President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office. Photo: wiki commons.

Chicago Tribune/Reuters – The United States is conferring with Israel about new sanctions planned against Iran should international negotiations this month fail to curb the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program, a U.S. official said on Monday.

The comment offered a strong hint that Washington is continuing to apply the brakes on any plan by Israel to attack Iranian nuclear facilities preemptively.

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