Posted on 06/23/2015 7:31:18 AM PDT by Dave346
The anticipated nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is a "terrible deal," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday.
"This deal is getting worse by the day, and it should not be signed," Netanyahu said during an address to Jewish Agency leaders in Tel Aviv. "It has been said, better no deal than a bad deal, better no deal than a terrible deal."
During a meeting with Netanyahu on Sunday, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said it was unclear whether an international deal could be reached on Iran's nuclear program by a June 30 deadline.
Fabius had said he would meet his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif on Monday to assess where Iran stands ahead of the final round of talks on its nuclear program, which begin later in the week.
Monday's bilateral meeting, on the sidelines of an EU foreign ministers' summit in Luxembourg, was to be followed by a meeting between Zarif and all the European parties negotiating with Iran.
Iran reached a framework nuclear deal with the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany on April 2 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The parties are aiming for a final agreement by June 30 under which Iran would restrict its nuclear program in exchange for relief from economic sanctions.
France is deemed to have been one of the toughest in pressing for limits to prevent Iran acquiring an atomic bomb capability.
Netanyahu urged Fabius at their meeting on Sunday to "stand firm and prevent a bad deal" with Iran.
Israel has sharply criticized the emerging agreement as not going far enough to guarantee Iran will not obtain a nuclear bomb nor bar Iran from continuing to arm terrorist groups, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon.
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Bomb. bomb, bomb. Iran....Where is that song?
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