TEHRAN, Iran: Iran’s supreme leader says Europeans should not be trusted, based on their inability to save the 2015 nuclear deal that the US unilaterally withdrew from last year.
Since then, US sanctions have kept Iran from selling its oil abroad and have crippled its economy.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei spoke Thursday, a day after Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani attended the UN General Assembly in New York.
Khamenei says: “Europeans did not fulfill any of their commitments, and this is the strongest reason that they shouldn’t be trusted.”
There had been hope European mediation could help salvage the Iran’s nuclear agreement with world powers.
But Khamenei said Europeans were as hostile toward Iran as the US, and that European mediation had provided little so far beyond “long speeches.”
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Iran’s supreme leader says Europe should not be trusted
Iran’s supreme leader says Europe should not be trusted
- US sanctions have kept Iran from selling its oil abroad and have crippled its economy
- There had been hope European mediation could help salvage the Iran’s nuclear agreement with world powers
Israel to invest $110bn in arms industry
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says injection would be over over next10 years to develop independent arms industry.
JERUSALEM: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the country would invest $110 billion over the next 10 years to develop an independent arms industry.
“I approved a total of 350 billion shekels over the coming decade to build an independent arms industry for the State of Israel,” Netanyahu said during a military ceremony at an air base in the country’s south.
“We want to reduce our dependence on any party, even on friends. The finest minds in our defense industries are hard at work developing weapons systems that will guarantee Israel’s advantage on the battlefield of the future.”
“I approved a total of 350 billion shekels over the coming decade to build an independent arms industry for the State of Israel,” Netanyahu said during a military ceremony at an air base in the country’s south.
“We want to reduce our dependence on any party, even on friends. The finest minds in our defense industries are hard at work developing weapons systems that will guarantee Israel’s advantage on the battlefield of the future.”
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