Kochavi: "Preparing the military option against the Iranian nuclear program - a moral obligation and the national security order"

The Chief of Staff referred to the Iranian nuclear program at the Home Front Command exchange ceremony: "Preparations for military action are at the center of preparations in the IDF, and include a variety of operational plans, allocation of many resources, acquisition of appropriate weapons, intelligence and training."

Amir Bohbot

17/07/2022

Sunday, 17 July 2022, 20:53 Updated: 21:03

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Chief of Staff Aviv Kochavi said tonight (Sunday) that "the preparation of the military option against the Iranian nuclear program is a moral obligation and the national security order.

" Given the possibility that we will be required to act against the nuclear threat, "Kochavi said." The IDF continues to prepare vigorously for an attack on Iran and must prepare for any development and any scenario. Preparations for military action against the nuclear program "Equipping with appropriate weapons, intelligence and training."

Message to Iran, Chief of Staff Kochavi (Photo: IDF Spokesman)

Earlier in the day, senior adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei said Tehran was "technically" capable of producing a nuclear bomb.

In an interview with Al-Jazeera in Arabic, Kamal Harazi, Iran's former foreign minister, said his country would not negotiate its nuclear program and regional policy, adding that Tehran would respond directly to Israel if it harmed it.

"In a few days we were able to enrich pines to a level of 60% and we could easily produce 90% enriched uranium ... Iran has the technical capabilities to produce a nuclear bomb but no decision has been made whether to build such a bomb," Harazi said.

A week ago, Reuters reported that a report by the National Atomic Energy Agency that it had received said that Iran had begun enriching uranium with advanced centrifuges at a Purdue reactor.

The use of advanced centrifuges makes it easier to switch between different degrees of enrichment, and to accelerate the ability to develop nuclear weapons.

According to the Atomic Energy Agency, Iran has begun feeding the centrifuges in enriched uranium to a concentration of 5%.

Iran has previously announced that it intends to enrich uranium to a concentration level of 20%.

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