Defense Minister Benny Gantz gave an interview to BBC Persian on Tuesday, saying Israel was taking action against Iran’s nuclear program and that the nuclear deal with world powers would have to be changed if stability was to be brought about.
“We have capabilities and methods that I cannot elaborate on, and we are in high preparedness to ensure that Iran does not get a nuclear weapon,” Gantz said, adding that Israel has the right to take independent action. Keeps it safe.
Regarding the ongoing – albeit stalled – talks to renew the 2015 nuclear deal, he said: “It has weak spots that must be fixed so that it is tight and brings stability. We need a deal that will work.” Be stronger, taller and wider.”
“The Iranians are very close to nuclear weapons enrichment, but not so close in other aspects,” Gantz told the outlet. “We are very aware of their deceitful moves and their attempt to deceive the countries of the world. We are also disclosing this information.”
“The repressive regime is violating the human rights of Iranian citizens. There is a shortage of water, food and electricity, and yet Iran chooses to develop military nuclear,” he said.
“Israel and the Iranian nation have had excellent relations in the past, and we greatly appreciate the Iranian people and its heritage, but we are seeing in the region that the Iranian regime has a negative impact on both the nuclear issue and its support. Middle Terror in the East,” warns Gantz. “We can’t stand and turn a blind eye when an existential threat is looming above our heads.”
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani, other right, listens to the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Ali Akbar Salehi, visiting an exhibition of Iran’s new nuclear achievements in Tehran, Iran April 10, 2021. (Iranian Presidency Office via AP)
On Sunday, the Cannes public broadcaster reported that Gantz, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and other Israeli officials had recently Warns US officials that Iran is closer than ever to obtain nuclear weapons.
Nuclear talks between world powers and Iran – in which the US participated indirectly – in Vienna lasted for months, but have stalled in recent weeks.
A senior diplomat told Kan, “There has to be something to do with the talks with Iran. This ‘limbo’ cannot be at a time when Iran is rapidly moving towards becoming a nuclear-bound state.”
Prime Minister is Naftali Bennett doing work To schedule a meeting in Washington with US President Joe Biden next month, though he is hampered by his meager majority in the Knesset, which requires his presence for every important vote.
Since April, Tehran has been engaged in talks with world powers in Vienna to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, with Washington indirectly participating in the talks.
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (right) holds an honor cordon welcoming Defense Secretary Benny Gantz at the Pentagon in Washington on June 3, 2021. (AP photo/Andrew Harnick)
The talks aim to return the US by lifting the sanctions imposed on Tehran in 2018 under former President Donald Trump, and to bring Tehran back into full compliance with nuclear commitments, which has been gradually backfired in retaliation for the sanctions.
Iran has confirmed that talks will not resume until its radical new president, Ibrahim Raisi, takes office in August.
Israel has long opposed the nuclear deal and Biden’s stated intentions to renegotiate the treaty.
lapidy Had a meeting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Rome a month ago, and stressed that Israel has “some serious objections” to the deal in Vienna. Gantz was hosted last month by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
Also last month, IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavik warning US officials during a visit to Washington described the “failures of the current nuclear deal, which allows Iran to make significant progress in the coming years in the quantity and quality of centrifuges and in the quantity and quality of enriched uranium, and that they have reduced insisted on inspections in the field of developing a nuclear weapon,” according to an IDF statement.
AFP contributed to this report.