The Jerusalem Post pulished an article by Yaakov Lappin headlined "Israel should ensure West ‘keeps eyes open’ on Iran."
"Israel should ensure that the international community remains briefed on the full picture of Iran’s nuclear program, as talks between the P5+1 countries and Tehran continue, former Military Intelligence chief, Major-General ( Aharon Ze’evi Farkash told The Jerusalem Post," the article begins.
"Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has cleverly adapted his country’s nuclear policies to fit the Islamic Republic’s economic and social needs," Farkash is quoted by the author as saying.
According to Farkash, Iran has not altered its trajectory, aimed at building nuclear military capability, but it has adapted government policy by trying to make the West more confident that a change has occurred in Iran, and that the agreement to prevent nuclear breakout will be honored. That could enable sanctions to eventually be lifted, the general is quoted as saying by the newspaper.
According to the general, Rouhani’s policy is shaped by social and economic needs within Iranian society. “I believe it is very clever, how Rouhani is shaping his policy,” Farkash said.
"Iran is four to six months from nuclear breakout from the moment it decides to do so," Farkash is quoted as saying. That is why the lifting of the international sanction may be dangerous, he believes.
"Israel should let this process play out, Farkash said, and ensure that the West keeps its “eyes open” through intelligence," the author of the article writes..
"This will enable the international community to understand what steps “Iran is really taking, and to see the real picture of the Iranian nuclear program,” the former intelligence chief stated," the article reads.
