Experts warn Iran’s nuclear double-talk designed to buy time, undermine US pressure

Senior Iranian officials are threatening to ramp up the country's nuclear program as the Trump administration weighs a possible strike against the regime if Tehran does not come to the table for negotiations.

"The president should be making the regime sweat, pure and simple," Behnam Ben Taleblu, an Iran expert and senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, told Fox News Digital.

"This can be done with strict enforcement of maximum pressure sanctions, and a targeted campaign against regime assets in the region - Yemen being a good example now. Washington will also need to add a critical third element to its otherwise economic and military pressure policy. Maximum support for the Iranian people."

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