Time for Trump to show his tough rhetoric on Tehran carries results -

The president has long taken a hardline stance on Iran, but with Tehran testing the limits of Western resolve, he has an opening to reset the equation.​

Sunday marked one year since Iran launched its first direct ballistic missile attack on Israel, a moment that marked a dangerous escalation in Tehran’s aggression against the Jewish state.

Exactly 12 months later, as Jews up and down the country were celebrating the first day of Passover, Iran’s proxies in Yemen, the Houthis, fired a missile toward Israel that saw citizens of Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and everywhere in between fleeing to bomb shelters.

The situation remains volatile, and the world is watching. Now, with US President Donald Trump signaling that he will make a swift decision on Iran, he has a critical opportunity to finally enforce real deterrence against the regime in Tehran.

Israel anticipates a nuclear Tehran​

Trump, who has threatened military action if no deal is reached on halting Iran’s nuclear program, told reporters aboard Air Force One that he met with advisers on Iran and expected a quick decision, giving no further details.

Past negotiations have only bought Iran time to advance its nuclear program. The Oman talks cannot become another endless cycle of dialogue without results, especially given Israel’s desire to deal with the Iranian issue once and for all.

Israel remains Iran’s primary target, and the US must ensure that Israel has the military and intelligence support needed to defend itself, including advanced missile defense systems and preemptive strike capabilities. If Iran attacks again, Israel should have a green light to respond with overwhelming force.

Trump has built his presidency on confronting adversaries. Now, with Iran testing the limits, he has a chance to prove that his tough rhetoric translates into real results. If he fails, the Iranians will push forward with their nuclear program, embolden their proxies, and threaten Israel like never before. But if Trump succeeds, he could reshape the Middle East.

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Time for Trump to show his tough rhetoric on Tehran carries results - editorial

The president has long taken a hardline stance on Iran, but with Tehran testing the limits of Western resolve, he has an opening to reset the equation.

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Witkoff: Trump seeks to limit Iran's uranium enrichment​

US President Donald Trump is seeking to limit Iran's uranium enrichment to 3.67%, White House special envoy Steve Witkoff told Fox News on Monday night.

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Witkoff: Trump seeks to limit Iran's uranium enrichment​

US President Donald Trump is seeking to limit Iran's uranium enrichment to 3.67%, White House special envoy Steve Witkoff told Fox News on Monday night.

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Witkoff indicates US seeks to cap Iran uranium enrichment, not dismantle nuclear program​

US special envoy to the Mideast Steve Witkoff appeared to use a key component of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal signed during the Obama administration as a reference point for the ongoing talks with Tehran, in comments that seemed to indicate the US is looking to limit rather than dismantle Tehran’s nuclear program.

The deal, which US President Donald Trump abandoned in 2018 and has long criticized, barred Iran from enriching its uranium beyond 3.67 percent as part of a framework intended to prevent the Islamic Republic from obtaining a weapon.

Iran “do[es] not need to enrich past 3.67%. In some circumstances, they’re at 60%, in other circumstances 20%. That cannot be,” Witkoff told Fox News in a Monday interview. “You do not need to run — as they claim — a civil nuclear program where you’re enriching past 3.67%.”

Enriching uranium from 60% to the 90% needed for a weapon is a relatively short technical step.

The comments indicated that the US is looking to limit Iran’s uranium enrichment rather than dismantle its nuclear program altogether, as demanded by Israel, which sees a nuclear-armed Iran as an existential threat.

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[mattfivefour]

While all of that is true, the fact remains that Iran has so much oil and gas under its feet that it does not need nuclear energy. Certainly not in the foreseeable future.

 

[Margery]

Witkoff is out of his depth.

The only reason this hasn't blown up is

1 God is restraining things for His reasons

2 Trump is busy on a lot of different projects all at once. Blowing up Iran's nukes (which I think he wishes Israel would do for him) will likely involved China moving on Taiwan (where all the really important chips are made) and Russia dealing with Ukraine. He likely doesn't want a 3 front war opening up just at the moment when the trade war is going on with his usual allies as well as his enemies.

 

[Tall Timbers]

These negotiations don't resemble Trump's sabre-rattling, at all... there seems to be a huge disconnect here. Iran could actually agree to what Trump is asking, and then hide most of their highly refined stuff somewhere while pretending to turn over all that they have. Then in a couple of weeks they could try to nuke Israel.

By my way of thinking, every site in Iran that is in any way nuclear needs to be completely destroyed, including their nuclear power plant.