A report says U.S. President Donald Trump conveyed to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a little over two months ago that he would support an Israeli attack on Iran if negotiations with Iran collapse.

On the 15th (local time), CBS in the United States reported, citing anonymous sources, that in December last year at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, President Trump told Prime Minister Netanyahu that if an agreement was not reached between the United States and Iran, he would support an Israeli strike on the Iranian ballistic missile program.

In connection with this, CBS also reported that senior U.S. military and intelligence officials have begun internally reviewing the possibility of supporting an Israeli strike on Iran. Multiple U.S. officials said the U.S. discussion is focused on support options such as providing aerial refueling and securing overflight permissions from neighboring countries in the event Israel carries out an airstrike on Iran.

Netanyahu said after his meeting with President Trump on the 12th that he had conveyed a negative view of the Iran nuclear talks, adding, “If (the U.S. and Iran) reach an agreement, essential elements must be included that cover not only the nuclear issue but also ballistic missiles and Iranian proxy forces.”

The United States has been heightening military pressure on Iran, adding the Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier to the region in addition to the Abraham Lincoln carrier that was dispatched to the Middle East last month.

Having resumed nuclear talks in Oman on the 6th, the United States and Iran are scheduled to continue negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland, on the 17th.