Tehran is is two months away from nuclear weapons capacity, warned Defense Minister Benny Gantz as he called for the international community to create a new prevention plan that did not involve reviving the 2015 Iran deal.
“Iran is only two months away from acquiring the materials necessary for a nuclear weapon," Gantz told a gathering of 60 ambassadors in Tel Aviv.
He spoke just one day before Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is scheduled to present such an alternative plan to US President Joe Biden at the White House on Thursday.
Biden has been in favor of reviving the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action designed to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions, which the US excited in 2018.
Indirect talks brokered by the European Union have faltered and have allowed for Iran to ramp up its uranium enrichment needed to produce nuclear weapons.
"We do not know if the Iranian regime will be willing to sign an agreement and come back to the negotiation table and the international community must build a viable ‘Plan B’ in order to stop Iran in its tracks towards a nuclear weapon," Gantz said. READ MORE
