This Israeli General Does Not Believe Stopping Iran's Nuclear Program Is Going To Be Easy

Retired Israeli general and Executive Director of Tel Aviv University’s Institute for National Security Studies (INSS) Amos Yadlin attends a session at the Manama Dialogue security conference in the Bahraini capital on December 5, 2020. Mazen Mahdi, AFP  

CNBC: Israeli general who helped destroy Iraq, Syria nuclear plants says stopping Iran is much harder 

 * Iran is now enriching uranium at 60%, close to military grade.

 * The decision to increase enrichment comes after an explosion at a nuclear site in Natanz. Iran has blamed Israel for the attack. 

* Talks aimed at reviving the nuclear deal between Iran, the U.S. and other powers were held in Vienna this week. 

* Israel is not a party to the talks, but is watching them closely and has vowed to destroy Iran’s nuclear program if all else fails. 

 * Gen. Amos Yadlin, former head of Israeli military intelligence, tells CNBC that stopping Iran will be tougher than past efforts against Iraq and Syria. 

As Iran boosts uranium enrichment to 60%, a short jump to military grade at 90%, world powers are trying to coax the Islamic Republic to take a pause. 

Meetings designed to return both Iran and the United States to a form of the nuclear deal signed in 2015, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, restarted in Austria this week. 

While Israel is not a part of the talks, it is a main player in the drama that could quickly escalate.  

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WNU Editor: The paragraph that caught my attention in the above report is this one .... 

.... “The U.S. has a complete chokehold on Iran’s economy,” said Nader. In 2018, Iran held cash reserves worth more than $120 billion. Due to sanctions, that stockpile fell to about $4 billion in 2020, according to estimates from the International Monetary Fund.  

But it will take more than just economic sanctions for Iran to abandon its nuclear program.

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