Washington has warned the Israeli government that the United States will not directly participate in any strike on Iran, the Axios portal reports, citing sources.
Earlier, the Wall Street Journal reported that Israel could strike Iran on Sunday if Tehran does not agree to stop work on the possible creation of nuclear weapons.
"The administration (of US President Donald) Trump told the Israeli government that the United States would not directly participate in any Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities," the portal writes.
The sources did not say whether the United States would provide assistance in terms of intelligence or logistics, for example, air refueling. At the same time, the portal clarifies that the United States will almost certainly help Israel protect itself from Iran's retaliatory actions, as they have already done during past Iranian attacks.
On Thursday, the CBS television channel, citing American sources, reported that Israel is fully ready to launch a military operation in Iran, while in Washington believes that the Islamic Republic may retaliate against some American facilities in neighboring Iraq. The commander of the Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, part of the Iranian armed forces) Hossein Salami stressed that the country's military is ready for any scenario, including war.
Iran and the United States, mediated by Oman, held five rounds of indirect talks on the Iranian nuclear dossier. The last one took place in Rome on May 23. Following the meeting, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi announced the mechanisms proposed by Oman that could help remove obstacles to progress in the negotiations. Such progress, the Iranian minister said, is possible in one or two rounds.
At the same time, the contradictions of the parties have recently escalated. The United States demanded that Iran abandon uranium enrichment, the Iranian side rejected such demands, indicating that the parties would not be able to agree if Washington insisted on Tehran's abandonment of uranium enrichment technology. At the same time, Iran admitted the possibility of reducing the level of uranium enrichment, and also spoke of its readiness to allow greater control over its nuclear activities in order to demonstrate the peaceful nature of the Iranian nuclear program.