Israeli officials did not sound thrilled in the wake of last week’s deal between the US and Iran, which will see Tehran free five American detainees in exchange for the release of several billion dollars in frozen Iranian assets.
“Arrangements that do not dismantle Iran’s nuclear infrastructure will not stop its nuclear program, and will only provide it with funds that will go to terrorist elements sponsored by Iran,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement.
He was not the only Israeli voice tying the prisoner deal to Iran’s nuclear program.
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Lazar Berman is the Times of Israel‘s diplomatic reporter and a Middle East Forum Writing Fellow.
