The US has not yet received any indication that Iran is preparing for a military strike on Israel, the Saudi Al-Hadath news outlet reports, citing unnamed sources from within the Biden administration.
According to the report, US intelligence has not detected any significant movement of Iranian forces or equipment in recent days, and for now, there are no signs that the country is gearing up for an imminent strike on Israel.
Likewise, the report adds that Iran’s proxies in the region do not appear to have taken any steps that would signal they were preparing to launch a major attack on behalf of Iran.
The US estimates that “Tehran will take time to decide on the type of response it launches, and it will take time to prepare the response,” one of the officials tells Al-Hadath. Even so, the attack is not likely to be a large-scale assault, the official says, as Iran does not want war with Israel any more than Israel wants war with it.
“But,” they say, “you are dealing with the Middle East, and anything can happen.
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