Netanyahu claims Israel has found Iran’s ‘secret atomic warehouse’
Israeli PM showed the UN General Assembly photos of what he said were Tehran’s covert nuclear sites, claims Iran dismissed
Israel’s prime minister on Thursday accused arch-enemy Iran of harbouring a secret atomic warehouse, making deft use of ample props and vowing that his country would never let Tehran develop nuclear weapons.
Iran “hasn’t abandoned its goal to develop nuclear weapons”, Benjamin Netanyahu told the UN General Assembly, where his annual appearance has frequently focused on Israel’s chief enemy, the Islamic republic.
“Israel will never let a regime that calls for our destruction to develop nuclear weapons. Not now, not in 10 years, not ever,” he said. “Israel will do whatever it must do to defend itself against Iran’s aggression ... What Iran hides, Israel will find.”
Israel bitterly opposes the Iran nuclear deal, brokered by the United States, Russia, China and European nations in 2015 and has congratulated President Donald Trump for walking away from the deal.
Netanyahu opened his speech by claiming that Iran had a secret atomic warehouse in Tehran, holding up a map and a photograph of an outwardly “innocent looking compound” which he urged the UN atomic agency to inspect.