Gantz: ‘Iran’s double game must be on the negotiating table’ at nuclear talks

20 January 2022, 1:58 pm

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Defense Minister Benny Gantz (right) and his Greek counterpart Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos at the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, January 20, 2022. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Defense Minister Benny Gantz calls for world powers negotiating with Iran on restoring the 2015 accord limiting its nuclear program to include Tehran’s backing for proxy groups in the talks.

“At the same time senior Iranian officers are holding negotiations in suits with Vienna, their emissaries in the Middle East are increasing their aggressiveness in the region, as we saw this past week with the terror attack on the United Arab Emirates,” he says during joint remarks with his Greek counterpart, who is visiting Israel.

Gantz adds: “Iran’s double game must be on the negotiating table in Vienna and every international effort to reach an agreement must also take into account Iran’s aggressiveness in the region.”