Netanyahu warns Iran against restoring its nuclear programme

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has issued a renewed threat to Iran following the implementation of the ceasefire.

Netanyahu said Israel had achieved “a historic victory” and destroyed Iran’s nuclear programme.

He said if Iran moved to restore its nuclear programme, Israel would repeat its recent actions against the Islamic Republic.

“Should Iran attempt to restore it, Israel “will act with the same determination and the same force to cut off any such attempt.”

The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation had already announced that the country intended to continue the production process at its nuclear facilities without interruption.

Experts say the extent of the destruction caused by the attacks from Israel and the United States on Iran’s nuclear facilities remains unclear.

U.S. media, citing a classified Pentagon assessment, reported that the U.S. strikes would only set back Iran’s nuclear programme by months.

Tehran continues to insist that it does not intend to build nuclear weapons and is pursuing only a civilian programme.

However, before the war, the country possessed uranium with a purity level close to weapons-grade, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
The Israeli army also destroyed Iran’s missile industry, Netanyahu said.

Shortly before the ceasefire began, Israel’s military had delivered “the hardest blow of all since the start of the war” to Tehran’s government, killing hundreds of government officials.

There has been no Iranian confirmation of this.

The Israeli prime minister also thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for the U.S. attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities.

“I must tell you Israel has never had as great a friend in the White House,” he said.