On Friday's broadcast of Fox News Channel's “The Story,” White House National Security and Public Affairs Advisor John Kirby said Iran cannot be allowed to acquire nuclear weapons capability, adding, “We will achieve this through diplomacy. Obviously that didn't work because the Iranians were not willing to negotiate in good faith.”
“President Biden has made it clear that he will not and will not allow Iran to achieve nuclear weapons capability and that he will not take any options off the table to prevent that outcome,” Kirby said. I'm not going to speculate here today and say what will or won't happen over the next 40-odd days, but the president has made it very clear that they will not achieve such an outcome. He said it was not allowed. of ability. And we want to make sure that our national security team has every option available to him to prevent that outcome. ”
Moderator Martha McCallum then asked, “So does that mean President Biden will consider air strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities before his term ends?”
“President Biden has made it clear that Iran does not have that capability. We tried to achieve this through diplomacy, because clearly the Iranians were not willing to negotiate in good faith,” Kirby said. That didn't work out. All other options are still available to the president. But again, I'm not going to preempt his decision.”
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