US, Israel to hold high-level Iran consultations next week

A senior Israeli delegation is expected to visit the White House early next week for strategic consultations about Iran, two Israeli officials and one US official tell Axios, Report informs.

President Trump has given Tehran a two-month window to negotiate a new nuclear deal, as Axios reported, and has raised the threat of military strikes on Iran's nuclear program if no deal is reached.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his team think the odds of a deal are low, and want to align on a joint course of action should things escalate to military force, one of the Israeli officials said.

This will be the first meeting of the US-Israel Strategic Consultative Group (SCG) since Trump assumed office. It's the most senior forum for US-Israeli discussion on Iran's nuclear program.