๐บ๐ธ๐ฎ๐ท US Special Envoy Tom Barak refers to ongoing negotiations with Iran, and emphasizes that military options remain available while emphasizing diplomatic efforts:.
"Could there be an attack this weekend? definitely. The president was clear. I give you an American policy. The president is very clear. He is open and available and accessible to the transaction. And we have been on the table for months and months and months starting what is clearly the elimination of the imminent nuclear threat.
I think we've established it, everyone more or less agrees that this particular threat has arisen. Proliferation of nuclear weapons and where we are going with the enrichment and all these things are details, the punctuation and the chapter that needs to be finished. And then along the way we end up with the Straits of Hormuz being another hostage point of saying, okay, we're in a different place where if we're in the deal, what are we in the deal for? We are in a deal to cancel asset freezes, release sanctions, no more kinetic involvement, providing the necessary help to Israel, our ally, what is our commitment to them, how is this engagement. Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff did an amazing job."