I mentioned earlier that Benjamin Netanyahu was going to drop “dramatic news” about Iran.
It’s here. And it’s BIG.
According to Haaretz:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed a cache of documents he says proves Iran lied to the world about its nuclear program, even after the nuclear deal with the world. “Iran did not come clean about its nuclear program,” Netanyahu said in a prime time address in English.
Presenting 55,000 pages of documents and 183 CDs, Netanyahu said Iran hid an “atomic archive” of documents on its nuclear program.
Iran is “blatantly lying” when it says it doesn’t have a nuclear program, Netanyahu claimed, laying out what he claimed was proof Iran had developed and continued to develop its nuclear program.
Netanyahu referred to a secret Iranian nuclear project, codenamed “Amad,” which he said had been shelved in 2003, though he said work in the field had continued.
Netanyahu concluded by saying “Iran lied about never having a secret nuclear program. Secondly, even after the deal, it continued to expand its nuclear program for future use. Thirdly, Iran lied by not coming clean to the IAEA,” he said, adding that, “the nuclear deal is based on lies based on Iranian deception.”
With that said, it appears that Israel is now officially backing out of the Iran Deal.
#BREAKING: Abbas Araghchi, Iran’s deputy foreign minister, says “The Iran nuclear deal is no longer sustainable for Iran in its present form, without regard to a US exit.” (@dpa quoting ISNA news agency)
— Noga Tarnopolsky (@NTarnopolsky) April 30, 2018
Araghci added that Iran is “preparing all necessary options for any scenario.”
Iranian deputy foreign minister Abbas Araghchi says nuclear agreement “unsustainable” regardless of whether or not the U.S. withdraws, notes that Iran is “preparing all necessary options for any scenario.” (Haaretz)
— Avi Mayer (@AviMayer) April 30, 2018
In a joint press conference with President Buhari of Nigeria today, President Trump also stated that he is considering withdrawing from the nuclear deal.
We’ll keep you updated.