Speaking on Sunday at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Netanyahu said he remained sceptical about the prospects for a deal
Benjamin Netanyahu has set out the conditions he believes must be met in any potential agreement between the United States and Iran, insisting that Tehran’s entire nuclear infrastructure be dismantled.
Speaking on Sunday at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Netanyahu said he remained sceptical about the prospects for a deal.
He revealed that during talks last week with Donald Trump, he stressed that any agreement must meet several key requirements.
“The first is that all enriched material has to leave Iran,” Netanyahu said.
“The second is that there should be no enrichment capability not just stopping enrichment, but dismantling the equipment and infrastructure that makes enrichment possible.”
He added that the third condition would be addressing Iran’s ballistic missile programme. Netanyahu also called for rigorous and sustained inspections of Iran’s nuclear activities, saying there must be “real, substantive inspections” without advance notice.
His remarks came as Iran’s Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, travelled to Switzerland for a second round of nuclear talks with the United States.
Iran and the US resumed negotiations in Oman on February 6, months after earlier discussions collapsed following an unprecedented Israeli bombing campaign against Iran last June that triggered a 12-day war.
The US later joined the offensive, striking three Iranian nuclear facilities.
Netanyahu’s comments were his first public remarks about last Wednesday’s meeting with Trump in Washington, DC their seventh since Trump returned to office last year.
After the talks, Trump said no “definitive” agreement had been reached on how to proceed with Iran, but stressed that negotiations should continue to explore the possibility of a deal.
According to Axios, the two leaders agreed on increasing economic pressure on Iran, particularly targeting its oil exports to China, which account for more than 80 percent of Iranian oil sales.
The report said both leaders shared the goal of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons capability, though they differed on how to achieve it.
Netanyahu reportedly argued that securing a strong deal would be impossible, while Trump maintained that it was achievable, saying, “Let’s give it a shot.”
Iran has consistently denied seeking to develop nuclear weapons. However, it has said it is open to discussing limits on its nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief, while rejecting any linkage between nuclear negotiations and its missile programme.
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