Netanyahu serial liar on Iran nuclear energy program: Analyst
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- Press TV - 23 hours agoAn analyst says the Israeli prime minister is a “serial liar” on Iran's nuclear energy program.
A US-based political commentator says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a “serial liar” when it comes to Iran’s nuclear energy program, Press TV reports.
In an interview with Press TV on Wednesday, Stephen Lendman, an author and radio host, described the Israeli premier as a “serial liar” and said the Israelis are well aware that Iran’s nuclear energy program does not have a military aspect.
“Literally, everything that comes out of his mouth has no credibility…. Iran has no nuclear weapons program,” he said, adding that everyone knows Israel is the only possessor of nuclear weapons in Middle East and has chemical and biological weapons as well.
On January 28, Netanyahu made more empty allegations about Iran’s nuclear energy program, claiming that the nuclear deal between Tehran and the six world powers - Russia, China, France, Britain, the US and Germany - “set Iran back six weeks…according to our assessments, in relation to…denying Iran the ability to manufacture nuclear weapons.”
Iran and the six major world powers clinched an interim nuclear accord in Geneva, Switzerland, last November in an effort to pave the way for the full resolution of the decade-old standoff over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear energy program.
Lendman further stated that Netanyahu had made such comments in an attempt to “sabotage” the Geneva deal, striving to “get the help of AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) in America to push the US Congress” to press for more sanctions against Iran.
The Israeli regime, which is believed to be the sole possessor of nuclear weapons in the Middle East with 200-400 warheads, has refused to acknowledge that it possesses nuclear weapons and, unlike Iran, is not a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
In its Yearbook 2012, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said that Israel possesses at least 80 “highly operational” nuclear warheads.
Many countries say Israel and its nuclear weapons threaten peace in the Middle East and have repeatedly called on the regime to join the NPT and allow International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors to visit all its nuclear facilities.
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