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Netanyahu to UN: Keep pressure on Iran

Netanyahu urged the United Nations to keep economic pressure on Iran claiming that while the Islamic Republic will not cross Israel's red line, it is positioning itself to build a nuclear bomb as quickly as possible.
Benjamin Netanyahu, prime minister of Israel, addresses the 68th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York, October 1, 2013.   REUTERS/Mike Segar   (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) - RTR3FHCG

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the United Nations Tuesday to keep up the sanctions pressure on Iran until there would be a verifiable and meaningful agreement that would inhibit Iran from having a rapid nuclear breakout capability.

"Keep up the sanctions," Netanyahu urged the UN General Assembly as its final speaker on Tuesday. "Lift the sanctions only when Iran fully dismantles its nuclear weapons program."

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