Iran Fires Back: Netanyahu Doesn’t Have Influence
March 3, 2015An Iranian vice-president on Tuesday responded dismissively to Israel’s objections to a looming nuclear deal, claiming Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu does not have much influence, even as a foreign ministry spokesperson said he was “lie-spreading.”
“I don’t think (Netanyahu’s voice) carries much weight,” Massoumeh Ebtekar, who is vice-president for environmental affairs, told AFP during a visit to Paris the same day Netanyahu address Congress.
“They are making their efforts to derail the deal but I think the more logical lobbies on both sides are looking forward to a solution,” she claimed.
Ebtekar, whose country is the leading state sponsor of terrorism and has rapidly expanded its control in the region, claimed “the current threats in the region – the radicalism, extremism, terrorism – this all calls for a resolution of the issue and a stronger role for Iran.”
In his speech, Netanyahu warned that Iran is an Islamist regime aiming for regional domination, and that the deal being formed would leave it with the ability to create nuclear weapons rapidly at the time of its choosing. He also noted the regime has directly threatened to destroy Israel.
Ebtekar said the main sticking point in the negotiations with world powers was the speed at which sweeping sanctions would be removed. “It is and it has been from the beginning,” she said.
“These sanctions have been illegal, they are unjust. They are also adversely affecting not only our environment because they are impeding our access to new technologies to curb pollution, but also the global environment,” she stated.
Aside from Ebtekar’s comments, Iranian foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham denounced as “very repetitious and boring Netanyahu’s continuous lie-spreading about the goals and intentions behind Iran’s peaceful nuclear program.”
The Iranian spokeswoman said the speech was a “sign of weakness” and that it revealed the isolation of “radical groups” in the Jewish state.
The anti-Iranian policy “is facing serious problems because of the continuous talks and Iran’s serious determination to overcome this fabricated crisis,” she said.
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