Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not giving up on influencing the final US-Iran agreement, despite a 60-day negotiation process kicking off after US President Donald Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Tehran.
Netanyahu does not trust Iran's intentions but believes Tehran is unlikely to accept restrictions on its nuclear programme, CNN reports, citing an Israeli official.
The Israeli PM has, for over the past three decades, lamented that Iran was “on the verge” of building a nuclear weapon even after US intelligence assessments and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) proved the claims wrong.
He is now trying to influence the debate in Washington through conservative media figures and pro-Israel lawmakers, CNN reported.
Israel does not consider itself bound by the US-Iran agreement, Netanyahu reportedly told Trump, according to the Israeli official cited by CNN.
Israeli missile strikes continued in southern Lebanon on Thursday, a day after the agreement was signed, as per local media.
