Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wants to meet US President Donald Trump at the White House in the coming weeks to celebrate their countries’ joint bombing of Iran’s nuclear program, Axios reported Thursday citing three Israeli officials.
Despite prior strains, Netanyahu and Trump now appear “closer than ever,” Axios wrote, presenting the attack as a shared triumph for their nations and political legacies.
President Masoud Pezeshkian appeared at rallies and toured ministries despite multiple drones being assigned to target him during the peak of recent assassinations, his top media aide said Thursday.
“Pezeshkian personally made waves, appearing at rallies and touring ministries even when drones had been assigned to target every key figure, including several aimed directly at the president,” said Elyas Hazrati, head of the presidential media council.
Hazrati rejected that Iran sought a ceasefire with Israel.
“We didn’t ask for a truce. We only said that as long as Israel keeps attacking, we will respond decisively,” he said.
“Stopping the war doesn’t mean the enemy has stopped trying,” Hazrati added. “It continues with assassinations, psychological warfare, and sabotage.”
Allowing IAEA inspectors into Iran now amounts to espionage, Iranian former lawmaker Ali Motahari said Thursday, following the official enactment of a law mandating suspension of cooperation with the nuclear watchdog.
“The entry of inspectors into Iran under current conditions is nothing but an act of spying,” said Motahari, a supporter of the law.
His remarks came as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged continued Iranian cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency.
