Mass media: The United States and Israel agreed on strikes on Iran even before negotiations with Tehran

The United States and Israel agreed to strike Iran a week before the Iranian-American talks in Geneva. It is reported by the Axios portal with reference to an American official.

"A week before the meeting in Geneva, the United States and Israel agreed on a possible time interval for the start of the attack — this Saturday, when Khamenei (Iran's Supreme leader Ali Khamenei — EADaily) held a scheduled meeting of his high—ranking aides in his government complex," the report said.

According to Axios, the son-in-law of the American president, Jared Kushner, and US special envoy Steve Witkoff believed that a meeting with the Iranians in Geneva would not lead to a deal, but decided to go to it anyway. According to the portal, this was done so that the Iranians would continue to believe that diplomatic negotiations were continuing. According to Axios, during the meeting, Kushner and Witkoff called US Vice President Jay Dee Vance and said that there were still many disagreements between the countries.

Recall, the third round of consultations between Iran and the United States on the Iranian nuclear dossier ended on the evening of February 26 in Geneva. On February 28, the United States and Israel launched a series of strikes on targets in Iran, including Tehran, resulting in the death of Ali Khamenei. Iran carried out retaliatory missile strikes on Israeli territory, as well as on US military facilities in the Middle East.