Iran threatens to go nuclear in the next stage in the shadow war | Jotam Confino

“The window of opportunity for Israel and Israel's allies to stop Iran's nuclear program , it's closing. I think this will be the next stage in the war.”
Iran threatens to “go nuclear” as they “rapidly advance” their nuclear program, says Jotam Confino.
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[@abynor8687]

Iran: We never wanted to develop nuclear weapons, our program is for nuclear energy.... Iran: We are changing our nuclear weapon doctrine .... What ..... what?

[@millmoormichael6630]

Haha indeed

[@chrisreynolds3351]

How bloody ironic is this: Biden gave 6 BILLION DOLLARS Aid to Iran (to be shared out for civilian improvements & rebuilding) and, I think, a further 2 BILLION to Gaza/Hamas. They used the aid money to buy plutonium, build war tunnels, rockets, killer drones, bombs, arms and bullets. That´s what they shared out with their terrorist groups! With the intention of totally annihilating the Jews and other eastern countries, alongside Russia, if successful. Now when Israel had the opportunity to strike Iran hard and put an end to their nuclear rocket programme.... Biden asks them not to! Doubly ironic. Biden must really hate Israel.

[@Faiez-rh1gm]

Because of the threat of Isreal who got Nuclear weapons in contravention of the UN watch dog

[@Faiez-rh1gm]

Isreal supposed not to be armed if they in contravention of the UN

[@sanjayrakesh7680]

Why not , so that Zionist and western powers dare not harm it , why not if israel has it , why can't iran

[@richardpeachey1103]

I think we have heard that before, I am afraid the leader of Iran has spent to much time with Putin.

[@glynnsmith4560]

They said they would target Israel's nuclear weapons.... not quite the same as 'going nuclear'.

[@k.k356]

The consequences would still be the same regardless. It would still be an attack by them, and they would pretty much be done for at that point.

[@andydonnelly8677]

Goodbye Iran 👋

[@NickWard-bz4jo]

If they dont interrupt their programme now - they will pay later

[@TheMrCougarful]

Iran is a long way from being a big fish in the nuclear pond.

[@user-di1rj2be7w]

They just get them from russia or North Korea. They don't have to make them . Russia has thousands to give

[@hymns4ever197]

@@user-di1rj2be7w Yes, but there are several deterring factors that prevents them from doing so.

[@teeboogie3237]

@@user-di1rj2be7w Russia, maybe, but there is always a chance they could turn around and use them on them or an ally. North Korea is a joke.

[@ub3rfr3nzy94]

they dont have to be a big fish. israel is a very small country and a small nuke is still a nuke

[@petegriffiths8239]

All this is terrifying because it could mean that "Rock The Casbah" by The Clash, will never be played on the radio again.

[@geraldblunt9022]

GO IN STOP TALKING

[@lancemarchetti8673]

Time for Stuxnet II. ...probably already in the works...

[@jamesreid8638]

Yes

[@vondbee7091]

Jus Do It, & Seal your fate .

[@kabilan]

Iran should defend itself

[@RaymondPololi-fy8vd]

Israelis DF will follow what type of weapons Iran wants to use, they will go nuclear too, if they Iran want use nuclear weapons.

[@Faiez-rh1gm]

Isreal already has that it stole from America.

[@ddhh1270]

How many nukes does Israel possess? Asking for a friend.

[@MrDrbld]

More than Iran

[@captainhadd0ck]

I hope they have a lot and prevent Iran from having any.

[@timothycook4589]

Jimmy Carter said that Israel has fifty nuks.

[@Faiez-rh1gm]

200

[@Faiez-rh1gm]

​@@captainhadd0ckis Isreal the United Nations?

[@rogerphelps9939]

Iran currently does not have a nuclear capability. Israel does.

[@wettham715]

Oh good. Can we sleep now😅

[@user-di1rj2be7w]

Are you for real ? Iran doesn't have nukes? Russia are best friends with iran iran and saved them with drones, so russia will most certainly pass nukes to iran to use or produce them for them and pass them down the caspian sea

[@user-kh7kk3ww3c]

@rogerphelps9939 Iran has been working on a nuclear program. Did you miss that bit?

