By Tyler Durden
On Saturday a top Iranian military official warned Tel Aviv and Washington against planned-for joint military drills that would simulate attacks on Iran. Reuters earlier in the week reported that Israeli Defense Minister Benjamin Gantz and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin had met to discuss possible joint ‘counter-Iran’ exercises, with Israeli media reports suggesting they already might be taking place.
“Providing conditions for military commanders to test Iranian missiles with real targets will cost the aggressors a heavy price,” the unnamed military official was cited in state media as saying.
US officials have lately described the Biden administration has a ‘plan B’ in place should Vienna negotiations fail to produce any breakthrough – which suggests even more sanctions but also possible military strike options against Iran nuclear facilities. Some in the administration worry that this occasional “mowing the grass” will in the end to little to deter Iran’s program – instead they fear it could only hasten Tehran’s pursuit of a bomb.
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