Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that he told U.S. President Donald Trump last week that the U.S.-Iran deal must not only halt the enrichment process but also dismantle Tehran’s nuclear infrastructure.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the annual meeting of major American Jewish organizations that he was skeptical of the deal, but said it must include substantial content on withdrawing from Iran.
“The enrichment capacity does not exist. Rather than stop the enrichment process, we will dismantle the equipment and infrastructure that made enrichment possible in the first place,” the Israeli prime minister was quoted as saying by Reuters.
A second round of talks between the US and Iran is scheduled for this week. Iranian diplomats were told on Sunday that Iran is pursuing a nuclear deal with the United States that would bring economic benefits to both sides.
Iran and the United States resumed talks earlier this month to address a decades-long standoff over Iran’s nuclear program and avoid a new military conflict. President Donald Trump’s administration has sent a second aircraft carrier to the region and is preparing for the possibility of continued military operations if talks are not successful, Reuters reported.
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Amid continued tensions between the United States and Iran and concerns about possible military action, Tehran has signaled its readiness for a “compromise” to revive the nuclear deal with the United States and is pursuing a nuclear deal with the United States that would bring economic benefits to both sides, an Iranian diplomat said.
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Iran’s Fars News Agency quoted Hamid Gambari, deputy director-general for economic diplomacy at the Foreign Ministry, as saying, “To make the deal permanent, it is essential that the United States also gains in areas where economic gains are high and quick.”
Gambari said negotiations with the United States also include common interests such as oil and gas fields, joint fields, mining investments and even aircraft purchases.
Although Iran’s conciliatory stance has eased tensions between the two sides, Iran’s exiled crown prince, Reza Pahlavi, has called for large-scale demonstrations in major cities around the world to demand the Tehran regime, especially after the crackdown on recent protests against the clerical regime over economic hardship.
Approximately 250,000 people demonstrated in Munich in response to the Pahlavi movement’s call against the Iranian government led by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.