An Israeli minister judges Iranian nuclear power “more exposed to strikes than ever”

The new Israeli Defense Minister ruled on Monday November 11 that Iran was “more exposed than ever to strikes on its nuclear installations ». “We have an opportunity to achieve our most important goal: to thwart and eliminate the existential threat to the State of Israel”writes Israel Katz in a message on the social network

Israel has for years accused Iran of seeking to acquire nuclear weapons, something the Islamic Republic – whose leaders regularly call for the destruction of the Jewish state – has always denied. In 2018, the United States, under the presidency of Donald Trump, denounced the Vienna international agreement concluded three years earlier with the aim of limiting and controlling Tehran's nuclear ambitions. In response, the Islamic Republic has increased its production of enriched uranium to levels never before reached, and its stocks continue to increase, according to reports from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN watchdog of nuclear.

On October 26, Israeli aircraft launched a raid on military targets in Iran, in retaliation for a salvo of some 200 missiles fired by Tehran at Israel on October 1. Before these Israeli strikes, several Israeli officials or former ministers had called for a decisive strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, but according to information from the American press, this option was ruled out following strong pressure from Washington .