Netanyahu to UN: Keep pressure on Iran
Netanyahu urged the United Nations to keep economic pressure on Iran claiming that while the Islamic Republic will not cross Israel's red line, it is positioning itself to build a nuclear bomb as quickly as possible.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the United Nations Tuesday to keep up the sanctions pressure on Iran until there would be a verifiable and meaningful agreement that would inhibit Iran from having a rapid nuclear breakout capability.
"Keep up the sanctions," Netanyahu urged the UN General Assembly as its final speaker on Tuesday. "Lift the sanctions only when Iran fully dismantles its nuclear weapons program."
"The international community has Iran on the ropes," Netanyahu said. "If you want to knock out Iran's nuclear weapons program peacefully, don't let up the pressure. Keep it up."
An Iranian diplomat rebutted Netanyahu's allegations that Iran seeks nuclear weapons, and urged that Israel join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and put its alleged nuclear weapons program under inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
