Israel is preparing to launch an operation on Iran, informing multiple sources CBS News

Multiple sources have been told that US officials had been told that Israel was completely ready to launch an operation in Iran.

The United States expects Iran to discuss from certain American sites in neighboring Iraq. This is part of the reason that the United States advised some Americans to leave the region earlier on Wednesday. Ministry of Foreign Affairs I command The defense official told CBS News that non -emergency government officials to leave Iraq due to “increasing regional tensions”, and the Pentagon authorized the military family members to voluntarily leave the sites throughout the Middle East.

Two US officials said that President Trump’s envoy in the Middle East, Steve Witkev, is still planning to meet Iran in the sixth round of talks on the country’s nuclear program in the coming days.

Mr. Trump talked about Iran in the appearance of the Kennedy Center on Wednesday, where journalists told the Americans to have advised to leave the region “because it may be a dangerous place, and we will see what is happening.” Mr. Trump also repeated that the United States did not want to develop a nuclear weapon, saying: “We will not allow this.”

When asked in the White House the reason for allowing the Military Moods to voluntarily leave the area, Mr. Trump said: “You have to see.”

Meanwhile, Iranian Defense Minister Aziz Nasserazadeh told reporters on Wednesday that if the nuclear talks fail and impose a “conflict on us”, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps “will target all American bases in the host countries.”

UK Maritime Trade Organization on Wednesday Ships advise To exercise caution in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman – three main waterways for the global oil trade – because of “increasing tensions within the region that can lead to an escalation of military activity.”

Israeli officials and White House spokesperson declined to comment.

Trump administration Request a deal With Iran to reduce the country’s nuclear program, such as International monitoring Say that the country continued to enrich uranium to the level of nearby weapons. The talks are sensitive, and it is not clear how close the two sides are to a deal: Mr. Trump He said No uranium enrichment will be accepted by Iran, but Iranian leaders have Shown The president said earlier this week, they will not accept these conditions.

For years, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was skeptical of any deal with Iran. The two countries were before the Iran revolution in 1979. Netanyahu’s office He says Israel has conducted “countless and secret operations” for the growth of the Iranian nuclear program.

Last month, Mr. Trump Say publicly Netanyahu urged Iran not to strike while his administration follows negotiations with the regime.

“I told him that this would be inappropriate to do it now because we are very close to the solution,” said Mr. Trump.

Iranian nuclear program Decades of decades dates backAlthough the country has long insisted that the program is only intended for peaceful purposes.

In 2015, former President Barack Obama concluded a deal with Iran Reducing domain Among the country’s uranium enrichment program, on Netanyahu’s objections, which he claimed that Iran is unreliable or funded by it I left secretly Agreement. Mr. Trump came out of the agreement during his first term and raised sanctions against Iran, while the Middle East state is She expanded her stock Very fertilized uranium.

in a report Two weeks ago, the International Atomic Energy Agency estimated that Iran had affected 408.6 kilograms of uranium up to 60 % purity – a very close to the 90 % enrichment level required to build a nuclear weapon. This is a big leap of 274.8 kilograms, the United Nations Agency presented in February.

In a testimony to the Capitol Hill earlier on Wednesday, Defense Minister Beit Higseth said: “There are many indicators that they were moving towards something very similar to a nuclear weapon.”

Sarah Cookand

Khaled Vojaf and

Eleanor Watson

He contributed to this report.