Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli prime minister, piled fresh pressure on Iran to halt its nuclear programme in a speech to the UN on Thursday that spelt out for the first time an Israeli “red line” for Tehran,
Brandishing a red marker and a diagram showing a bomb, Mr Netanyahu warned that Iran was on track to produce enough enriched uranium to build a nuclear bomb by next summer. The only way to stop it reaching that goal, he added, was for the world to set a clear limit for the nuclear enrichment programme…
Though his speech contained some of the most direct threats towards Tehran to date, Mr Netanyahu also suggested that the critical moment for Israel was not likely to arrive until next year. That estimate is likely to dampen, if not dispel entirely, recent speculation over a possible Israeli strike on Iran before the US presidential elections in early November… (more)
