Defense Minister Ehud Barak said during a Wednesday interview with Army Radio that international efforts to slow Iran's nuclear program were working and that a decision about an Israeli attack on Iran was far off.
Barak also said the United States was aware of Israel's position and plans, countering remarks by US Joint Chiefs Chairman General Martin Dempsey
in December that
Israel would likely not update the US ahead of a strikeBarak is schedule to meet with Dempsey in Israel this week.
