Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin discussed “expanding cooperation against Iran” in a meeting in Europe on Thursday, Israeli media reported, as the Zionist entity has been alarmed by reports on an alleged interim nuclear deal between Washington and Tehran.
Gallant and Austin met on the sidelines of a gathering of NATO defense ministers in Brussels on Thursday and agreed to work together to “address the wide range of threats posed by Iran,” according to a readout from the US Department of Defense.
In the meeting, Gallant “raised the importance to Israel that the interim deal includes a commitment from Iran to cease manufacturing ballistic missiles and attack drones, Times of Israel reported.
Hours before the pair sat down, The New York Times reported that the alleged interim deal would see Tehran “pledge not to enrich uranium beyond its current level of 60 percent purity, cooperate with nuclear inspectors from the United Nations’ International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), stop its proxy terror groups from attacking US contractors in Iraq and Syria, avoid providing Russia with ballistic missiles and release three American-Iranians held in the Islamic Republic.”
In return, Washington “would promise not to tighten its existing economic sanctions, unfreeze billions in Iranian assets held abroad alongside assurances that the money will only be used for humanitarian purposes, and not pursue punitive resolutions against the Islamic Republic at the United Nations or at the IAEA,” the NYT report claimed.
The so-called “mini-deal” in the works is reportedly one that ‘Israel’ “can live with,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reportedly told ministers and lawmakers on Tuesday, according to the Times of Israel.
Source: Israeli media
