Israeli FM says Israel reserves right to act against Iran's nuclear program

Jerusalem (Israel), June 29: Israeli Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said on Monday that his country reserves the right to act against Iran's nuclear program "anywhere and anytime."
Lapid told a meeting of his centrist Yesh Atid party that he clarified this policy to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in their meeting in Rome on Sunday.
During the first meeting between the two leaders since Israel's new government was sworn in on June 13, Lapid told Blinken that Israel has "quite a few reservations" about the Iran nuclear deal being drafted in the Austrian capital Vienna, according to a statement issued Sunday by the Israeli foreign ministry.
Lapid said Israel wishes to discuss these issues within "a direct professional conversation" with the United States.
Lapid and his partner in Israel's cross-partisan coalition, the Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, oppose the emerging renewed nuclear deal.
They have been pursuing a more balanced approach that includes coordination and dialogue with the Biden administration on this issue.
Israel considers Iran its arch-foe and has carried out numerous airstrikes in Syria against Iranian targets.
Source: Xinhua