US Department of State spokesperson Jen Psaki renounced allegations over the US Congress reliance on Israeli intelligence in the Iran nuclear deal.
WASHINGTON (Sputnik)�� The US Department of�State briefs the Congress on�the nuclear talks with�Iran, and the suggestion that US lawmakers rely on�Israeli intelligence regarding the talks is absurd, Department spokesperson Jen Psaki said on�Tuesday.


�It�s an absurd notion that Congress would have to�rely on�any foreign government to�gain insight into�the nuclear negotiations with�Iran,� Psaki stated. �We have conducted more than�230 meetings, hearings and calls with�Senate and House members and their staffs on�Iran.�

Psaki noted that the State Department offered to�brief the Congress this week.

Earlier on�Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported that Israel spied on�the world powers' nuclear talks with�Iran, and used the information to�urge the US lawmakers' to�oppose a nuclear deal with�Tehran.

Israel dismissed the report and called the allegations utterly false.

Earlier in�March 2015, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the US Congress, and warned lawmakers that any concessions to�Iran would undermine peace in�the Middle East.

Last week, Iran and the six major world powers�� Britain, France, China, Russia, the United States and Germany�� held another round�of negotiations on�Tehran's controversial nuclear program. The talks are expected to�continue on�March 25.


By�Sputnik�News