Netanyahu: Iran Seeks 200 Nuclear Bombs, Not Two

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"Israeli" Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned the international community not to be fooled by Iran's new moderate president.

Speaking to the Washington Post on Thursday, Netanyahu said that the elections in Iran "doesn't have the power to change Iran's nuclear ambitions."
"These are determined not by the elected president but by the Supreme Leader," he added.

Netanyahu further noted that "the nuclear program is guided and controlled by Khamenei. He remains committed to pursuing the path of arming Iran with nuclear weapons, and I'm afraid the elections are not going to change that."

President-elect Hassan Rowhani "was chosen as one of a slate of candidates that conform to Khamenei's extremist views," Netanyahu claimed, and pointed out that "Rowhani used to be the national security adviser of Iran and the former nuclear negotiator. He's the author of a doctrine - I call this doctrine ‘talk and enrich.' He wrote the book on it."

"We can't let the Iranian regime play this game. They play for time. They continue to enrich. They broaden the base of their nuclear program. What Iran is seeking is not one or two bombs but 200 bombs. They're building ICBMs [intercontinental ballistic missiles] parallel to developing their nuclear weapons program. The ICBMs are not intended for us; they're intended for you. Within six to eight years, they intend to be able to reach the continental United States. To have a regime like this - that is, a rogue regime - have a nuclear arsenal with their messianic, apocalyptic ambitions is to imperil the entire world. It is to put the peace of the world in great jeopardy," warned Netanyahu.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team