US President Donald Trump on Thursday urged “all Middle Eastern countries” to normalize relations with Israel after what he called the obliteration of Tehran’s nuclear program.

It was unclear what prompted the comment, which came as Iranian state media said the Islamic Republic had executed a nuclear scientist accused of spying for the Mossad, amid a crackdown on alleged Israeli espionage following the two countries’ 12-day war in June.

“Now that the nuclear arsenal being ‘created’ by Iran has been totally OBLITERATED, it is very important to me that all Middle Eastern Countries join the Abraham Accords,” wrote Trump on his Truth Social platform, referring to the normalization agreements between Israel and four Muslim-majority nations that he brokered in his first term as president.

“This will insure PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST,” he added.

Trump’s administration is actively discussing with Iran’s neighbor Azerbaijan the possibility of bringing it and some Central Asian allies into the Abraham Accords, hoping to deepen those nations’ existing ties with Israel, according to five sources with knowledge of the matter.

While nations in the region condemned Israel’s June 13 opening strike on Iran’s nuclear program, some were thought to be quietly applauding the bombing campaign, during which US fighter jets also attacked three key Iranian nuclear sites. The war put an abrupt halt to US-Iran nuclear talks that Trump announced in April.

Trump has said the US strikes completely destroyed Iran’s nuclear sites, but Western and Israeli intelligence has indicated that the damage was only partial and that Iran was able to safeguard its stockpile of nearly weapons-grade uranium.

Iran says it executed nuclear scientist for passing secrets to Mossad

Roozbeh Vadi, who Iranian state media said was executed on Wednesday for giving the Mossad information on Tehran’s nuclear program, was himself a nuclear scientist, state broadcaster IRIB said on Thursday.

The judiciary’s news outlet Mizan had said on Wednesday that Vadi was convicted of spying for Israel and passing on information about a nuclear scientist killed in Israel’s June airstrikes on the Islamic Republic.

“Key facilities were Fordo and Natanz (uranium enrichment plants), for which I sent information. I told them I knew this and that about Fordo, they (Mossad agent) told me to send everything,” Vadi said in what IRIB described as a confession video it ran on the air.

“The entry and exit of nuclear material into the Uranium Conversion Facility (UCF) and Fuel Manufacturing Plant (FMP) were very important to them,” added Vadi, who held a PhD in nuclear engineering from Amir Kabir University of Technology in Tehran.

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