US senator calls for military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities
US Senator John Fetterman (D-PA) has called for the Trump administration to abandon nuclear negotiations with Iran and instead launch a military strike to destroy the country's nuclear facilities.
In an interview with the Washington Free Beacon published Wednesday, Fetterman advocated for decisive military action, saying, "Waste that s—t."
He argued that negotiations with Iran which he described as destabilizing the region for decades, are futile. "You're never going to be able to negotiate with that kind of regime...and now we have an incredible window, I believe, to do that, to strike and destroy Iran's nuclear facilities.”
Fetterman dismissed concerns from foreign policy experts who warn that a military strike on Iran would trigger a regional war, citing the recent conflicts involving Hezbollah, Hamas, and the Houthis as evidence that expert predictions are often inaccurate. "And remember, all of these so-called experts were all wrong."
Fetterman concluded that Iran, with its nuclear facilities, remains the primary threat. "So what's left? You have Iran, and they have a nuclear facility, and it's clearly only for weapons," he said.
On negotiations with Iran, Fetterman said, "Years ago, I completely understood why Trump withdrew from the Obama deal. Today, I can't understand why Trump would negotiate with this diseased regime. The negotiations should be comprised of 30,000-pound bombs and the Israel Defense Forces.”
A senior Iranian lawmaker said the outcome of the nuclear talks between Iran and the United States depends in part on whether Israel can influence the US position.
“If the malicious Zionist regime, which is actively trying to sabotage the process, fails to influence the American side, a brighter outlook lies ahead,” said Alaeddin Boroujerdi, a member of Iran’s national security and foreign policy commission on Thursday.
He said both Tehran and Washington are determined to reach an agreement, as “there is no alternative.”
Boroujerdi added the negotiations have moved into a more complex phase, and stressed that Iran will not abandon its nuclear rights.
“If the Americans want guarantees and to ease their concerns, they must offer concessions—namely, lifting sanctions,” he said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday called the Islamic Republic "a threat to the fate and the existence, not just of our own future, but the fate and the future of all mankind."
"This will be the outcome if it achieves nuclear arms. The battle between us and the empire of terror in Iran will determine the fate of all free societies," he said in a speech at the start of Israel's Holocaust Remembrance Day.
"We will prevent Iran from achieving nuclear weapons. We will fight the zealot regimes threatening the entire world. We shall fight forcefully against those regimes threatening the whole world," the Israeli prime minister said.
Netanyahu said if Israel "loses this war, the Western countries are next in turn. The wave of zealots will wash upon all of them, and it will happen much more quickly than they think."
