Biden: Israel still has time to strike Iran [VIDEO]
Israel still has time to strike Iran and the right to decide for itself whether to do so, Vice President Joe Biden said.
Israel still has time to strike Iran and the right to decide for itself whether to do so, Vice President Joe Biden said.
Iran\’s nuclear strategy could eventually allow it to build an atomic bomb with just 60 days\’ notice, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Friday.
Israel\’s military chief said he does not believe Iran will decide to build an atomic bomb and called its leaders \”very rational\” – comments that clashed with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\’s assessment.
Israel did not promise the United States that it would abstain from attacking Iran while negotiations are going on, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said.
President Obama responded to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\’s claim that world powers gave Iran a \”freebie\” by agreeing to hold more talks.
Iran and the six world powers prepared on Friday for rare talks aimed at easing fears that a deepening dispute over the Islamic Republic\’s nuclear program could plunge the Middle East into a new war.
Iran\’s chief nuclear negotiator said his country was prepared to offer \”new initiatives\” at upcoming nuclear talks in Istanbul.
Nuclear negotiations between Iran and world powers will be held this week in Istanbul, European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton announced.
Western powers hope to win Russian and Chinese backing for rebuking Iran at the U.N. nuclear agency next week over Tehran\’s failure to address mounting fears that it is secretly bent on acquiring nuclear weapons capability, diplomats say.
A wide majority of Israelis either oppose an Israeli strike on Iran or would favor an attack only if it was carried out with U.S. agreement, an opinion poll showed on Thursday.