The Israeli Prime Minister expressed his opposition to a framework agreement reached with Iran on Thursday. A nuclear deal with Iran based on current framework will “threaten the survival of Israel”, said PM Benjamin Netanyahu, warning it would increase the risk of a “horrific war.”
Netanyahu made this known in a phone conversation with the US President.
Netanyahu rather called for a “better deal” insisting that the only way to reach it would be“standing firm and increasing the pressure on Iran.”
Netanyahu warned that if the final deal due to be signed in June, fell in line with the current framework, it would “increase the risks of nuclear proliferation in the region and the risks of a horrific war.”Successful negotiations and a sealed deal would “legitimize” Iran’s nuclear program, which Netanyahu insists is militarized and designed to increase aggression and bring more terror throughout the Middle East.
However, US president, Barack Obama reassured Netanyahu that the progress does not diminish concerns about “Iran's sponsorship of terrorism and threats towards Israel,” the White House said in a statement.
Obama called Netanyahu on Thursday evening to discuss the agreement reached with Iran following eight-day talks in Switzerland and convince him that the deal represents significant progress toward cutting off “all of Iran's pathways to a nuclear weapon.”
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