[@leavesinautumn5959]

@@user-kh7kk3ww3c They've been capable of building nuclear weapons for ages at this point, they've not. Their nuclear program is compliant with and under observation from the International Atomic Energy Agency, they've not raised the alarm, did _you_ miss that bit?

[@millmoormichael6630]

What a surprise..

[@newby783]

Think it's more than a Shadow War now.

[@briankepner7569]

What color would the glass be from Iran. How long would it take to lose its radiation

[@lester9448]

Don't blame Iran one bit 😂

[@syedhasan8181]

What is a shadow war? What is the definition? This seems to be a new terminology.

[@rogerphelps9939]

Think of the Cold War. Something Like that.

[@k.k356]

They can threaten but they wont. They know the consequences in case it happens.

[@OvercookedOctopusFeet]

This is not impartial intelligent "news" by the Times Radio. Jotam Confino is a journalist at the Israeli newspaper so it should be made clear where his bias is. Also, Jotam Confino freelancers for the Sun ... and the Daily Mail!! oh geez,,,, this "expert" being interviewed is so biased and unqualified it is astounding. Stop taking his time away from writing for The Sun, that's about as much integrity as he can reach for.

[@thevanman4498]

Saudi Arabia MBS already said they would acquire the bomb if Iran gets one. I wonder how cars run on radioactive fuel?

[@jamesreid8638]

That contingency has been discussed many times. Saudi oil wells, viewed as vulnerable targets, have been outfitted with charges of radiological contaminats which would render the crude too "hot" to use for many years if anyone tried to take them by force.

[@martinlye2748]

More talk is needed on the development of Jewish space lasers.

[@K55365]

Alhamdurillah

[@abdimohammed9181]

If Israel is allowed to have nuclear weapons, then why shouldn't other nations have as well?

[@joecater894]

because their stated aim is the destruction of another nation.

[@jamesreid8638]

Define "allowed." Who has ever been "allowed" to do such things? Nations who develop thermonuclear weapons do not apply to any agency for licensure. They do whatcthey do despite the global protestations of a majority of the human race.

[@juliandarch9278]

Clickbait, shame on you Times.

[@jamesmcguire3862]

Iran doesn't have nukes yet

[@user-ug6gh3oj6g]

Iran is drawing

[@dinmaroban5614]

No need big mouth be a good man

[@18shalina]

Iran has all the right to build Nuclear weapons 🎉 when the enemy is threatening them with nuclear arsenal

[@rogerphelps9939]

But Israel has absolutely no need to do that. Conventional weapons are quite sufficient.

[@israelsoto8569]

POR ESO ESTOS LOCOS NO DEBEN DEJARLOS CAN ARMAS

[@stevebarnes766]

TERRIBLE TV production values. WHY are there all the shots of the female anchor being shown when she isn't doing anything at all for the reporter's report or providing commentary. There is NO REASON to show an unproductive or uninvolved participant in an interview of any sort. PLEASE get a better director or technical director that understands basic television techniques. It looks like a Radio producer is producing a TV interview like a radio interview where audio-wise no one would know that a non-participant in the report is being selected to air. On TV it's obviously a different story. Please ask the Radio Times for a Television producer/director. Otherwise if you continue like this clip you lose credibility by looking like you don't know what you are doing; which you don't. That lowers the credibility of your interview.

[@phalchea4688]

Crezy same puti

[@russellspeed1693]

Just more silly nonsense from Times Radio.

[@4evaavfc]

Iran's leadership need to grow up and act their age.

[@thegracienetwork7847]

Talk is cheap.

[@humanbeing6933]

90 percent of Egyptians and by over 75 percent of the inhabitants of the region generally consider our closest ally the US their largest security threat. By way of contrast, 10 percent of Arabs regard Iran as a threat. Opposition to U.S. policy is so strong that a majority believes security would be improved if Iran had nuclear weapons-in Egypt, 80 percent. (Pew Research Center “Egyptians Embrace Revolt leaders, Religious Party and Military, As Well”. 25/4/2011

[@chrisreynolds3351]

Reading your statement you do not understand the make up or relationships between countries in the middle east. Download a map of the middle east. The majority of countries are peaceful Sunni Muslims e-g- Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Egypt. They have Peace Accords (the David Accords) with Israel. They are happier to live with a normally peaceful Israel than a continually warring and dangerously volatile Iran, Iraq and Palestine. They have all refused to take in refugees from these countries. But would accept Israeli refugees. They have helped Israel in this war by providing vital information.

