Hague plea to Israel over Iran
Israel should avoid taking any action that would undermine the interim nuclear deal between Iran and the international community, the Foreign Secretary William Hague has told MPs.
Israel should avoid taking any action that would undermine the interim nuclear deal between Iran and the international community, the Foreign Secretary William Hague has told MPs.
In Israel's first reaction to today's international nuclear deal with Iran over its nuclear programme Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz described the agreement as based on "Iranian deception and self-delusion.
Mr Steinitz, who is responsible for monitoring Iran's nuclear program, said there is no reason for the world to be celebrating.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to discuss the matter with his Cabinet later today.
When you consider the diplomatic mountain the US and Iran have already scaled, you get a daunting sense of the challenge ahead.
The deal between Iran and world powers looks like a breakthrough, but with six months of wrangling over details ahead, it could still fail.
The nuclear agreement between Western powers and Iran was broadly welcomed by politicians, former world leaders and Middle East experts.