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Iran warns of Israel’s ‘destructive’ influence on diplomacy as Netanyahu set to fly to US
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran warns of the “destructive” influence on diplomacy ahead of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington for talks expected to focus on US negotiations with Tehran.
“Our negotiating party is America. It is up to America to decide to act independently of the pressures and destructive influences that are detrimental to the region,” says Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baqaei in a weekly press briefing.
“The Zionist regime has repeatedly, as a saboteur, shown that it opposes any diplomatic process in our region that leads to peace,” he says.
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