Nuclear experts urge Trump not to let Iran steer talks away from regime’s atomic threat
As negotiations continue over the Strait of Hormuz experts are urging the Trump administration to keep their eye on the ball when it comes to the Iranian nuclear program.
On Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted to news of reported comments from IRGC chief Ahmad Vahidi, warning that Israel would continue preventing Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, with or without a diplomatic agreement.
The remarks in question by Vahidi, which were first seemed to be reported in 2025 in an interview with an Iranian-regime-linked outlet, went viral on Wednesday, but after further investigation they seem to have come from an interview when he was interior minister and an adviser to the IRGC.
He reportedly told ILNA that the country’s official line was that building a bomb was not on the table but “iran’s hand is open…Iran can take actions if has not taken until now,” in an account published by Khabar online, and shared with Fox News Digital.
In reaction to the remarks that were amplified by Israel’s Ch. 14 on X, Netanyahu said during his speech that, “Today, we heard the commander of the Revolutionary Guards, Vahidi, explicitly declare Iran’s intention to continue developing nuclear weapons — ‘continue,’ as he put it,” Netanyahu said at a ceremony marking the reinterment of Shimon and Rivka Herzl, the grandparents of the founder of modern day Zionism, Theodor Herzl.”
“Well, as prime minister of Israel, I too, am determined to continue — to continue preventing Iran from possessing nuclear weapons,” he said.
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