Netanyahu Fuming over Potential Deal on Iran’s Nuclear Program
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ABC News(JERUSALEM) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is fuming about a prospective deal between the international community and Iran over its nuclear program.
“I understand the Iranians are walking around very satisfied in Geneva, as well they should be, because they got everything and paid nothing,” Netanyahu told reporters on Friday before meeting with Secretary of State John Kerry, who later headed to Geneva to work on the deal.
The potential deal would see Tehran stop enriching uranium — a key step to developing nuclear weapons — in exchange for the removal of certain sanctions. But Netanyahu claims the U.S. and its allies is letting Iran off the hook.
“They wanted relief of sanctions after years of a grueling sanctions regime. They got that. They’re paying nothing because they’re not reducing in any way their nuclear enrichment capability,” the prime minister said.
He called the potential agreement “the deal of the century” for Iran and said “the international community got a bad deal.”
“This is a very bad deal. Israel utterly rejects it,” Netanyahu added.
Meanwhile, ahead of the possible agreement, Iran launched a new, English-language website featuring sections on the history of negotiations, controversies over the Fordo nuclear site, why Iran needs nuclear energy and support from ordinary Iranians.
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