Netanyahu has long accused Iran of developing a nuclear weapon and went on a global campaign against the Obama deal. He painted the nuclear program as an existential threat to Israel and the world, and said the agreement was too weak to contain it. Israel remains the Mideast’s only nuclear-armed state, an advantage it would like to keep.

Iran does not plan to give up enriching uranium, Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi told state television on Saturday, as talks with the United States on limiting the country's nuclear programme were postponed.