In a speech Tuesday to the U.N.
General Assembly, Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu accused the Iranian
president, Hassan Rouhani, of being "a wolf
in sheep's clothing; a wolf who thinks he can
pull the wool over the eyes of the
international community."
Western leaders have expressed guarded
optimism about Iran's more moderate tone
under Rouhani, whose recent comments have
raised hopes that a deal could be struck over
the Middle Eastern nation's nuclear program.
But Netanyahu urged world leaders not to be
duped by Rouhani's demeanor, calling him a
"loyal servant" to the Islamic regime, which
he said "executes political dissidents by the
hundreds" and jails them by the thousands.
"It's not hard to find evidence that Iran has a
nuclear weapons program," Netanyahu said.
"It's hard to find evidence that Iran doesn't
have a nuclear weapons program."
Tehran has insisted that its nuclear program
is intended solely for peaceful purposes, but
Netanyahu said that, even since Rouhani took
office in August, "this vast and feverish effort
has continued unabated."
Rouhani "thinks he can have his yellowcake
and eat it, too," Netanyahu said, in a
reference to the raw uranium ore that can be
processed into nuclear weapons.
International sanctions have left Iran "on the
ropes," the Israeli prime minister told the
world body, whose Iranian representative was
not present. He called for the sanctions to
remain in place to force Iran to halt its
nuclear aspirations. "We all want to give
diplomacy with Iran a chance to succeed," he
said. "But when it comes to Iran, the greater
the pressure, the greater the chance."


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