Netanyahu rehashes false claims on Iran nuclear program

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made more empty allegations about Iran’s nuclear program, claiming that Iran is just six weeks away from building a nuclear weapon.

Speaking at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, the Israeli prime minister said that according to their assessment, under the Geneva agreement, Iran is just six weeks away from building a nuclear weapon.
“The interim agreement in Geneva left Iran, according to our assessment, six weeks from a nuclear weapon, and therefore by our estimation, the test will be the permanent agreement, if such an agreement can be reached,” he said.
On November 24, 2013, Iran and the six major world powers – Russia, China, the US, France, Britain and Germany – inked the nuclear accord in the Swiss city of Geneva. The two sides started implementing the agreement as of January 20.
Under the Geneva deal, the six countries undertook to provide Iran with some sanctions relief in exchange for the Islamic Republic agreeing to limit certain aspects of its nuclear activities, including a voluntary suspension of its 20-percent uranium enrichment program.
Israeli officials have once and again made similar allegations. Last October, Israeli officials said Iran is just one month away from building a nuclear bomb.
Meanwhile, inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) arrived in Iran on Tuesday to visit Gachin uranium mine in the south of the country.
The visit is part of a joint statement signed by Iran and the UN nuclear body in November 2013 to outline a roadmap for bilateral cooperation on certain outstanding issues.