Struggling against Iran huge task: Netanyahu

Tel Aviv, April 12 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that struggling against Iran is "a huge task".He made the remarks on Sunday hours after Iran announced that a blackout at its underground Natanz nuclear facility was an act of "nuclear terrorism", reports Xinhua news agency"The struggle against Iran and its proxies and Iranian armament is a huge task," Netanyahu told a meeting of senior Israeli security officials, according to a statement issued by the Prime Minister's office."The situation that exists today is not necessarily the one that will exist tomorrow," he said.The Hebrew-language Ynet news site quoted anonymous intelligence officials as saying Israel's Mossad espionage agency was behind the blackout.The escalation came as US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Israel for a two-day visit and security talks. The Joe Biden Biden administration has been holding indirect talks over a possible renewal of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.Netanyahu frequently made remarks against Iran, accusing it of planning to build nuclear weapons that will threaten Israel.
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