The White House’s Sullivan says a weak Iran could acquire nuclear weapons.

The Biden administration is concerned that a weakened Iran could decide to build nuclear weapons, White House national security adviser Jack Sullivan said Sunday as he briefed the incoming president. Donald Trump’s Team at risk.

Iran is suffering a blow to its regional influence following the fall of Syria’s Iran-aligned President Bashar al-Assad, following Israeli attacks on its allies, Palestinian Hamas and Lebanon’s Hezbollah.

Tehran’s “conventional capabilities” have also been reduced, Sullivan told CNN, referring to recent Israeli attacks on Iranian facilities, including missile factories and air defenses.

“It’s not surprising that there are voices (in Iran) saying, ‘Hey, maybe we need to build nuclear weapons now… maybe we need to rethink our nuclear doctrine,'” Sullivan told CNN. ‘,” Sullivan told CNN.

Iran says its nuclear program is peaceful, but it has ramped up uranium enrichment since President Trump signed a deal between Iran and world powers to curb Tehran’s nuclear ambitions in his first term. It was withdrawn.

Sullivan said there is now a “real danger” that Iran will revise its position that “we are not going for nuclear weapons.”

“It’s a risk that we’re trying to be vigilant about right now. It’s a risk that I’m personally briefing the incoming team on,” Sullivan said, adding that he had The American ally Israel has also been consulted on the issue.

Trump, who will take office on January 20, is likely to increase sanctions on Iran’s oil industry, despite calls from critics to return to negotiations that make diplomacy more effective in the long term. See as a policy.