Although Washington and Tehran seek to de-escalate tensions over Iran’s nuclear program, Hanegbi made clear on Israeli television that no deal would be binding on Israel, which sees a nuclear-armed Iran as an existential threat.
An Israeli military strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities is not imminent in the near future, Zahi Hanegbi, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s National Security Advisor, assured yesterday.
Although Washington and Tehran seek to de-escalate tensions over Iran’s nuclear program, Hanegbi made clear on Israeli television that no deal would be binding on Israel, which sees a nuclear-armed Iran as an existential threat.
Asked if a decision on a pre-emptive strike against Iran is now closer, Zahi Hanegbi told Channel 13: “We are not closer because the Iranians have stopped, for some time, enriching uranium to what we consider a red line ». “But it can happen. Therefore, we are preparing for the moment, if it comes, when we will have to defend the people of Israel against a fanatical regime that has set out to exterminate us and has weapons of mass destruction,” he added.
After failing to revive the 2015 deal on Iran’s nuclear program, the US is hoping to reach an agreement to impose some restrictions on Tehran to prevent it from acquiring a nuclear weapon that would threaten Israel and spark a race equipment in the area. Iran denies having such ambitions.
In 2018, the US unilaterally withdrew from the deal on Iran’s nuclear program and imposed new sanctions on Tehran, strangling the Iranian economy. Since then, Iran has gradually exceeded the uranium enrichment limits stipulated in the 2015 deal.
Source :Skai
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