Israel Claims Proof of Secret Iran Plans for Nuclear Weapons
- Israeli leader speaks days before U.S. decision on pact’s fate
- Voices confidence Trump will “do the right thing” on accord
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country has half a ton of Iranian documents that prove Tehran had a secret program to build nuclear bombs, potentially giving President Donald Trump ammunition to pull the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear accord.
“Iran lied about never having a nuclear weapons program,” Netanyahu said in a press conference in his government’s defense compound in Tel Aviv. “After signing the nuclear deal in 2015, Iran intensified its efforts to hide its nuclear files.”