Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that he opposes any interim deal negotiated between Washington and Tehran over Iran’s nuclear program.
In recent days, Israeli media have reported that understandings are being reached between Washington and Tehran to contain Iran’s nuclear program, in exchange for the easing of some Western sanctions against Iran.
Today, Netanyahu said that Israel informed the US of its opposition to the tentative understandings, which have been labeled “mini-agreements”, criticizing their purpose.
The Israeli authorities believe that some results have already been achieved in the negotiations between the US and Iran, specifically regarding the authorized level of uranium enrichment.
The Israeli news site Walla reported last week that under the “mini-deals” Iran will limit uranium enrichment to 60% in exchange for sanctions relief.
However, days after this news, the spokesman for the US State Department, Matthew Miller, assured that “there is no agreement”, adding that the reports that had been the basis of the news were false.
Netanyahu recalls that Israel opposes the 2015 agreement between Iran and world powers, brokered by former US President Barack Obama, which sought to limit Iran’s nuclear program, and was later unilaterally abandoned by former President Donald Trump in 2018.
Iran claims its nuclear program is limited to civilian purposes, but Israel challenges this claim, viewing Tehran’s possession of nuclear weapons as a serious threat to stability in the region.
Source: TSF
