Mossad chief to discuss tightening security, intel cooperation on US trip — PM’s office

Mossad chief David Barnea is due to travel tomorrow to Washington for talks on Iran’s nuclear program that the Prime Minister’s Office says will include meetings with senior officials at the White House, CIA, US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Defense Department, State Department and elsewhere.

“The Mossad leader’s trip to the US will focus on tightening security and intelligence coordination with the Americans surrounding the Iranian nuclear issue,” a statement from Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s office says.

Barnea came out forcefully against a renewed Iran nuclear deal last week, in comments that Lapid reportedly told him veered from official talking points.

At a cabinet meeting earlier today, Lapid said Barnea’s meetings in Washington were “designed to explain to the American government our position regarding the dangers inherent in the [Iran nuclear] agreement.”