Netanyahu Discusses Iran Threat With Lithuanian PM

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has discussed the Iran threat with visiting Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Simonyte.

An Iranian nuclear weapon would harm regional stability and threaten the entire world, Netanyahu told his counterpart on Monday.

The two sides also discussed expanding cooperation in innovation, cybertech, and artificial intelligence.

Back in May, Netanyahu said Iran is like "50 North Koreas," and if it could threaten every city in the US with nuclear extortion, it would change history.

“[Iran] is not merely a neighborhood bully, like the dynasty that rules North Korea. This is an ideological force that views us, Israel, as small Satan, and views you as the great Satan. And to have North Korea, or rather Iran, being able to threaten every city in the United States with nuclear blackmail, is a changing of history,” he added.

The prime minister made the remarks in a meeting with a bipartisan group led by US House Intelligence Committee Chairman Michael Turner.

Netanyahu told Iran International in March that Tehran is “dangerously moving forward” in its nuclear program and close to "red lines".

The issue of the Iranian regime’s nuclear program is “the quintessential heart of my foreign policy,” he said, adding, “I came back into government precisely to prevent Iran from becoming a nuclear state,” vowing to do “everything possible to prevent it."

Netanyahu indirectly referred to recent confirmation by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that it found uranium particles enriched to 84-percent purity, which is very close to the 90-percent enriched fissile material needed for nuclear bombs. He said that Israel will not tolerate a “nuclear threshold” Iran.