The deal would allow the Iranian regime to stop short of developing a nuclear weapon. Last week, Netanyahu had suggested that Israel could “live with” a “mini-deal,” but indicated that Israel would not be bound by it and reserved the right to act to prevent an Iranian bomb.
Under the proposed deal, Iran would stop enriching uranium at 60% purity, release American hostages, stop attacking U.S. military contractors in the region, and agree not to sell ballistic missiles to Russia. In return, the U.S. would agree not to increase sanctions, seize Iranian oil tankers, or pursue more resolutions against Iran at the United Nations. Last week, with U.S. approval, Iraq paid Iran $2.76 billion in gas and electricity bills.
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The deal would be unwritten, a provision designed to evade the U.S. Constitution’s Treaty Clause and the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, which allows Congress to reject a deal.
Netanyahu told his Cabinet on Sunday that he is against the “mini-deal,” according to the Jerusalem Post. “Our first mission is to stop Iran from going nuclear,” Netanyahu said at the opening of the weekly cabinet meeting. “We made clear to our American friends time after time, and I am doing it again today, that we oppose agreements, first of all to the original agreement called the JCPOA, which will just pave Iran’s way to the bomb and will pad it with hundreds of millions of dollars.”
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“We also tell [the Americans] that more limited understandings, what’s called a ‘mini-deal,’ does not serve our purpose, in our opinion, and we oppose that, as well,” he said.
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Critics suggest that the “mini-deal” is aimed more at boosting U.S. President Joe Biden’s re-election bid than achieving a result in the Middle East. Then-President Donald Trump pulled out of the original deal, struck by President Obama, in 2018, noting that it allowed Iran to become a nuclear power while giving the regime sanctions relief and cash.
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Trump’s strategy was to increase pressure on the regime, causing its collapse or forcing it to return to the negotiating table to reach a binding agreement, unlike the original Iran deal.
Netanyahu has come out against the proposed “mini-deal” between the U.S. and Iran, citing his mission to stop Iran from going nuclear. The deal would be unwritten, a provision designed to evade the U.S. Constitution’s Treaty Clause and the Iran Nuclear Agreement Review Act, which allows Congress to reject a deal. Critics suggest that the “mini-deal” is aimed more at boosting U.S. President Joe Biden’s re-election bid than achieving a result in the Middle East.
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