Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaking during a meeting with American President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, on April 7, 2025. (Credit: Saul Loeb/AFP)
A few days before the nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran, set to take place next Saturday in Oman, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for the application of the "Libyan model" to the Islamic Republic, meaning the complete disarmament of the nuclear program. "If this can be done diplomatically, completely, as it was done in Libya, I think it would be a good thing," he said Monday during a meeting at the White House with U.S. President Donald Trump, in an attempt to persuade his ally to adopt this approach. This statement was made as Trump had unexpectedly announced that the U.S. was launching "direct negotiations" with Iran.From Tehran's perspective, Iranian officials firmly reject any agreement that would amount to unilateral disarmament without concrete security...
A few days before the nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran, set to take place next Saturday in Oman, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for the application of the "Libyan model" to the Islamic Republic, meaning the complete disarmament of the nuclear program. "If this can be done diplomatically, completely, as it was done in Libya, I think it would be a good thing," he said Monday during a meeting at the White House with U.S. President Donald Trump, in an attempt to persuade his ally to adopt this approach. This statement was made as Trump had unexpectedly announced that the U.S. was launching "direct negotiations" with Iran.From Tehran's perspective, Iranian officials firmly reject any agreement that would amount to unilateral disarmament without concrete security...