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Obama: Recognition of ’Israel’ Not Part of Iran Nuke Deal

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US President Barack Obama had rejected a call by "Israel" for any nuclear agreement with Iran to be conditional on Tehran's recognition of the Jewish government's right to exist, branding it a "fundamental misjudgment".

Speaking after the Zionist government proposed its own terms for the accord, Obama told US radio network NPR that demands for Iran to recognize the country go beyond the scope of the agreement.

"The notion that we would condition Iran not getting nuclear weapons in a verifiable deal on Iran recognizing "Israel", is really akin to saying that we won't sign a deal unless the nature of the Iranian regime completely transforms," he said in a drive to sell the deal to a hostile Congress.

"And that is, I think, a fundamental misjudgment."

"Israel's" government reacted angrily to the historic framework agreement on Iran's nuclear program announced last week, with a final accord due by June 30.
Zionist Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded the Iranian recognition of the Zionist entity to be written into the agreement.

The so-called "Intelligence" minister Yuval Steinitz told journalists that while an earlier pledge by Obama to back "Israel's" security was appreciated, it did not outweigh the potential threat of a nuclear-armed Iran.

"If Iran will produce nuclear weapons, this is an existential threat to "Israel"," Steinitz said.
"Nobody can tell us that backing and assistance are enough to completely resist or to neutralize such a threat."
Under the outline deal, the United States and the European Union were to lift all nuclear-related sanctions on Iran.

Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia said it hoped any future deal could bolster peace in the region and end interference in Arab affairs.

A statement after a weekly cabinet meeting chaired by King Salman said Saudi Arabia "hopes the agreement will reinforce security and stability in the region and the world".
Obama had invited leaders of the several Gulf States to Camp David in the near future in a bid to assuage their concerns.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team