Biden says US would use military force against Iran as a 'last resort' to prevent it from developing a nuclear weapon

In an interview with Israel's Channel 12 President Joe Biden said that the US would be willing to take military action against Iran in order to prevent it from getting a nuclear weapon.

Biden has said in the past that he would do anything to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon. Levi wanted to know if the president would use force against Iran.

Biden refused to say if the US would work with Israel in such an operation.

He said that Iran couldn't get a nuclear weapon.

—Yonit Levi (@LeviYonit) July 13, 2022

Biden wants to revive the 2015 nuclear deal. The goal of the Obama era deal was to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon.

The US was out of the deal in May of last year. The Israeli government applauded the decision of Trump to withdraw from the pact. Tensions between the US and Iran were raised by the move. Concerns of a new war were raised because of Trump's decision to order a drone strike that killed an Iranian general.

Since the US withdrew from the deal, Iran has taken a number of steps away from the deal's terms. Concerns have been raised that Iran is closer to having a nuclear weapon than it was when the deal was in place.

Biden has not been able to restore the 2015 nuclear deal. Talks between the US and Iran have been indirect.

Levi was told by Biden that he was not willing to remove the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps from the US's Foreign Terrorist Organizations list in order to reach a deal with Iran. Iran wants the IRGC to be removed from the terrorist blacklist.

Biden is going to the Middle East for the first time since he became president. His trip coincides with a rocky period in US-Israel and US-Saudi relations.

Iran was expected to be a major topic of discussion when Biden traveled to Israel and Saudi Arabia.

Biden has faced pressure from his own party to be more critical of Israel in relation to the treatment of Palestinians.

Biden was criticized for visiting Saudi Arabia after trying to make the kingdom a pariah over the murder of a journalist.

Biden's pledge to prioritize human rights in his foreign policy is being undermined by keeping the status quo with both countries, while the president is being pragmatic by maintaining important relationships in a volatile region, according to critics.