“The first is that all enriched material has to leave Iran. The second is that there should be no enrichment capability – not stopping the enrichment process, but dismantling the equipment and the infrastructure that allows you to enrich in the first place,” the premier said.
He added that Iran’s missile program must be severely restricted, with a maximum range of only 300 kilometers.
The fourth, he said, was the complete dismantlement of Iran’s “axis of terror,” referring to resistance groups across the region, including Hezbollah, Hamas, and Ansarallah.
Finally, he called for “effective, substantive, no lead time” inspections on everything related to the Israeli conditions, “in perpetuity."
Netanyahu’s remarks follow a report by Axios that said the US and Israel are in agreement on targeting Iran’s oil sales to China, which account for more than 80 percent of Tehran’s exports.
“We agreed that we will go full force with maximum pressure against Iran, for example, regarding Iranian oil sales to China,” a US official told the outlet.
“Netanyahu told Trump it is impossible to make a good deal with Iran and claimed that even if a deal is signed, Iran will not abide by it … [US Envoys] Kushner and Witkoff told Trump they will continue the negotiations and hold a tough line, and if the Iranians agree to a deal they think is satisfactory, they will give him the option so that he can decide if he wants to do it,” the report adds.
Earlier this month, US President Donald Trump signed an order threatening tariffs on countries that do business with Iran.
US sanctions were also imposed on the Iranian oil industry, coming right after the first round of Omani-mediated talks between Washington and Tehran.
A second indirect meeting is scheduled for 17 February in Geneva.
Iran has signaled a willingness to potentially limit enrichment in previous negotiations, as it agreed to in the 2015 deal, which Trump scrapped during his first term.
In an interview with BBC on 15 February, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi stated that Tehran had offered to dilute its 60 percent-enriched uranium in an effort to reach a compromise
Yet the Islamic Republic refuses to give up support for its allies and says its missile program – a major part of the country’s defense – is non-negotiable.
Trump has publicly issued numerous threats against Iran since Mossad-backed anti-government riots erupted in early January, killing thousands, including civilians and security forces.
The USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has recently arrived in West Asia with several accompanying warships. Washington has also deployed additional fighter jet squadrons to the region and is deploying a second aircraft carrier.
Tehran has vowed that it will strike Israel and US military bases across the region if Washington decides to bomb the Islamic Republic.
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