'It's not true.' Trump's reasons for Iran attacks questioned
USA TODAY
Donald Trump says Iran was close to developing nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles capable of striking the U.S. Analysts say that's not true.
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and members of his administration repeatedly made the case for military strikes against Iran by arguing that the Middle Eastern country posed a serious threat to the United States.
Iran, they said, was on the verge of developing a nuclear weapon and ballistic missiles capable of striking the United States.
But national security analysts and experts on Iran and its ruling regime say those claims are based on assumptions that are wrong or greatly exaggerated.
“It’s not true,” Matthew Bunn, an arms control expert at Harvard’s Kennedy School, said of the assertion that Iran is close to developing a nuclear weapon.
The United States and Israel launched military strikes and “major combat operations” against Iran on Saturday, Feb. 28, targeting the country’s missile capabilities and its leaders.
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