 "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. File image/ Reuters")
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday demanded the total dismantling of Iran’s nuclear programme, emphasising that any future agreement must also curb Tehran’s ballistic missile capabilities.
Speaking in Jerusalem, Netanyahu stressed that Iran must be stripped of its ability to enrich uranium and insisted that missile restrictions be an integral part of any deal.
“You have to dismantle their nuclear infrastructure and that means … they will not have the capacity to enrich uranium,” he said in a speech in Jerusalem, adding that any deal should also “bring in the prevention of ballistic missiles”.
Israel has not ruled out an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities in the coming months despite President Donald Trump telling Netanyahu that the US was for now unwilling to support such a move, an Israeli official and two other people familiar with the matter told Reuters last week.
Israeli officials have vowed to prevent Tehran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and Netanyahu has insisted that any negotiation with Iran must lead to the complete dismantling of its nuclear program.
With inputs from agencies