Axios has newly revealed a key, explosive part of President Trump’s letter submitted to Iranian leadership, which was initially disclosed in the first week of March. The letter to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei included a two-month deadline for achieving another nuclear deal, according to several anonymous sources. It seems a come to the able again, or else!…type of proposal
Axios notes that “It isn’t clear whether the two month-clock begins from the time the letter was delivered or from when negotiations start.” The letter was first reported at the end of the first week of March, but the Iranians claimed they hadn’t received it up to days after that.
“But if Iran rejects Trump’s outreach and doesn’t negotiate, the chances of US or Israeli military action against Iran’s nuclear facilities would dramatically increase,” Axios continues.
Trump has spelled out the “or else” part in a Yemen-related Wednesday post on Truth Social…
After admitting that Iran has backed off of support for the Houthis at a moment the US is bombing Yemen, Trump is warning “they will be completely annihilated.” While the threat is being most directly aimed at the Houthis, the clear message is that the Iranians have been put on notice as well.
Lately the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has described that the Islamic Republic’s current stockpile of 60% enriched uranium – if enriched to 90% – would be enough to produce six nuclear bombs.
