Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply criticized remarks by the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), who suggested Saturday that a potential Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities would be "illegal." Speaking at Sunday's cabinet meeting, as Israelis prepare to celebrate the Purim holiday, Netanyahu compared Israel's defense against Iran today to the story of Esther in the Bible, when she convinced the Persian king to reverse an edict that would have destroyed the Jews. He said, “2,500 years ago an enemy arose in Persia who sought to destroy the Jews. They did not succeed then, neither will they succeed today,”
VIENNA (Reuters) -Iran has given sweeping assurances to the U.N. nuclear watchdog that it will finally assist a long-stalled investigation into uranium particles found at undeclared sites and even re-install removed monitoring equipment, the watchdog said on Saturday.
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran will allow international inspectors to carry out closer inspections of its nuclear facilities, according to an joint statement by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and
Iran has promised to assist the UN's nuclear watchdog to conduct an investigation into uranium particles found at undeclared nuclear sites in Iran and re-install monitoring equipment.