Posted on 08/28/22
| News Source: Arutz-7
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid expressed concern Sunday amid reports the US and other Western powers are preparing to finalize a new nuclear deal with Iran in the coming weeks.
Speaking at a press conference Sunday afternoon, Lapid reiterated Israel’s demand that the US offer a “credible military threat” against Tehran to force Iran to accept terms the Islamic republic has thus far refused to consider.
The West, Lapid said, must “get Iran to sign a much better agreement, what the Americans themselves called ‘’longer and stronger’.”
“Such an agreement can only be reached with a credible military threat, so the Iranians see they will have to pay a heavy price for their recalcitrance.”
Specifically, Lapid lamented the sunset clause included in the original nuclear deal, a feature likely to be included in the new agreement, under which limits to Iran’s uranium enrichment levels will begin to be lifted in 2025.
A satisfactory agreement “would not have an end date,” Lapid said, adding that the deal should have “tighter” oversight and include restrictions on Tehran’s ballistic missile program.