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BERLIN, June 21 (Xinhua) — Israel’s recent air strikes on Iran have delayed Tehran’s ability to develop nuclear weapons by at least two to three years, the Jewish state’s Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said on Friday.
As G. Saar noted in an interview with the German newspaper Bild, which was given in Jerusalem and published on Saturday, the Israeli armed forces launched a large-scale operation against Iranian military infrastructure and nuclear facilities, which resulted in the deaths of several high-ranking Iranian military commanders and nuclear scientists.
“I consider this a success – we have achieved many results,” he said. “We will not stop until we do everything possible to eliminate the Iranian nuclear threat.”
An Israeli diplomat has called on Germany and other European countries to increase political and military support for the Jewish state.
Mr. Saar made the statements after US President Donald Trump said on June 19 that he would decide within two weeks whether to order the US military to launch a direct strike on Iran.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told Turkey’s Anadolu Agency on Saturday that Iran was “fully prepared” to resolve the dispute over its nuclear program through negotiations. -0-