"Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told NPR on Thursday that he would "consider" meeting with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani," an article published by the Jerusalem Post reads.
"I haven't been offered to meet Rouhani. If I'm offered, I'd consider it, but it's not an issue. If I meet with these people I'd stick this question in their face: Are you prepared to dismantle your program completely? Because you can't stay with the nuclear enrichment," Netanyahu is quoted as saying by the newspaper.
According to the Israeli Prime Minister, Rouhani is offering the West a "fake deal" on Tehran's nuclear program in return for a relief in sanctions.
"What he wants to do is to relieve the sanctions, but advance the program, which is essentially what he did in 2003. He just wants a repeat on it on a bigger scale," Netanyahu is quoted as saying.
"According to Netanyahu, Rouhani is offering to make "minor concessions, cosmetic concessions" in return for a partial lifting of sanctions, which will lead to a full collapse of the sanctions regime because many countries in the world are waiting to abandon the sanctions. This, in turn, will allow Iran to maintain its nuclear weapons capability, while achieving sanctions relief," the article reads.
