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Trump Orders Vance Away From Iran Talks as Mossad Chief Roman Gofman Meets Officials
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Trump, Vance, and Iran
President Donald Trump said, "We don't need a deal with Iran," and he ordered Vice President JD Vance to focus on alleged crime and corruption in Democratic-led cities and states instead of negotiations with Tehran. Trump also said, "I could end it immediately," while he described the U.S. approach as continuing "a little bit longer way, a little bit more civilly" with naval blockade and economic pressure.
Axios reported that Mossad director Roman Gofman was in Washington for talks with senior Trump administration officials about the war in Iran, including meetings with CIA Director John Ratcliffe. The U.S. military Central Command later dismissed reports as "mere speculation" after KAN had quoted a U.S. military official saying Washington told Israel to get ready for a potential new round of confrontation.
UN nuclear access dispute
The UN nuclear watchdog said it was "increasingly concerned" about an Iran nuclear facility it has not been allowed to inspect, and the IAEA said it does not know the exact location or whether it contains nuclear material. The BBC reported that Iran informed the International Atomic Energy Agency of plans to set up the uranium enrichment plant in the city of Isfahan a day before Israel began attacking its nuclear sites last June.
The IAEA said it is a matter of serious proliferation concern that it lacks information about Iran's nuclear material and access to facilities to verify its enriched uranium stockpile, and it said the issue "needs to be rectified with the utmost urgency." The CBS News live updates said the U.N. nuclear watchdog was "increasingly concerned" about Iran refusing its inspectors access to an underground uranium enrichment facility in Isfahan, where highly enriched uranium is thought to be buried.
Congressional funding stakes
Senate Democrats said they would oppose any short-term spending patch that does not include "language that restricts the Trump Administration from using appropriated funds to continue his war against Iran."
Senate Democrats also said, "As we approach the December 11 funding deadline, we should not accept a short-term spending deal that continues to provide billions of additional dollars for President Trump’s war of choice," as they weighed using the deadline as leverage.
Punchbowl News said Congress is almost certain not to pass a full year of government funding by the Dec. 11 deadline, and it described the Iran war as a driver of the political stakes for the clash over funding.
Senator Chris Van Hollen said on MSNOW that Democrats should shut down the government if needed in order to end the war in Iran, while Sen. John Kennedy said, "If they make the budget or the CR contingent upon us cutting and running in Iran, yeah, we’ll have a shutdown," and added, "But that’s a decision my Democratic colleagues have to make."