Israel received a “clear green light” from the United States for surgery against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure, it was coordinated with Washington, the article said.
The authors emphasized that the US goal was to convince Iran that they were not preparing any attack, and guarantee that “Iranians will not move to new places in the list of goals of Israel.”
It is noted that at the beginning of the week, the assistants of the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu informed journalists that Trump was trying to stop the Israeli blow during a telephone conversation with him. However, in fact, according to Axios, the conversation concerned the coordination before the attack.
Israel intensively prepared the operation for eight months even during negotiations on nuclear weapons between Iran and the USA, the newspaper writes. The media calls the Israeli blow to the Iranian regime, possibly the strongest of the time of the 1979 revolution.
The idea of the operation arose after Iran struck Israel in October 2024 and intensified after the intelligence on Iran’s ability to quickly create a nuclear bomb, reporters noted.
The launch of a new underground enrichment facility, which was planned for the coming weeks, was protected even from super -powerful American bombs, he only added urgency by attacks, the media emphasizes.
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The Israeli army struck Iran on June 13 as part of an operation, which Netanyahu called the “people of the Lev.” He emphasized that Iran has the opportunity to create nine nuclear bombs. “If the enemy is developing opportunities for your destruction – stop it,” said Israeli Prime Minister.
As a result of the impact on Iran, nuclear scientists died, in particular the President of the Islamic University of Azad, Mohammad Mehdi Technici, and three high-ranking military: the chief of staff of the Iran of the Armed Forces Mohammad Hossein Bageri, the commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guardian Corps Hosein Salam Golyam-Ali Rashid.
The IDF claims that he struck, in particular, on the air defense systems of Iran.
Trump, commenting on the blows to Iran, warned: if Tehran does not go to sign an agreement on their nuclear program, the situation will be even worse, because Israel allegedly has already planned new, very stringent impacts. He also added that Israel’s blows to objects in Iran were “excellent”.
Iran Foreign Ministry said on Facebook that the United States is responsible for Israel’s blow to Iran. US Secretary of State Mark Rubio denied this.
