Iran nuclear deal dangerous, worse than Israel feared: Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has once again criticized a potential emerging nuclear deal between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries, saying the dangerous accord goes beyond what the Tel Aviv regime had feared.
“The dangerous accord which is being negotiated in Lausanne [Switzerland] confirms our concerns and even worse," Netanyahu told a weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday.
He claimed that Israel had “strong and continuing bipartisan support “from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the United States, adding, “I expressed to them our deep concern over the agreement being formulated with Iran in the nuclear talks.”
The Israeli premier has made similar comments in the past in order to throw a wrench in the nuclear negotiations. Netanyahu has been a fierce critic of US-led efforts to reach a deal with Iran.
Netanyahu’s latest comment comes as negotiations between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany over Tehran’s nuclear program are at a critical stage ahead of a looming end-of-March deadline for reaching a general understanding on issues of difference.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and US Secretary of State John Kerry held another meeting in the Swiss city of Lausanne on Sunday on the fifth day of talks.
The meeting between the top Iranian and US diplomats came as part of broader negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 countries aimed at clinching a final deal over Tehran’s nuclear program.
The US secretary of state on Sunday cancelled plans to attend an event in Boston on Monday in order to stay in Lausanne to continue the nuclear talks.
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and his French counterpart Laurent Fabius have also delayed a planned Monday visit to Kazakhstan.
Iran and the P5+1 countries - the US, Britain, France, Russia and China plus Germany - have been negotiating to reach a comprehensive deal on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. The two sides have set July 1 as the deadline for a final agreement.
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