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U.S. officials have been told Israel is fully ready to launch an operation into Iran, multiple sources told CBS News.
US President Donald Trump told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war in Gaza and stop talk of an attack on Iran, according to a source familiar with the conversation.
The State Department said it had decided to shrink the U.S. “footprint” in Baghdad and the United Kingdom issued a warning about “increased tensions within the region.”
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Dan Caine declined to definitively say on Wednesday whether they believed Iran would use a nuclear weapon if it acquired one.
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Iranian intelligence minister vows to release a "treasure trove" of Israeli military secrets amid stalled US-Iran nuclear negotiations.
U.S. officials said Israel delayed its plans for a retaliatory strike on Iran after Asif W. Rahman, 34, leaked them online last year.
The decision comes amid heightened tensions between the U.S. and Iran as nuclear talks appear to have stalled.
Iran’s intelligence minister has claimed without offering evidence that Tehran seized an “important treasury” of information regarding Israel’s nuclear program.
Iran is "exploiting the time to modify nuclear facilities in ways that could diminish the impact of a potential military strike on those sites and their outcomes,” sources said.