
In response to the ruling, the Islamic Republic said it had no choice but to respond by establishing a new enrichment facility in a “secure location” and “significantly” increasing its production of enriched uranium.
www.telegraph.co.uk
The officials said fears of either no deal or a weak deal between Donald Trump, the US president, and the Islamic Republic to curtail its nuclear programme had forced Israeli strategists to consider a unilateral attack against Tehran.
It comes as the UN nuclear watchdog’s board of governors found that Iran had broken its non-proliferation agreement for the first time in 20 years.
The governors demanded that Iran provided answers “without delay” in a long-running investigation into uranium traces found at several locations that Tehran has failed to declare as nuclear sites.
Iran is believed to have enriched uranium to at least 60 per cent, putting it within “sprint” distance of a potential nuclear device.
In response to the ruling, the Islamic Republic said it had no choice but to respond by establishing a new enrichment facility in a “secure location” and “significantly” increasing its production of enriched uranium.

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