The agreement will not give Tehran “immunity” from the operations of the agency

Mossad chief: We will not participate in the Iranian nuclear farce

Lapid during a press conference with Schulz yesterday.

EPA

The head of the Israeli intelligence service (Mossad), David Barnea, said yesterday that his country will not participate in the "farce" of the renewed nuclear agreement between world powers and Iran, and warned that the emerging agreement "would not grant immunity" to Tehran from Mossad operations.

The Times of Israel quoted Barnea as saying at a conference on terrorism held at Reichmann University, in his first public speech since he became head of the Mossad in June of 2021: “Even if an agreement is signed, it will not give (Tehran) ) immunity from Mossad operations,” adding: “We will not participate in this farce, and we will not close our eyes to the confirmed truth.”

The head of the Israeli intelligence service said: “The Iranian leadership must understand that attacks against Israel or the Israelis, whether directly or indirectly by proxies, will receive a painful response against those responsible on Iranian soil.

We will not go after the agents, but those who armed them and gave them orders, and that will happen in Iran.”

He pointed out that the Israeli intelligence service foiled dozens of Iranian plots targeting Israeli businessmen, tourists and diplomats.

"We arrested armed Iranian terrorists in Cyprus and Turkey, and were able to prevent an attack minutes before it could take place," the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth quoted Barnea on its website.

He said Iran-sponsored terrorism continued during the ongoing nuclear talks with world powers.

The head of the Israeli intelligence service said that the Iranian nuclear agreement, in its current form, is based on lies, adding that "Tehran is seeking to acquire a nuclear weapon that would endanger our existence, and the agreement will provide for it an easier path with international legitimacy."

He claimed that if an agreement was signed, Iran would receive immediate funds estimated at six billion dollars, in addition to at least $90 million annually.

For his part, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid called for an alternative strategy to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

"It is time to abandon the failed negotiations with Iran," Lapid said yesterday, after a meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, in Berlin, adding that during his meeting Schulz discussed the need for a new strategy, noting that he had provided Scholz with "sensitive and relevant intelligence." on this subject.

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