The White House said that during a meeting in Washington on Tuesday, US and Israeli officials expressed their deep concern about Iran's progress in its nuclear program, and agreed that Tehran's behavior in the Middle East represented a "great danger."
The White House announced that US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and his Israeli counterpart, Meir Ben Shabat, agreed to form a joint task force to focus attention on the growing threat posed by Iran to supply its allies with drones and precision-guided missiles.
Sullivan briefed the Israeli official on the Vienna talks on the nuclear deal, which coincided with the launch of a third round of meetings in the Austrian capital for the return of Washington and Tehran to commitment to the 2015 nuclear agreement.
Sullivan affirmed that US President Joe Biden "supports Israel's right to defend itself."
The Israeli security delegation, led by Ben Shabat and head of the Foreign Intelligence Service (Mossad), Yossi Cohen, began a visit to Washington on Monday.
According to Israeli media, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu directed the delegation to strongly express its opposition to Washington's return to the nuclear deal.
Regarding the Palestinian file, Sullivan said that Washington "is making efforts to promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians on the basis of the two-state solution," and condemned the firing of rockets from the Gaza Strip towards Israeli settlements.