Iran possesses chemical weapons, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu claimed during an interview on Newsmax’s The Record With Greta Van Susteran on Tuesday.
“They definitely have chemical weapons,” he said. “That I can tell you. And that is another threat that they pose.”
“They definitely have chemical weapons, that I can tell you.”
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He also said that Iran had lost its capability to produce nuclear weapons during Operation Roaring Lion.
“We destroyed a lot of their infrastructure, a lot of their centrifuges, a lot of the associated factories and facilities that they use for manufacturing nuclear weapons, and we knocked out 20 of their top nuclear scientists – 20 of their top nuclear scientists,” he explained. “So we pushed it back considerably.”
However, he also warned against complacency towards the regime.
“It doesn’t mean that they’re left to their own devices; they’ll go back to it. It’s like, you know, when you excise a piece of cancer, a lump of cancer from your body, you know, it may come back. But you know one thing: if you wouldn’t do it, you could die.”
US was threatened by Iranian missiles, Netanyahu says
The United States, Netanyahu said, had been threatened by Iran as well, which is why US President Donald Trump chose to join the war.
“America was threatened with a very great danger. Because if this regime that chants death to America, death to Trump, will destroy America and so on, if you give that regime the ability to have ballistic missiles that could reach the United States ultimately, and they could arm it with nuclear weapons, then every single American would be in danger,” he said.
“That’s why President Trump decided to do this. He does what he thinks is good for the United States. And in this case, I would say it was essential for the security of the United States.”
The Iranian government was also oppressive to its own people, Netanyahu said.
“Understand, this is a regime that has, you know, there are about 90 million people in Iran, and the vast majority, like 80%, hate this regime,” he said. “They basically consider it theological thugs who took over the country and, you know, hold them at gunpoint. In fact, they shoot them. They murdered and maimed over 40,000 Iranians who are praying for their liberty.”
“Friends can have agreements and disagreements.”
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Iran weakened by US, Israeli strikes
Overall, Netanyahu said, the Iranian regime had been heavily weakened by the US and Israeli strikes, with much of their infrastructure destroyed.
“Iran is tottering. The IRGC, the revolutionary guards that basically control Iran, they lost a lot of their money machines. That is, the various industries they used to milk for funds and give them money.
“The Iranian people are in abject poverty,” he added. “And the dictators and their goons who tyrannize them, they live like kings. By the way, the same is in Gaza, the same with Hezbollah, with their proxies, the same thing, you know. They take care of themselves, and they care nothing for the people. So I don’t think this will last. I think eventually the people will throw them out. We’ll have to give them a little assistance.”
