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Netanyahu is wrong on Iran deal

Iran is going beyond its IAEA commitments in the six-month agreement reached in Geneva.

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement at his office in Jerusalem November 24, 2013. Netanyahu on Sunday denounced the world powers' nuclear agreement with Iran as a historic mistake that left the production of atomic weapons within Tehran's reach. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (JERUSALEM - Tags: POLITICS) - RTX15R07
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement at his office in Jerusalem, Nov. 24, 2013. — REUTERS/Baz Ratner

Israel's prime minister is wrong.

The latest deal between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany, or P5+1, is not a “historic mistake” because it has allowed the Iranian government to make a “significant step to attaining the most dangerous weaponry in the world,” as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu put it.

In fact, the opposite is true.

The Geneva deal is going to force Iran to take a step backward from the capability to make a nuclear weapon, if and when it decides to do so.

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