American President, Donald Trump, has called on Iran to make a deal over its nuclear programme, strong on the heels of the attacks on Iranian core security assets by Israel.
The Israeli strikes, which began on Thursday and continued this morning, targeted both the country’s nuclear experts, nuclear facilities and military brass, especially of the Iran Republican Guards (IRG).
And reacting to the strikes, Trump, on social media, said Iran must strike a deal before it was too late, and nothing was left of the “Iranian Empire.”
He confirmed that America was informed before the Israeli strikes ahead of time but was not directly involved.
Trump spoke as the United Nations Secretary General ,Antonio Gutierres, called for restraint. Gutierres said that the Middle East required stability and nothing should complicate the security of the region.
In its reaction, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said it was aware of the Israeli attacks on the Iranic nuclear site at Natanz. It made no further comments.
But the Vienna, Austria- based global agency had said that it did not trust that Iran was being transparent in its nuclear programme disclosures.
Consequently, it threatened to report Iran to the United Nations Security Council, UNSC, which has responsibility for imposing sanctions on offending nations under the canopy of the United Nations(UN).
Like America, Israel opposes Iran’s nuclear programme for the reason that a nuclear weapon, which they accuse Iran of trying to develop, could alter the balance of military power in the region away from Israel.
Of all of the countries in the Middle East and Asia Minor, Israel is the only nuclear weapon state, with an estimated 360 units of the dreaded weapon.
