Netanyahu: Iran Closer to Red Line

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"Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu feared Thursday that "Iran is continuing to get closer to the red line."

Bibi's comments came in response to the latest report by the International Atomic Energy Agency [IAEA], which indicated that Iran has begun installing next-generation equipment at its nuclear plant in Natanz.

"This is a very grave report which proves that Iran is continuing to make rapid progress toward the red line that Netanyahu sketched in his 27 September 2012 UN speech," a statement from Netanyahu's office said.

It further claimed that "Iran is closer than ever to achieving enriched material for a nuclear bomb."
"Preventing Iran from attaining nuclear weapons is the first subject that Netanyahu will discuss with US President Barack Obama during the latter's expected visit in less than a month," added the statement.
In his speech to the UN in September, Netanyahu drew an actual red line with a marker on a chart symbolizing Iran's uranium enrichment program.

In this context, he said that "Iran must be told that if it reaches enough uranium enriched to the 90% level in order to make a nuclear bomb, it will be attacked."

Source: News agencies, Edited by moqawama.org