The London-based Saudi website Elaph reported Friday morning that the United States and Iran are on the verge of an agreement on the nuclear program. According to a report by journalist Majdi Halabi, who works in Israel, a senior security source said that a senior American delegation met with an Iranian delegation in Oman a few days ago to finalize the details of the agreement.
Ayatollah Khamenei and Sultan of Oman Haitham bin Tareq in Tehran, photo: Reuters
According to the senior defense official, Iran and the United States have not yet stopped discussions on a renewed agreement, and the recent leaks that Iran is close to producing seven nuclear bombs are intended to arouse fear in Europe and Israel and speed up the achievement of an agreement.
According to the report, the official added that the agreement being formulated will immediately lift all sanctions on Iran and allow the transfer of frozen funds to Tehran from banks around the world. On the other hand, Iran will reportedly stop enriching uranium and halt its nuclear program, and even begin a gradual withdrawal from Syria and Yemen, easing regional tensions and easing navigation in the Gulf. Iran will also be allowed to export oil freely.
A meeting between the American and Iranian delegations as part of the negotiations for the nuclear agreement in 2015, photo: AP.
Yesterday, a political source told Israel Hayom that "Israel is approaching the decisive moments in the face of Iran's nuclear threats. We will not allow Iran to have nuclear weapons." Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to the IAEA report, saying, "I have a clear message to Iran and the international community, Israel will do whatever it needs to do to prevent Iran from having nuclear weapons."
Earlier, the Foreign Ministry said that the closure of the Mariwan dossier by the IAEA was very disturbing and undermined the credibility of the organization. "The explanations provided by Iran for the presence of nuclear material at the site are not reliable or technically possible. Iran continues to lie to the IAEA and deceive the international community," the statement said.
Netanyahu responds to IAEA report: "Israel will do everything it needs to do to prevent Iran from having nuclear weapons"
Two government ministers warned of Iran's progress toward nuclear weapons and turning a blind eye to the threats. FOREIGN MINISTER ELI COHEN SAID IN AN INTERVIEW WITH AUSTRIA'S MOST WIDELY READ NEWSPAPER, KRONEN ZEITUNG, THAT "THE STRUGGLE AGAINST IRAN IS NOT LIMITED TO ISRAEL AND COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST. If Iran acquires nuclear weapons, the consequences for the world will be devastating."
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