Trump believes he will decide to strike within 2 weeks to ban Iran’s nuclear site in Fordo

Washington – President Trump has briefed on the risks and benefits of bombing FuduoSeveral sources told CBS News that Iran’s safest nuclear location and his mentality are because the risk of producing weapons in a relatively short period of time is necessary.

“He doesn’t think there are too many options,” a source said. “Done work means destroying Fordo.”

The president approved a plan for attacks on Iran on Tuesday night, but no final decision has been made Whether to strike The country has officially joined Israel’s air movement, a senior intelligence source and defense official told CBS News on Wednesday. Sources said Mr. Trump insisted on a strike in case Tehran agreed to abandon its nuclear program.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the president will decide whether to order a strike in the next two weeks.

“Based on the fact that there is a high possibility of negotiations with Iran in the near future, I will decide whether to proceed within the next two weeks,” Mr. Trump said in a statement at a White House press conference.

CBS News previously reported that Mr. Trump was Weighing the strikeunderground uranium enrichment facilities. Israel did not conduct any known strikes On fordo Since bombing of Iranian nuclear and military targets began late last week.

Trump’s decision

Sources say Mr. Trump is willing to let the United States participate if that is a requirement to eliminate the site. As of Thursday, he was still reviewing his choices and made no decisions. Two sources said he had discussed logistics using the Bunker-Buster bomb.

It is unclear how many strikes are needed for the U.S. military infrastructure, or how long it takes to transfer assets into place.

Mr Trump believes that two sources said Iran could ban Fordo’s option on its own if its leaders choose.

European officials said British Foreign Secretary David Lammy will meet with Washington’s Secretary of State Marco Rubio later Thursday and actively engage in diplomacy in search of diplomacy in conflict and offer Iran to take over. London owns an embassy in Tehran, making Britain’s popularity the United States in the Iranian capital.

Mr Trump is aware of diplomatic efforts being conducted with German Foreign Ministers, French and British Foreign Ministers and senior EU representatives, who will meet with Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Friday.

Mr. Trump has reviewed the intelligence report showing that Iran can produce an estimated speed at which the bomb can be produced, two sources said.

CIA Director John Ratcliffe said in a closed-door environment that Iran is considered very close to possessing nuclear weapons.

Ratcliffe said claiming Iran is not close will be similar to saying that footballers who have fought to the one-yard line do not want to play touchdowns.

A congressional committee briefly introduced by senior CIA analysts has been informed of the intelligence community’s views that the supreme leader has not given weaponization orders and that Iran has not restarted research on the delivery mechanism of nuclear bombs.

The CIA declined to comment.

“At least so far, the intelligence community has concluded that Iran is not moving towards nuclear weapons,” Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Wednesday.

“They are enriching the extra uranium, but they don’t have weapons yet, [decision] He told reporters that the remaining one was the supreme leader. I need to know that if this intelligence changes, I want to make sure that if it changes, it is based on facts and not political influence. ”

“Things have changed, especially war”

Mr. Trump told reporters on Wednesday No final decision was made Regarding whether to strike Iran.

“I like to make the final decision a second before the expiration because things have changed, especially with the war,” he said.

“I might do that. I might not do it. I mean, no one knows what I’m going to do,” he said.

Iran has long insisted that the plan exists only for peaceful purposes – Said Wednesday It “does not negotiate under coercion” and said it will “respond to any threat to any threat”.

According to senior U.S. intelligence officials and Pentagon officials, Iran has prepared missiles and equipment to prepare for a strike at a U.S. base in the Middle East as the U.S. joins the Israeli campaign.

Last Friday morning, Israel began attacking Iran. The Trump administration has publicly stated that it has not participated in an offensive strike, although CBS News has previously reported that the United States has helped Israel intercept Iran’s retaliatory missile strike.

Mr. Trump has not ruled out the idea of ​​joining the Israeli campaign in recent days, saying that his “patience has worn” about the truth.

The president said on Tuesday that the United States knew the whereabouts of Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “He is an easy target, but it’s safe there – we won’t take him out (kill!), at least not yet.” On Sunday, CBS News Mr. Trump opposes Israel’s plan to kill Khamenei.