The Israeli prime minister said he “absolutely agrees” that it should never have, the day after the US president announced that an agreement between Washington and Tehran to end the war was imminent.
“As long as I am prime minister of Israel, Iran will not acquire a nuclear weapon. President Trump and I are in complete agreement on this issue,” Netanyahu said in a statement, adding that he has been “for more than 30 years … at the forefront of the international fight against Iran’s nuclear program.”
Donald Trump said yesterday that he had called off new US bombing that had been planned for the night against Iran, before assuring that a “very good deal” had been reached and even hinting that it might be signed somewhere “in Europe” this weekend.
The cooperation memorandum will not concern nuclear, says Iran
A memorandum between the US and Iran to end the Gulf war could be signed as early as Sunday, a Western source told Reuters today, with Geneva emerging as the most likely venue.
Iran’s Mehr news agency released today what it described as a draft agreement with the United States aimed at setting a framework for ending the war on all fronts, including in Lebanon. According to the agency, this draft framework agreement provides for a “permanent and immediate cessation of hostilities on all fronts, including Lebanon,” “60 days of negotiations to reach an agreement on nuclear issues and the complete lifting of sanctions” imposed by the United States.
The official Iranian news agency IRNA reported, for its part, that under the draft framework agreement with the United States, Tehran is not going to relinquish control over the strategically important Straits of Hormuz. IRNA also reported that under the draft framework agreement, the issue of Iran’s nuclear program would be addressed during the 60 days of negotiations between Tehran and Washington, with Tehran insisting on its “right” to enrichment.
