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While the American president Donald Trump made an early outing of the Summit of the group of seven “Very close” to the construction of nuclear weapons.
This contradicted American intelligence reports. On March 25Trump’s national intelligence director Tulsi Gabbard told members of the US Congress unambiguously that Iran was not heading to the construction of nuclear weapons.
“The IC (Intelligence Community) continues to assess that Iran does not build a nuclear weapon and that the supreme chief (Ali) Khamenei has not authorized the nuclear weapons program that he suspended in 2003,” she said, referring to a collection of American espionage agencies that collaborate to make such assessments.
Trump’s latest remarks also mark his position on Iran last month when he said that the United States and Iran were near security An agreement on the Iranian nuclear program.
Even during the Iran-Israeli conflictWho was in his seventh day Thursday, Trump’s position on Iranian nuclear capacities and if the United States is ready to get involved in his conflict with Israel.
Shortly after Israel attacked Iranian nuclear installations on Friday and military sites, Trump administration officials said the United States was not involved.
Since then, however, Trump has indicated that the United States could get involved in the conflict of Israel with Iran, leaving allies and adversaries to guess what the next action will be. In particular, Israel wants the United States to provide “Bunker Buster»Bombs, which would allow his forces to penetrate Ford nuclear installationLocated at the bottom of a mountain in northwest Iran.
Trump on Wednesday refused to say if the United States would join the conflict.
“I can do it. I may not be doing it. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do,” he told journalists outside the White House.
Trump later said that Iranian officials wanted to visit Washington for talks. He said he was “a little late” for such discussions, but “we can do it”.
Trump’s flickering position on Iran has aroused serious concerns for many in its Maga database, named after its campaign slogan, makes America again large. The supporters concerned think that we involved a new war goes against the promise of Trump’s campaign to put America first and stay outside the conflicts involving others.
Here’s how Trump’s position has changed since he returned to the White House in January:
February: Trump “ restores maximum pressure ” on Iran
On February 4, the White House announced that Trump had signed a presidential national security memorandum to restore “maximum pressure“In Tehran, aimed at” refusing Iran all the ways to a nuclear weapon and to counter the malignant influence of Iran abroad “.
Trump clearly indicated that he was reluctant to threaten the force – rather with a diplomatic solution via talks.
Although the memorandum lacked details on the “maximum pressure” would imply and suggested that the measures could be difficult, Trump also said that he was “torn” and “unhappy” to the signature and added that he should “not have to be used in a large quantity”.
May 15: Trump says that the United States and Iran are close to a nuclear agreement
During Gulf tour Last month, Trump’s diplomatic position seemed to be held. Trump said the United States had engaged in “very serious negotiations with Iran for long-term peace”. He added that Washington and Tehran had “sort of” accepted the terms of a nuclear agreement.
“We are approaching perhaps to make a deal. … There are (there are two stages to do this: there is a very, very beautiful step, and there is the violent stage, but I do not want to do it in the second way,” he said.
May 17: Trump warns Iran on Houthi attacks
Only two days after having claimed to be close to an agreement with Iran on nuclear weapons, Trump continued the attack on social networks: “Don’t let anyone be fooled!” The hundreds of attacks are made by Houthi, the sinister gangsters and the thugs based in Yemen, who are hated by the Yemeni people, all emanating from, and are created by, Iran, “wrote Trump.
Tensions have been riding for months while Houthi In Yemen, launched attacks against the Israeli expedition in the Red Sea and On Israel himself During the War of Israel against Gaza.
May 28: Trump warns Netanyahu against Iran’s attack
On May 28, Trump seemed to have reversed this position again, however, when he said that he had told the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to remember On any strike on Iran, because it would be inappropriate to do now because we are very close to a solution (diplomatic) (on the nuclear state of Iran) “.
June 13: Trump administration tells us that we “not involved” in Iranian attacks
After Israel attacked Iran on Friday, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio published a statement, saying: “Tonight, Israel has taken unilateral measures against Iran. We are not involved in strikes against Iran and our top priority is to protect American forces in the region. ”
Rubio added: “Let me be clear: Iran should not target American interests or staff.”
