(Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday the framework Iranian nuclear agreement being sought by international negotiators will leave�Iran�with the capability to develop a nuclear weapon in under a year.

For nearly a week, the United States, Britain,�France,�Germany,�Russia�and�China�have been trying to break an impasse in talks aimed at keeping�Iran�from just that in exchange for easing international sanctions that are crippling its economy.

"It appears the deal being formed in Lausanne will leave�Iran�with underground facilities, the nuclear reactor in Arak and with advanced centrifuges," Netanyahu said at a parliamentary ceremony.

"The breakout time for�Iran�to obtain fissile material for nuclear bombs will not take years as was said at the beginning, in our estimation it will be reduced to under a year and perhaps far less than that," he said.


�Israel - believed to have the Middle East's only nuclear arsenal and which has in the past threatened�Iran�with military attack - sees a nuclear-armed�Iran�as an existential threat.


Iran�says its nuclear program is peaceful.

With a deadline hours away,�Iran�and six world powers ramped up the pace on Tuesday in negotiations over a preliminary deal, though officials warned that any agreement was likely to be fragile and incomplete.

By Reuters