NYT: Israel unhappy with terms of US-Iran agreement

Israeli officials are dissatisfied with the contents of the peace agreement reached between the United States and Iran, The New York Times reports, citing an Israeli source familiar with the deal.

The source said Tel Aviv's main concerns centre on the lack of clarity regarding Iran’s stockpiles of enriched uranium and what Israel views as insufficient restrictions on Tehran’s nuclear program.

According to the source, the agreement appears to rely on Iran’s goodwill.

Another major concern is that, rather than creating conditions that could weaken or destabilize the Iranian government, the deal is expected to return financial resources to Tehran’s coffers.

The source also noted that the agreement does not contain a clear mechanism requiring Iran to end its support for allied groups, including the Lebanese movement Hezbollah.

The recent hostilities in Lebanon began following actions by Hezbollah.

However, Iran maintains that the peace agreement also applies to the Lebanese conflict.

Israel had sought to prevent any linkage between the deal with Iran and the campaign against Hezbollah, but its influence over the negotiations appears to have been limited, the source added.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly facing significant domestic pressure. Critics are demanding that he not submit to Trump’s dictates, while Netanyahu himself is reluctant to publicly oppose US President Donald Trump, viewing his relationship with the American leader as one of his key political assets.

By Bakhtiyar Abbasov