[@humanbeing6933]

@@chrisreynolds3351 Sunni and Shia Muslims were living peacefully together until the west started taking a sledgehammer to the place a report by the Pentagon's Defense Science Board concluded: 'Muslims do not "hate our freedom," but rather, they hate our policies'. It goes on to say that “[t]he overwhelming majority voice their objections to what they see as one-sided support in favor of Israel and against Palestinian rights, and the longstanding, even increasing support for what Muslims collectively see as tyrannies”. The tyrannies listed in the report include “Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Pakistan, and the Gulf states”. The report also notes that “when American public diplomacy talks about bringing democracy to Islamic societies, this is seen as no more than self-serving hypocrisy” - William Schneider (2004), Report of the Defense Science Board Task Force on Strategic Communication, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense For Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Washington: DC,

[@chrisreynolds3351]

@@humanbeing6933Hi Human, in the same vein, over the centuries Arabs, Muslims, Jews etc., all lived peacefully together in the land known first as Judea and more recently Palestine. I ISRAEL, until this war, 2 million Arab and Muslims DO LIVE PEACEFULLY in Israel. There are mosques, christian churches, synagogues. Check it out for yourself. Thousands of Palestinians and Gazans actually worked in Israel until this war started. HAMAS and IRAN are the intolerant ones. The extreme Muslim. Hamas started this war / not Israel.

[@humanbeing6933]

@@chrisreynolds3351 firstly both HRW and amnesty international have called Israel an apartheid state. Indeed Jews did live peacefully with Arabs. The father of Zionism, Theodore Herzl, was actually presented with well-founded concerns about the danger the Zionist program would pose to the large, well-established Jewish communities all over the Middle East (ie by al-Khalidi).

[@chrisreynolds3351]

@@humanbeing6933 Hi again, I note you do not address the fact that in modern Israel, in the here and the now, Israel is composed of many faiths including Muslim, Arabic, Christian, different Jew faithS etc., and every single faith is represented on their Government and hold high offices. THIS is the true picture of Israel today. If only extremists like Iran would leave them in peace. They only want harmony and to live in peace.

[@andycoleman4280]

Iran has the right to defend itself if we all playing by the same rules 😂

[@sunnextamerica5071]

Must u treathen with nuclear weapons? Just like Russia ur Allie? If u want to fight a war fight it stop bringing nuclear weapons on just like Russia weak country can't fight war without hoping on nuclear weapons 😂😂😂

[@abayomiottu8731]

😂😂😂😂

[@kane4518]

God Bless Israel 🇮🇱 never forget your God is the God of armies he will provide for you. but Allah will deceive the Muslims because he’s the greatest off all deceiver 😂 that sounds just like Satan ??

[@skumar1993]

Isreal has taken every opportunity to escalate this conflict!

[@johnkeane320]

I'll take things that never happened for $500, Alex

[@Reach41]

Israel has attracted hundreds of rockets that fired by peace loving neighbors with no intention that they’d land in Israel. Most were part of a gender reveal party (which ended early because it was a girl), with a few others fired off by kids who bought them at a garage sale. In fact, none landed near there, Israel just took the opportunity to blow it all out of proportion so they could shoot at, who had nothing to do with at all.

[@nmchoudhary1512]

Free Palestine 🇵🇸

[@lukaszzaremba7642]

Iran has a right to defend itself.

[@copaloadofthis]

Iran needs to be very very careful….

[@Siranoxz]

I´m afraid Iran is running out of any fashion defend itself.

[@Goat.Herder]

You forgot to mention that Iran backed Hamas in their terrorist attack on Israel last year.

[@Faiez-rh1gm]

​​@@Goat.Herderit's not a terrorist attack.Let Isreal open an Independent Investigation done on what happened on October 7.Y are they blocking the UN from doing it.

[@Faiez-rh1gm]

​​​​@@Goat.Herderwho is backing Isreal in committing Jenno Side?.