Hawks on all sides ready to swoop if Iran drags feet on nuclear talks

The regime in Tehran says discussions will resume soon', but Israel has already greatly accelerated' plans for military action

Coordinated warnings last week from the US, Israel and the EU that time is short" to revive an agreement curbing Iran's nuclear activities raise a disturbing question: what will opposing governments do if, as seems likely, Tehran's hardline regime continues to drag its feet while accumulating the wherewithal to build a nuclear weapon?

Israel's leaders, as usual, are not mincing words. Every day that passes, every delay in the negotiations, brings Iran closer to a nuclear bomb. If a terror regime is going to acquire a nuclear weapon, we must act. We must make clear that the civilised world won't allow it," said foreign minister Yair Lapid.