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US/Israeli Officials To Meet Thurs To Discuss Iran Nuclear Programme

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Senior US and Israeli officials are expected to meet at the White House on Thursday to discuss Iran’s nuclear programme for the first time since March 2023.

  • The meeting, which will be conducted within the U.S.-Israel strategic consultative group format, is reportedly focused on intelligence suggesting that Iran may be working on computer modelling that could be used for research and development of nuclear weapons.
  • Axios notes: “The purpose of the modeling is unclear. Some U.S. and Israeli officials said the intelligence is a worrying signal about Iran's nuclear ambitions. Other officials on both sides say it's a "blip" that doesn't represent a shift in Iranian policy. Iran denies wanting nuclear weapons.”
  • Barak Ravid at Axios reports on X that a US official said: "...there is no change to our assessment that Iran is not currently undertaking the key nuclear weapons development activities necessary to produce a testable nuclear device. We remain deeply concerned with Iran’s nuclear activities and will continue to vigilantly monitor them."
  • The meeting comes amid increasing concerns that tensions between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah could expand into a wider war, and days after an IAEA report warned that Iran had expanded its enrichment capacity at its Fordow facility.
  • White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters: “If we weren't concerned about the possibility of escalation and a full-blown second front there, to the north, we wouldn't still be involved in such intense diplomacy. … We haven't seen Hezbollah jump in with two full feet here.”
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Senior US and Israeli officials are expected to meet at the White House on Thursday to discuss Iran’s nuclear programme for the first time since March 2023.

  • The meeting, which will be conducted within the U.S.-Israel strategic consultative group format, is reportedly focused on intelligence suggesting that Iran may be working on computer modelling that could be used for research and development of nuclear weapons.
  • Axios notes: “The purpose of the modeling is unclear. Some U.S. and Israeli officials said the intelligence is a worrying signal about Iran's nuclear ambitions. Other officials on both sides say it's a "blip" that doesn't represent a shift in Iranian policy. Iran denies wanting nuclear weapons.”
  • Barak Ravid at Axios reports on X that a US official said: "...there is no change to our assessment that Iran is not currently undertaking the key nuclear weapons development activities necessary to produce a testable nuclear device. We remain deeply concerned with Iran’s nuclear activities and will continue to vigilantly monitor them."
  • The meeting comes amid increasing concerns that tensions between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah could expand into a wider war, and days after an IAEA report warned that Iran had expanded its enrichment capacity at its Fordow facility.
  • White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters: “If we weren't concerned about the possibility of escalation and a full-blown second front there, to the north, we wouldn't still be involved in such intense diplomacy. … We haven't seen Hezbollah jump in with two full feet here.”