Any final agreement must include recognition of Israel by Iran, PM says; warns current deal threatens 'terrible war', nuclear arms race.Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu issued his first public reaction to yesterday's announcement of a "framework deal" between Iran and the P5+1 world powers over Tehran's nuclear plan.
"This deal would pose a grave danger to the region and to the world and would threaten the very survival of the State of Israel," Netanyahu said. "The deal would not shut down a single nuclear facility in Iran, would not destroy a single centrifuge in Iran and will not stop R&D on Iran's advanced centrifuges.
"On the contrary. The deal would legitimize Iran's illegal nuclear program. It would leave Iran with a vast nuclear infrastructure. A vast nuclear infrastructure remains in place." (Read More)
