Was Iran on the verge of obtaining a nuclear bomb before the Israeli attack?

The Israeli narrative regarding the imminent threat of an Iranian nuclear weapon has made its way to Washington and several European capitals in recent days. Asked on Tuesday, June 17, about the consensus within U.S. intelligence agencies that Tehran has not decided to make an atomic bomb, President Donald Trump said aboard Air Force One returning from the G7: "I don't care what she [National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard] said, I think they were very close" to having one.A few days earlier, President Emmanuel Macron underscored Israel's right to defend itself, saying: "We cannot live in a world where Iran possesses the atomic bomb, because it is a threat to our security." Similar warnings were echoed in London and Berlin. This argument has been used by Israel to justify its large-scale assault launched on the night of June...