US draws 'red line' on Iranian nuclear weapons, warns Witkoff
US President’s Special Envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff (Photo: Getty Images)
The US considers the creation of nuclear weapons by Iran a red line and insists it will not allow it, according to the US President’s Special Envoy for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff.
“And beyond enrichment, weaponization is the red line. We can't have weaponization — that will destabilize the entire region,” he said.
Witkoff added that if Iran were to develop nuclear weapons, it would likely trigger similar efforts by others in the region.
“That will destabilize the entire region. Everyone will then need a bomb. And we just can't have that,” said the US President’s Special Envoy.
US strikes on Iran
On June 22, the US struck three key Iranian nuclear facilities - in Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan. President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth claimed that the strikes had destroyed Tehran’s nuclear program.
However, according to CNN, a preliminary assessment by US intelligence suggests otherwise - the core elements of Iran’s nuclear infrastructure remained intact.
Trump criticized the media over these reports, accusing CNN and The New York Times of spreading disinformation. He also announced an important press conference by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
