Israel's Netanyahu to press Obama for no let-up on Iran pressure
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will warn
President Barack Obama at a meeting on Monday that Iran's diplomatic
"sweet talk" cannot be trusted and will urge him to pressure Tehran to
prevent it being able to make a nuclear bomb. They will meet at the White House
three days after Obama and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke by telephone.
The Obama administration has been vague on exactly what concessions it wants
from Iran, and a source close to the White House said the president is expected
to resist Israeli pressure for a precise time limit for diplomacy to produce an
agreement. While Obama will attempt to reassure Netanyahu that he will not act
prematurely to ease sanctions on Iran, growing signs of a U.S.-Iranian thaw
have rattled Israel and could make for a tense encounter between the two
leaders, who have not always seen eye-to-eye on the Iranian nuclear dispute. Seeking
to stress common ground between Obama and Netanyahu, U.S. national security
adviser Susan Rice told CNN on Sunday the United States, Israel and other
allies "have been largely united in agreeing on the process going
forward" with Iran.
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