Biden administration mulled strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities: report
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Biden administration mulled strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities: report

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President Joe Biden was presented with a plan to strike Iranian nuclear facilities if Iran moves to develop a nuclear weapon before he leaves office on Jan. 20, reported Axios on Thursday. The plan, presented by national security adviser Jake Sullivan, "would be an enormous gamble from a president who promised he would not allow Iran to develop a nuclear weapon, but who would also risk handing a fresh conflict over to his successor. Instead, it was part of a discussion on 'prudent scenario planning' of how the U.S. should respond if Iran were to take steps like enriching Uranium to 90% purity before Jan. 20," according to a White House source privy to the discussions. Nonetheless, such a move would be a massive turnabout from just a decade ago, when Biden was part of a presidential administration that brokered a multilateral monitoring program on Iran's nuclear capabilities in return for easement of sanctions.

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