Netanyahu says he plans to send delegation to DC to express Israel’s concerns over US-Iran deal it was excluded from

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he intends to send a delegation to Washington to clarify Israel’s security interests regarding the nuclear provisions of any US-Iran deal.

“We said from the outset that we were not a party to the agreement between the United States and Iran. But that does not mean we do not have interests,” Netanyahu says during his press conference, in response to a question on the US-Iran memorandum of understanding and talks on a long-term agreement.

“We have interests, and we will make them known. Incidentally, even on the central issue — the nuclear issue — I intend to send a delegation to Washington to clarify what Israel’s interests are,” he says, without elaborating on the timing of the delegation’s departure, which officials will take part, or who they will meet.

He reiterates that he is also “standing firm” on maintaining Israel’s security zone in southern Lebanon, adding that he spoke several times recently with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who he says “has effectively given the United States’ backing to this concept of a security zone that prevents Iran and Hezbollah from attacking us.”