The Israeli transportation minister Shaul Mofaz, made a controversial threat on Friday that an attack on Iran was inevitable.
Over the weekend, other Israeli government officials have attempted to backtrack and play down the statement.
The statement by Mofaz on Friday caused an international outcry, which included a race on oil stocks that forced the price up to 139 dollars a barrel.
The International Atomic Energy Association said that unilateral military actions undermine international agreements.
The Iranian President, too, called for the United Nations Security Council to intervene in response to the threat.
The threat of unilateral action by a high-level Israeli official comes just after a meeting between the Israeli Prime Minister and the US President.
During that meeting, the two leaders asserted that the US and Israeli approach to Iran is the same.
Stephen Zunes is a Professor at the University of San Francisco. He spoke to KBOO News about the implications of the latest escalation in rhetoric against Iran: <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office">
That was Professor Stephen Zunes, speaking about the latest threats by the US and Israel against Iran.
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