Only military action can stop Iran from achieving nuclear weapons capabilities, former Mossad chief Danny Yatom told Army Radio late Wednesday night, though he added that he doubted the United States would approve such a step.
Responding to an interviewer’s query, asking Yatom if he had reached the conclusion that only military action could stop Iran’s drive toward nuclear weapons, the ex-Mossad head said “yes, I have reached that conclusion.”
According to the former intelligence chief, the “world needs to understand – an Iranian bomb poses a risk to its safety.”
However, he added, he could not see “a U.S.-led world ready to take risks involved in striking Iran’s nuclear facilities.”
U.S. envoy to the United Nations Susan Rice said Wednesday that the United States intended to study carefully Iran’s proposals for resolving its nuclear standoff with the West, submitted earlier that day, and said she hoped its offers would be constructive.
