PM Netanyahu: Iran has not altered behavior, enjoys the benefits of eased sanctions.

PM Netanyahu: Iran has not altered behavior, enjoys the benefits of eased sanctions.(Jpost).

Iran has so far gained a great deal without giving up anything significant, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday, two days before the planned resumption of talks between world powers and Iran aimed at reaching a long-term agreement on Tehran’s nuclear program.

“It has received a major easing of sanctions, and the Iranian economy is already responding appropriately,” he said at the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting.

“Iran is also continuing its aggressive policy both inside Iran and outside Iran. Inside Iran, it is executing innocent people. Outside Iran, it supports the continued killings by the Syrian regime, which would be unable to act without its support.”

Netanyahu said Iran was also continuing to arm terrorist organizations with advanced, deadly weapons “and, of course, it is continuing to call for the destruction of the State of Israel.”

Even with the interim agreement, Iran was continuing advanced research and development of centrifuges and was not prepared to concede even one centrifuge, the prime minister said.

“Israel’s policy is clear and is active on two tracks,” he said. “First, to expose Iran’s unchanging aggressive policy.
And second, to demand the dismantling of Iran’s enrichment capacity. Iran does not need any centrifuges for nuclear power for civilian purposes.”Read the full story here.