Israeli Prime Minister: Time for Issuing Statements Against Iran Has Passed

Naftali Bennett, in an Israeli cabinet session, while referring to the Islamic Republic’s role in the attack on the Mercer Street tanker, called for action against Iran. The Israeli prime minister urged global powers to refrain from continuing negotiations with Ibrahim Raisi’s government.

Naftali Bennett, Israeli prime minister, focused on issues related to Iran during a cabinet session on Sunday, August 8th. On one hand, he addressed Hezbollah’s missile attacks in Lebanon, and on the other, he announced his position on the beginning of Ibrahim Raisi’s government in Iran.

Bennett welcomed the position of foreign ministers of G7 member countries as well as the European Union statement regarding the attack on the Mercer Street tanker and called on countries worldwide to take action against the Islamic Republic.

The Israeli prime minister emphasized that the time for issuing statements against Iran has passed and the time for action against Iran’s government has come.

The European Union announced on Friday, August 6th that Iran was responsible for the attack on the Mercer Street tanker. The foreign ministers of G7 countries also, referring to evidence, pointed the finger of accusation at the Islamic Republic of Iran.

This is while Iran has denied any involvement in the drone attack on the aforementioned tanker and claims that the documents presented are “fabricated.”

JCPOA Joint Commission Talks

Naftali Bennett, in Sunday’s cabinet session, called on the countries involved in the JCPOA Joint Commission talks to end their negotiations with Ibrahim Raisi’s government.

Bennett, while referring to Raisi’s role in the summer massacre of 1988 and his sanctioning by the previous U.S. administration due to human rights violations, said: “Raisi’s election is what I call the last opportunity for world powers to wake up before sitting back down at the negotiating table to reach a nuclear agreement. This is the last opportunity for world powers to realize who they are going to make an agreement with.”

The Israeli prime minister read a statement in this regard, first in Hebrew and then in English translation. Sunday’s session was the first cabinet session of Israel’s new government to have direct television broadcast.

Source: DW