“There must be no return to the previous nuclear agreement. We must stick to an uncompromising policy to ensure that Iran does not develop nuclear weapons,” Netanyahu said in a speech in southern Israel. Netanyahu was a strong opponent of the 2015 accord, calling it a “very bad deal” in an address that year to the US Congress that further strained his relationship with Trump’s Democratic predecessor Barack Obama. European powers party to the agreement, along with Russia and China, have been trying to hold the deal together despite US pressure for sweeping sanctions against Iran over breaches it declared in response to Washington’s pullout. Iran denies that its atomic program is aimed at developing weapons.

Source: Dhaka Tribune November 22, 2020 17:26 UTC