US-Iran nuclear deal: Netanyahu pushes for Libyan scenario
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (photo: Getty Images)
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is convinced that any nuclear deal between the US and Iran must include the complete dismantling of the Middle Eastern country's nuclear infrastructure, according to Reuters.
The Prime Minister has once again called for the dismantling of Iran's entire nuclear infrastructure, as Washington and Tehran engage in talks about a nuclear agreement.
In the Prime Minister's view, the only good deal would be one that eliminates the entire infrastructure, similar to the 2003 agreement Libya made with the West, where it renounced its nuclear, chemical, biological, and missile programs.
Israeli officials have long promised to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons, and Netanyahu reiterated this statement.
"I told Trump that any nuclear agreement reached with Iran should also prevent Tehran from developing ballistic missiles. We are in close contact with the United States. But I said, one way or the other, Iran will not have nuclear weapons," Netanyahu said on Sunday, April 27.
According to Reuters, Jerusalem does not rule out an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities in the coming months, even though the US is not yet ready to support such an operation.
New nuclear deal between the US and Iran
During his first presidential term from 2017-2021, Donald Trump decided to withdraw the US from the nuclear deal and reimposed sanctions on Iran, which led to a further escalation of relations between the countries.
After returning to the office for his second term, in March, Trump intensified efforts to reach a new nuclear deal with Iran. In case of refusal, Trump threatened large-scale strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities.
The US and Iran have already held three rounds of indirect negotiations through the mediation of Oman. The new deal is intended to prevent Tehran from acquiring nuclear weapons, as well as lift the devastating economic sanctions imposed by Washington.
Media reports have indicated that Iran is willing to accept certain limitations on uranium enrichment, but in exchange for guarantees from the US.
Following talks in Rome earlier this month, Oman stated that both the US and Iran seek an agreement under which Tehran would be completely free of nuclear weapons and sanctions but would retain its ability to develop peaceful nuclear energy.
Ahead of the meeting in Oman on April 26, Iran proposed a so-called interim deal, but the US side did not support this option.
For a deeper analysis of the potential for a military confrontation between the countries, read the article by RBC-Ukraine.
