The plan was ready: a May a massive air bombing he would have hammered theIran for a week, opening the way to the infiltration of groups of commando To complete the operation, blow up i Iranian nuclear sites. But at the last minute, the president Donald Trump And his team stopped everything, announcing his intention to reopen the Negotiated with Tehran on his nuclear program.
The revelations of New York Timeson the basis of numerous confidences of anonymous sources connected to the affair, arrive on the eve of the meeting of Romewhere the US special correspondent on Saturday Steve Witkoff and the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi they will try to revive the wires of the negotiation. Trumpasked by journalists during the meeting with the premier Giorgia Meloni at the White housedid not confirm the military plans, on the contrary it has emphasized the possibility of reaching an agreement. THE’Iran But “he cannot have an atomic weapon, he is very simple”, and if there is no agreement “he will get hurt for them”, he warned.
Meanwhile, to facilitate the interviews, the head of theInternational Atomic Agency (AIEA) Rafael Grossi He landed a Tehran: “We are in a crucial phase of these important negotiations, we know that we have little time, that’s why I am here,” said the manager, who before leaving for the Iranian capital had warned that theIran “It’s not far away” from having one atomic bomb“They have the pieces and maybe one day they could put them back together.”
According to the sources of intelligence cited by Nytthe Islamic Republic it could churn out at least 6 Nuclear devices “In a few months, at most one year”. For this reason the government of Benyamin Netanyahuthanks to the Iranian fulfillment resulting from the decimation of the leadership of Hezbollah and lightened by the fall of Bashar al Assad which interrupted the refueling line from Tehran al Lebanonhad hatched the plan to hit the nuclear sites.
An operation that the army of Jewish state can only complete with the help and approval of Washingtonand the American weapons deployed in defense of Israel In the case of an inevitable Iranian retaliation. Not only that: without the help of the Usa spy satellites and gods bombers the road to the soldiers of theIDF It would be uphill, and the final success not insured.
In a first phase the proposal Israeli seemed to have found consent in the United Statesparticularly in the centers of military command who have already deployed in area I B-2 bombers and two aircraft carrierthe Carl Vinson In the Arabic Sea and the Harry S. Truman In the Red Seaofficially for operations against Houthi in Yemen But – writes the Nyt – “Also in the potential plan to support Israel in the war with Iran”.
At the beginning April However, the cold shower For Netanyahu: the head of the US Central Commandthe general Michael Kurilladuring a visit to Tel Aviv has informed military managers that the decision of the White house it was to put in pause the operation. The 3the Israeli premier called Trumpbut the US President would have refused to discuss the operation by telephone, inviting Netanyahu in Washington. Visit arrived in a close tour, the April 7thofficially to discuss the dutiesactually of the blitz against the Iranians.
In the interview the tycoon he would have communicated his to the premier Noin view of the Negotiations with Iran who then announced while Netanyahu He was still physically at the White house. The plan, for now, remains such, but not to stay with your hands in hand Cia And Mossad they would have had green light to intensify the secret operations against scientists they Iranian plants.