Israeli prime minister warns nations to be wary of Iran’s ‘nuclear blackmail’
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Israel’s prime minister on Monday warned the five countries that have resumed negotiations over the defunct 2015 Iran nuclear deal not to be taken in by Tehran’s “nuclear blackmail.”
“Such a murderous regime should not be rewarded,” Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said in a recorded statement in which he pleaded with world leaders not to allow “hundreds of billions of dollars [to be] poured right into their rotten regime.”
“Iran deserves no rewards, no bargain deals and no sanctions relief in return for their brutality,” Bennett said, according to the Jerusalem Post. “I call upon our allies around the world: Do not give in to Iran’s nuclear blackmail.”
As talks resume in Vienna after a five-month hiatus, Iran has demanded that sanctions imposed by former President Donald Trump as part of a “maximum pressure campaign” be lifted.
The discussions that began Monday involve the five world powers that joined the US in signing the deal six years ago — France, Germany, Britain, Russia and China.
The US so far is sitting out the meetings, though an American delegation led by special envoy for Iran Robert Malley is participating indirectly.
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