Israeli president denies pursuing regime change in Iran

Israeli President Isaac Herzog said on Wednesday that his country was not continuing to change the regime in Iran, and his attack on Tehran was aimed at eliminating his nuclear capabilities.

Speaking to Dan Murphy of CNBC, Herzog said that changing the system “is not an official goal for us”, and the goal was to “remove the Iranian nuclear program”.

Herzog, who accused Tehran of “cheating” and “rushing to the bomb”, added that “change”. [regime] It can bring peace in the region. ”

International Atomic Energy Agency in A. A statement on June 9 He urged Iran to “fully cooperate” with the agency, otherwise it will “be in a position that allows it to provide an assertion that the Iranian nuclear program is peaceful.”

On June 13, Israel I launched a series of air strikes against IranTargeting the sites that he said are linked to the country nuclear program. Since then the sides have been circulated.

“One should sometimes be difficult to remove impending threats. This is exactly what we do,” Herzog told CNBC, adding that the strikes on Iran had a real impact on its nuclear program.

US President Donald Trump And according to what is said on Wednesday Iran was “very close” to the presence of a nuclear bomb, and put it in contradiction with the testimony of the Director of National Intelligence, Toulcy Gabbard, which he gave to The American conference in March.

“IC [intelligence community] Gabbard said that the Iranian does not build a nuclear weapon and the supreme leader Khamani did not declare the nuclear weapons program that was suspended in 2003.

Earlier this week, a group of seven countries expressed its support for Israel, while Iran has condemned it as “the main source of instability and regional terrorism”, and reiterated that “Iran could not have a nuclear weapon.”

This was the opposite of China’s position. In the wake of the Israeli attack, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said this Beijing “explicitly condemns Israel Violating Iran’s sovereignty, “and said that he supports Iran in” protecting its national sovereignty and defending its legitimate rights and interests. “

When asked if there was a diplomatic slope available to cancel the position identification, Herzog said, “There is already a lot of back channels. National conversations and dialogue with world leaders are actually intense.”