evidence: - President Joe Biden - Secretary of State Antony Blinken - National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan - Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin - Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen - CIA Director Bill Burns - Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley - Gen. Mark Milley (Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff) [...] "We continue to believe that diplomacy is the best way to verifiably, effectively, and sustainably prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. In parallel, economic pressure and deterrence reinforce our diplomacy. If Iran rejects the path of diplomacy, then – as President Biden has repeatedly made clear – all options are on the table to ensure that Iran does not obtain a nuclear weapon. [...] "But what I will simply say is that on the deterrence side, working with our partners—including working very closely with Israel, including through that military exercise that I described before, but also through intensive sessions that I have personally participated in with everyone from the prime minister to the national security advisor to the minister of defense—we will continue to send a clear message about the costs and consequences of going too far, while at the same time continuing to seek the possibility of a diplomatically brokered outcome that puts Iran’s nuclear program back in the box.