June 17: Trump calls for the surrender of Iran, calls Khamenei an “ easy target ”
Trump’s anti-Iranian rhetoric on Tuesday changed speed again. He posted on his social platform Truth in reference to Iran: “Unconditional abandonment!”
In another article, he wrote about Khamenei: “We know exactly where the so-called” supreme leader “hides. It is an easy target, but there is security there – we are not going to take it out (kill!), At least not for the moment. But we do not want the missiles to be pulled on civilians, or American soldiers. Our patient is thin. Thank you to your attention! “
Trump told journalists that he wanted a real end to the question of whether Iran developed nuclear weapons, which Tehran denies, rather than a simple ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
The White House published a statement saying that Trump had “never vacillated in his position that Iran cannot be authorized to have a nuclear weapon”. The declaration listed cases from 2011 to Tuesday when Trump said that Iran should not have nuclear weapons.
June 18: “I can do it. I couldn’t ‘
Trump said on Wednesday to journalists asking if the United States could get involved in the Iran-Israeli conflict: “I can do it. I may not be. I mean, nobody knows what I’m going to do.”
How did Iran replied?
Iran insisted that its nuclear program is entirely peaceful and for civilian purposes, citing a religious edict issued by Khamenei In the early 2000s, prohibiting the production of weapons by saying that it was prohibited in Islam.
Khamenei rejected Trump’s calls on Wednesday on handing over in his first television message since Israel began his attacks on Iran. “Any American military intervention will undoubtedly be accompanied by irreparable damage,” said Khamenei.
Iran has moved into uranium enrichment of 60% in its nuclear installations, near the 90% enrichment necessary to manufacture nuclear weapons.
However, like American intelligence reports, the United Nations nuclear guard also said that he had found no evidence of the production of Iranian nuclear weapons. “We have had no evidence of a systematic effort to enter a nuclear weapon,” said Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
What position did Trump adopt on Iran and nuclear weapons during his first mandate?
Tensions were generally high Between Iran and Trump during the first term of the American president:
2018-2019: Tensions after the withdrawal of Trump from the nuclear agreement
In 2018, Trump announced the American withdrawal of the 2015 full action plan, a nuclear agreement signed between Iran and a group of countries led by the United States in 2015. The group was also made up of the European Union, China, France, Germany, Russia and the United Kingdom.
The agreement has prohibited the enrichment of uranium in Fordow and authorized only the peaceful development of nuclear technology in Iran for the production of energy in exchange for the complete lifting of sanctions. Iran has agreed to refrain from all enrichment of uranium and research on the enrichment of uranium in Fordow for 15 years. He also agreed not to keep a nuclear material there, but rather to “convert the installation of Ford to a nuclear, physical and technology center”.
But tensions have risen between Iran and the United States since then.
In December 2019, a rocket attack on an Iraqi military base killed an American entrepreneur and injured several American soldiers alongside Iraqi staff. US officials blamed the Iraqi armed group supported by Iran Kataib Hezbollah for the attack.
The same month, the American army retaliated by striking places belonging to Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq and Syria.
2020: The murder of Soleimani and its consequences
On January 3, 2020, the United States murdered Qassem Soleimani, the head of the Iran’s elite Elite, in a drone strike in Baghdad. The White House said it was done to dissuade future Iranian attacks of attacks when he accused Soleimani of “actively developing plans to attack American diplomats and soldiers in Iraq and throughout the region”.
On January 9, 2020, Trump said Soleimani had been killed “because they sought to explode our embassy” in Baghdad.
The United States has also threatened to hit Iranian sites hard if Iran attacked the United States or its assets. The United States have 19 military sites In the Middle East, during which 40,000 to 50,000 soldiers are stationed.
In March 2020, three soldiers belonging to a coalition led by the United States were killed In a rocket attack at the Taji military base housing the troops of us and coalition near Baghdad. The United States has imposed a new set of sanctions on Iran.
On June 29, 2020, Tehran published a arrest warrant For Trump and several of his assistants on the murder of Soleimani.
