Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that any deal between the United States and Iran must include the removal of all of Iran's enriched uranium, as well as Tehran's ability to enrich more.
His comments came as Iran's Foreign Minister, Abbas Araghchi, left for Switzerland on Sunday for the second round of renewed nuclear talks with the United States later this week.
In a speech in Jerusalem, Netanyahu stressed that any agreement must include several elements.
"The first is that all enriched materials must be removed from Iran."
"The second is that there should be no enrichment capabilities... dismantle the equipment and infrastructure that allows you to enrich from the start."
The third, he said, was resolving the ballistic missile issue.
Citing two sources familiar with the matter, CBS News reported on Sunday that US President Donald Trump told Netanyahu during their meeting in Florida in December that he would support Israeli strikes on Iran's ballistic missile program if Washington and Tehran could not reach a deal.
And as the media points out, considerable uncertainty surrounds the fate of Iran's stockpile of more than 400 kilograms of 60% enriched uranium, which was last seen by nuclear watchdog inspectors in June, before Israeli and American attacks on Iranian nuclear sites.
Addressing a conference of presidents of major American Jewish organizations, Netanyahu indicated that he had insisted on these conditions during his conversation with Trump earlier this month.
On Sunday, he also called for continued inspections of Tehran's nuclear program.
"There needs to be real inspection, substantive inspections, not just timely inspections, but effective inspections for all of the above," he was quoted as saying.
"These are the elements that we believe are important for reaching an agreement."
Tehran and Washington resumed nuclear negotiations in Muscat on February 6, months after previous talks collapsed when Israel launched an unprecedented bombing campaign against Iran last June that began a 12-day war.
The latest talks came after Washington had threatened Tehran with military action and deployed an aircraft carrier group to the region following Iran's deadly crackdown on anti-government protests last month.
