According to the New York Times, the American president asked several collaborators Thursday "if he had options to act against" this nuclear site "in the coming weeks". 

Two months from the end of his term, Donald Trump has polled senior US officials on the possibility of "taking action" against an Iranian nuclear site, the

New York Times

said on Monday

 that they had dissuaded him from doing so. .

It was during a meeting Thursday in the Oval Office, according to the daily, that the outgoing US president asked several aides, including Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and the head of state. -Major Mark Milley "if he had any options to act against" this site "in the coming weeks".

These senior officials "dissuaded the president from going ahead with a military strike," given the risk that it could quickly degenerate into a larger conflict, the daily said.

The Natanz complex targeted?

The

New York Times

writes that Donald Trump asked the question after a report by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said the stockpile of low-enriched uranium accumulated by Tehran was now 12 times greater than the limit provided for by the Vienna International Nuclear Agreement on Iran (2015), a text that the US President unilaterally denounced in 2018.

The newspaper said it was the Natanz nuclear complex in central Iran that most likely could have been targeted.

"There could be attempts" to attack Iran, "but I personally do not foresee such a thing," Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabii said on Tuesday, in a hurry to respond to the article. from the

New York Times

.

Iran's warning

"I do not think possible that they could want to increase insecurity in the world and in the region", added Ali Rabii, specifying to give here a personal "opinion" and not to express themselves "as spokesperson of the government".

"But in any case, our short answer has always been this: that to any action against the Iranian people, there will be a devastating response", added Ali Rabii, using a usual phrase of the civil and military authorities. Iranian.

Iran is the bête noire of Donald Trump, who, by leaving the Vienna agreement restored the American sanctions against the Islamic Republic that this pact had made it possible to lift.

In response, Tehran has since 2019 freed itself from most of its key commitments made in Vienna.