Israeli PM says revived Iran nuclear deal would mean a ‘more violent’ Middle East

Israeli PM says revived Iran nuclear deal would mean a ‘more violent’ Middle East

Reuters-Feb 20th 2022-Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch; Editing by Nick Macfie

JERUSALEM, Feb 20 (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said on Sunday that a U.S.-Iranian deal taking shape to revive Iran’s 2015 nuclear agreement with world powers is weaker than the original arrangement and would lead to a more violent Middle East.

The 2015 deal limited Iran’s enrichment of uranium to make it harder for Tehran to develop material for nuclear weapons, in return for a lifting of international sanctions against Tehran.

But it has eroded since 2018 when then-President Donald Trump withdrew the United States and reimposed far-reaching sanctions on Iran.

“The emerging deal, as it seems, is highly likely to create a more violent, more volatile Middle East,” Bennett said in a speech in Jerusalem to Jewish American leaders.

The aim of the nuclear talks in Vienna is to return to the original bargain of lifting sanctions against Iran in exchange for restrictions on its nuclear activities that extend the time it would need to produce enough enriched uranium for an atomic bomb if it chose to

Read more on the original:

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israeli-pm-says-revived-iran-nuclear-deal-would-mean-more-volatile-middle-east-2022-02-20/