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Ex-Mossad Official Warns Iran Nearing Nuclear Threshold, Favors Deal

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Former Mossad official Haim Tomer supports warnings that Iran is nearing nuclear weapons capability, citing recent shifts in Iranian rhetoric. He believes an agreement with Iran, allowing for oversight, is preferable to having no deal. Tomer also blamed former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for influencing former US President Donald Trump to withdraw from the 2015 nuclear accord.

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Former Mossad official Haim Tomer agrees Iran is nearing nuclear weapons capability.
Tomer believes a nuclear deal with Iran is preferable to no agreement.
He cited recent Iranian statements suggesting a policy shift towards nuclear weapons.
Tomer identified Iranian nuclear development efforts dating back to 2002.
He blamed Benjamin Netanyahu for persuading Donald Trump to exit the 2015 deal.

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factions within the regime are pushing to change Iran's nuclear policy and reverse the fatwa issued at the time by Ali Khamenei, which stated that Iran does not seek nuclear weapons under Islam.per an Iranian official
the shift in Iranian rhetoric stems from pressure and threats directed at the regime, primarily by the United States.per Haim Tomer
Benjamin Netanyahu, who was prime minister at the time, who, with the support of Israel's intelligence agencies, argued that the world had to be freed from the agreement so that Iran could be attacked militarily. He persuaded Trump.per Haim Tomer

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