Lieberman: No outcome in Iran's nuclear negotiations will please Israel

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said he doubts any agreement made between the P5+1 and Iran regarding Tehran’s nuclear program would please Tel Aviv.

During meetings he held yesterday with a number of his counterparts on the side-lines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Lieberman said: “Iran should not be allowed to continue its nuclear activities.”

The Israeli foreign minister noted that “the bad agreement with Tehran may result in a bad agreement similar to that made with North Korea regarding its nuclear weapons.”

In another context, Lieberman warned that the greatest danger threatening world stability lies in Islamist terrorist organisations getting their hands on weapons of mass destruction by seizing control of entire states. He urged “the free world to form a unified front to confront these organisations”.

The West and Israel accuse Iran of seeking to produce nuclear weapons, while Tehran claims that its programme is designed for peaceful purposes, such as producing electricity.

Tehran accuses its archenemy Tel Aviv of inciting against the Iranian nuclear program in order to distract attention from Israel’s large nuclear arsenal that is not subject to international inspection.

Since the beginning of the year, Iran and the P5+1 group have held six rounds of negotiations without reaching a final agreement due to a dispute over a number of issues.

The P5+1 group consists of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council (US, UK, France, Russia, and China) and Germany.