Israel believes that despite large differences between Iran and Western powers over the relaunch of the 2015 agreement, the nuclear deal has not been completely canceled, according to the newspaper.Ha’aretzAbout an Israeli diplomat.
On Saturday, Germany, France and Britain released a joint statement questioning Iran’s intentions on the deal and urging it to work with the International Atomic Energy Agency in opening the investigation.
However, the Israeli diplomat said he believed the resumption of the nuclear deal could take place after the US mid-term elections scheduled for November.
On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid arrived in Germany to discuss the ongoing nuclear talks with Iran, in which Germany is participating.
During his trip to Berlin, Lapid will meet German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Foreign Minister Annallina Birbock and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, while Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz will meet UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday and brief the Security Council on all From the Iranian question and the Ibrahim agreements.
“We must act together against the growing threats of Iran becoming a nuclear state,” Lapid said at a joint press conference with Schulz in Berlin on Monday. Lapid described the return to nuclear agreement with current conditions as a mistake.
For his part, Schulz said: “We are sorry that Iran has not yet responded positively to the nuclear talks”, explaining that the European side has made proposals, “there is no reason why Iran should not be agreement”.
According to Haaretz, Israel is mainly working behind the scenes with US senators and congressmen in an effort to persuade them to support its positions in not striking a deal with Iran.
“We think there is a better deal than this,” said the diplomat, adding that if the signing of the deal is delayed beyond the medium term, opponents of the deal may be able to reach a majority in Congress and make more difficult for the US administration to approve it.
He stressed that “it is too early to know what will happen in the mid-term elections”.
Israel opposes the nuclear deal signed in 2015 and witnessed the withdrawal of former US President Donald Trump in 2018 before re-imposing severe sanctions on Iran.
short-term benefits
While intelligence reports indicate that Iran’s efforts to enrich uranium could allow it to reach enough for a nuclear bomb within weeks, Israel believes Iran does not want to proceed to this stage and does not have the means to manufacture and use a nuclear bomb.
The diplomat said that although Iran is only weeks away from the amount of uranium needed to produce a nuclear bomb, “it is a long time to reach a nuclear weapon.”
He explained that “Iran wants economic relief” to lift the sanctions and close the open investigations against it.
He continued: “There must be a real threat to Iran that prevents it from reaching a nuclear breakthrough and urges it to negotiate a better deal.” He said Iran should be forced to sign an agreement.
Iran and the powers still affiliated to the agreement, under the coordination of the European Union and the indirect participation of the United States, started discussions to revive it in April 2021, initially suspended in June.
After its resumption in November of that year, it was suspended again in mid-March 2022, with points of disagreement remaining between Washington and Tehran, despite significant progress being made.
At the beginning of August, the talks resumed again in Vienna. And the European Union announced the eighth, that it had presented the two main parties with a formula for a “definitive” agreement. Tehran presented its proposals to the European Union on the text and Washington replied to them on the 24th of the same month.
On September 1, the United States confirmed that it had received a new Iranian response, deeming it, according to a spokesman for the foreign ministry, “not constructive”.
The Israeli diplomat spoke about the state of negotiations on the nuclear deal, saying the benefits of the deal are short-term and that the money and legitimacy Iran will get later will become an issue. The terms of the original agreement expire in 2030.
He added that in order not to have to negotiate again, the validity of the clauses would have to be extended.
A march capable of striking Israel
In a related context, Iran said on Monday it was ready to continue cooperation with the United Nations International Atomic Energy Agency, while it revealed a drone capable of “targeting major cities in Israel”, such as affirmed.
Israel threatened to attack Iranian nuclear sites if diplomacy fails to salvage the 2015 nuclear deal
After European powers expressed frustration with Tehran’s intentions to save the deal, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Kanaani urged the agency not to “give in to Israeli pressure” on Tehran’s nuclear activities.
The agency’s board of governors meets on Monday, three months after the adoption of a resolution urging Iran to provide credible responses to the agency’s investigation into traces of uranium found at three sites in Iran.
“Iran declares its constructive cooperation with the agency as an obligation … and while there are obligations to Iran, it also has rights,” Kanaani said in a televised press conference.
He added: “It is natural for Iran to expect constructive measures from the International Atomic Energy Agency and the members of its Board of Governors.”
Israel, widely believed to be the only nuclear power in the Middle East, has promised not to allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons. Iran completely denies that it is seeking to acquire nuclear weapons and claims its nuclear program is peaceful.
The semi-official Mehr news agency quoted the commander of the Iranian ground forces, Brigadier General Kiomars Heidari, as saying the country had developed a long-range suicide drone “designed to target Tel Aviv and Haifa in Israel.”
The head of the Israeli Foreign Intelligence Service (Mossad), David Barnea, warned religious leaders in Iran not to use force against Israel or the Israelis.
“The high leadership in Iran must realize that Iran or its delegates use force against Israel or the Israelis will encounter a painful response against those responsible (for it) on Iranian soil,” Parnia said in a speech at Richman University. near Tel Aviv, Monday.
“This will happen in Tehran, Kermanshah and Isfahan,” he added, referring to the Iranian regions where the authorities have monitored sabotage operations against structures or people linked to the country’s military or nuclear programs.
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