Netanyahu takes aim at Iran over nuclear deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took aim at Iran yesterday saying the Islamic Republic is responsible for “darkness descending” on the Middle East by building an antiisrael empire.

“Darkness is descending on our region,” Mr Netanyahu told the annual proisrael AIPAC policy conference, blaming the “radical tyranny” in Iran for a litany of malevolent acts in Lebanon, Syria and Yemen and of continuing to seek Israel’s destruction. “We must stop Iran, we will stop Iran,” he said. Mr Netanyahu renewed his attack on the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, saying it had made the world more dangerous. And, he praised Donald Trump for threatening to withdraw from the accord.

He recalled that he had warned the Obama administration, which negotiated the deal under which Iran received billions of dollars in sanctions relief in exchange for curbs on its nuclear programme, that the agreement would not make Iran a more responsible member of the international community.”