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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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