‘All options are on the table’ to keep Iran from going nuclear, Kamala Harris says in High Holiday call with Jewish voters

In a pre-election High Holidays call with Jewish voters, US Vice President Kamala Harris vows never to allow Iran to obtain a nuclear weapon, saying she would prefer diplomacy but considers “all options are on the table.”

The call this afternoon, just hours before Yom Kippur commenced, was a bid to place herself to the right of her rival for the presidency, Donald Trump, whom she portrayed as feckless about Iran when he was president.

“Make no mistake, as president, I will never hesitate to take whatever action is necessary to defend American forces and interests from Iran and Iran-backed terrorists, and I will never allow Iran to acquire a nuclear weapon,” she says. “Diplomacy is my preferred path to that end, but all options are on the table.”

The phrase “all options are on the table” is a familiar one: It was used often by President Barack Obama when he was shaping the 2015 sanctions relief for nuclear rollback deal with Iran.