Netanyahu: Bad Deal with Iran will Only lead to War

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"Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that lifting sanctions on Iran without demanding sufficient concessions in return will only encourage Tehran on its path to nuclear armament and lead to future conflict.

Tehran has been negotiating its nuclear arms in Geneva with the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia, and China. The sides will sit down for a new round of talks on November 20.

"On Iran, there aren't only two options - a bad deal or war. There is a third option: Continuing to exert pressure through sanctions," Netanyahu told the "Israeli" Knesset on Wednesday.

In parallel, he mentioned :"I would even say that a bad deal could lead to the second, unwanted result."
"Israel" has been lobbying hard against any agreement, with Netanyahu himself claiming that Iran is about to clinch "the deal of the century."
US Secretary of State John Kerry has warned that if Congress imposes any new sanctions against Tehran, it could torpedo the talks. "The risk is that if Congress were to unilaterally move to raise sanctions it could break faith in those negotiations and actually stop them and break them apart," Kerry told reporters before meeting with US senators on the matter on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Tehran continues to insist - as it has throughout the past decade - that it is developing nuclear energy solely for peaceful purposes.

Yukiya Amano, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA] - the UN's nuclear watchdog - has been in Tehran this week to iron out a deal on international supervision of the country's nuclear program. The main issues involve site access for UN inspectors and assurances that nuclear materials - such as enriched uranium - that could be used as potential weapons ingredients are not being manufactured.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team