'Benjamin Netanyahu's Iran speech offers nothing new'

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March 4, 2015 12:19 PM

President Barack Obama has said Netanyahu's address to the US Congress on Iran's nuclear weapons offers no viable option.

President Barack Obama has reacted to Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial speech,saying "it contained nothing new", BBC reports.

Netanyahu who addressed the United States congress yesterday over Iran's nuclear weapons deal, unequivocally warned that a deal under discussion on Iran's nuclear programme could "pave Iran's path to the bomb" rather than block it.

The Israeli Prime Minister depicted Iran as a "threat to the entire world" insisting that Iran had proven time and time again that it could not be trusted.

He then went on to urge US lawmakers to block any forthcoming deal with Iran, a move that earned cheers from US Republican lawmakers. The Democratic lawmakers and Iran on the other hand criticised Netanyahu, even as Obama stated that he offered no viable option.

Netanyahu's latest visit to the United States has been controversial from start as he was invited without consulting the White House by the Republican speaker. Following this, Obama announced that he would not meet with him even as critics accuse Netanyahu's visit of being politically motivated ahead of the Israeli national elections in 2 weeks.

The US, UK, France, Germany, Russia and China are currently seeking to reach a late- March agreement to curtail Iran's nuclear programme in exchange for sanctions relief, a move Netanyahu is firmly against.

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