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In this photo released by Nournews, Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, right, shakes hands with China’s most senior diplomat Wang Yi, as Saudi Arabia’s National Security Adviser Musaad bin Mohammed al-Aiban looks on during an agreement-signing ceremony between Iran and Saudi Arabia to reestablish diplomatic relations and reopen embassies after seven years of tensions between the Mideast rivals, in Beijing, on March 10, 2023.
Suppose the Israeli defense establishment, the prime minister, and the inner security cabinet decide that Iran’s uranium enrichment at 84 percent, close to what’s needed for a nuclear weapon, and its progress in weaponizing a warhead is making a nuclear breakout imminent. They share the information with their ally, the United States, which has promised never to allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon. What next?