US and Israel to hold talks on Iran

US and Israeli officials will hold talks on Iran’s nuclear program at the White House next week, the news site Axios reports.

Israeli strategic affairs minister Ron Dermer and national security adviser Tzachi Hanegbi will be part of Israel’s delegation, which will also include senior members of Israel’s National Security Council, the military, the Mossad, the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Defense and the Atomic Energy Commission.

The US team will be led by Trump’s national security adviser Mike Waltz and representatives from the State Department, Pentagon and the US intelligence community.

The meeting will be the first, since Trump took office, for the US-Israel Strategic Consultative Group, the most senior forum for US-Israeli discussion on Iran’s nuclear program.