JERUSALEM, June 11 (NNN-HAARETZ) — Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, warned that, Israel will not allow Iran to have nuclear weapons.
Netanyahu issued the warning, after a remark by the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano, on Iran’s increased uranium enrichment.
“Israel will not allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons,” he said, adding, such weapons threaten Israel’s “existence and endanger the entire world.”
The hawkish leader also responded to remarks by Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, on the atomic threat posed by Israel’s nuclear programme.
“You should ask a regime possessing nuclear weapons, about how Netanyahu stands next to the Dimona, a nuclear weapons site in Israel, and says, Iran should be destroyed,” the Times of Israel cited Zarif as saying, at a press conference.
“Zarif is lying,” Netanyahu said. “Iran is the one that openly threatens to destroy the State of Israel. Iran continues to entrench itself militarily in Syria.”
Amano told reporters in Vienna that, Tehran’s low-enriched uranium “production rate is increasing,” adding, it was not clear yet if it has surpassed the limitations set in the nuclear deal between Iran and the world powers.
Netanyahu has been a long-time vocal opponent of the 2015 deal, to curb Iran’s nuclear programme.– NNN-HAARETZ
