US Chief of Staff: If Iran has a nuclear weapon, it will pressure Israel
Basant Ahmed
US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Dan Keane said that if Iran possesses a nuclear weapon, it will pressure Israel, stressing, "I do not know if Iran would use a nuclear weapon against Israel if it obtained one," according to US media.
The US Chief of Staff confirmed, "There are many indications that the Iranians were moving toward what looked very much like a nuclear weapon."
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