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Monday 6 April 2015 - 09:29
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Iran's nuclear deal to incite arms race among Sunni states - Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that comprehensive agreement on Iran's nuclear program between Tehran and the six international mediators will spark an arms race among the Sunni states, a nuclear arms race in the Middle East.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) A comprehensive agreement onIran's nuclear program betweenTehran and the six international mediators will prompt an arms race amongthe Sunni states and a nuclear arms race inthe Middle East, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday."It would spark an arms race amongthe Sunni states, a nuclear arms race inthe Middle East," Netanyahu said onNBC News' Meet the Press Sunday.

Netanyahu, who also appeared onCNN's State ofthe Union and ABC's This Week, called forthe rejection ofa preliminary nuclear framework agreement struck onApril 2 betweenthe P5+1 group ofnegotiators and Iran.

The Israeli prime minister's remark came days afterthe United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, China, Germany and Iran reached a framework ofa nuclear agreement inthe Swiss city ofLausanne.Tehran agreed, amongother things, tocut the number ofcentrifuges bymore thantwo-thirds in10 years, aswell asnot toenrich uranium over3.67 percent for15 years inexchange forrelief fromeconomic sanctions.

The deadline fora final deal is set forJuly 2015.


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