Putin WON’T protect Iran if US & Israel start bombing as Netanyahu demands ‘Libya-style’ solution to Ayatollah
RUSSIAN dictator Vladimir Putin won’t protect Iran if the US and Israel start bombing, the country’s foreign minister has warned.
It comes as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has demanded a “Libya-style” solution with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei over Tehran’s chilling nuclear program.
While meeting with the Israeli leader in the Oval Office on Monday, Trump announced direct talks between Washington and Tehran will commence on Saturday.
Russian deputy foreign minister Andrei Rudenko has clarified that Moscow is not obligated to help Iran under a potential US attack – despite the two nations having close military ties.
While the Putin puppet warned that such an attack would have bleak consequences for the region, he added that Moscow would offer any help required in negotiations between Tehran and Washington.
Meanwhile Netanyahu has demanded that a “Libya-style” solution to Iran following talks with Trump earlier this week.
The Israeli prime minister stressed on Tuesday that Iran “must not have nuclear weapons,” while also warning that this could be only be achieved either diplomatically or militarily.
He said that a deal would only be acceptable if it were similar to the one with Libya in 2003, where “we go in, blow up the facilities, and dismantle all the equipment, under American supervision and execution”.
Netanyahu added that this would be “the ideal scenario”.
But the second option, “which we don’t want, is that they’ll simply drag out the negotiations, and in that case, the military option becomes the only choice,” the Israeli leader warned.
Iran would have permission to maintain a civilian nuclear program for electricity generation, however, even if the first option did go ahead in dismantling all the equipment.
Iran expert Hamidreza Azizi told Newsweek that Iranian leaders are aware that they are on their own if a US attack was launched.
On Monday, Trump vowed Iran was in “dangerous territory” as he threatens the Ayatollah with military action if he doesn’t cut a deal.
He said: “We’re having direct talks with Iran. Everyone agrees that doing a deal would be preferable to doing the obvious.
“The obvious is not something I want to be involved with, or that Israel wants to be involved with if they can avoid it.”
He said that “top level” talks between the US and Iran will be held on Saturday – and again levelled direct threats in the case of no deal.
He said: “If the talks aren’t successful, Iran is going to be in great danger. Iran can’t have a nuclear weapon. It will be a very dangerous day for Iran.”
Tensions between Iran and allied US and Israel have been building up to boiling point.
The feuding powers have traded intensifying threats of destruction – and insiders have told The Sun that Trump and Netanyahu are preparing for radical joint action.
Former British ambassador Sir Richard Dalton described the situation between the US and Iran as “the most dangerous it has ever been”.
In an interview with BBC Newsnight, Sir Richard said: “The risk of a war between Israel and the United States on the one hand and Iran on the other has never been higher.”
Just weeks ago, Trump issued a chilling warning: “If they don’t make a deal, there will be bombing. It will be bombing the likes of which they have never seen before.”
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has defiantly refused to engage in direct negotiations — triggering fury in Washington.
In a fiery response, Khamenei vowed: “If they commit any mischief, they will surely receive a strong reciprocal blow.”
And last week, the US and Israel launched a fresh round of strikes against pro-Iranian forces in neighbouring countries.
Houthi targets in Yemen and the new regime in Syria were battered with airstrikes – with world leaders warning of an inevitable catastrophe if a deal is not signed soon.
Meanwhile, the US is flexing its muscles, reportedly positioning B-2 bombers on Diego Garcia island — well within strike range of Iran.
What was the 2003 Libya nuke deal?
LIBYAN leader Muammar Gaddafi agreed to rid his country’s weapons of mass destruction program in 2003 – including a nuclear weapons program that spanned over decades.
In 2003, US intelligence raided a cargo ship and seized various centrifuge-related equipment that was headed for Libya.
US investigations found that many of the components were being manufactured by an engineering facility in Malaysia and produced under tech guidance of famed scientist of Pakistan Dr A. Q. Khan alongside others from the UK, Germany and Switzerland.
After this came to light, Libyan nuclear ambitions were forced to fizzle.
Following the US military response in Afghanistan at the time, Gaddafi fearfully looked to secure better relations with the US and focused on initially lifting sanctions on Libya.
But on 19 December 2003, Gaddafi surprised Libya by announcing his intention to dismantle the country’s WMD programs.
The Libyan Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials were quoted saying at the time: “Libya had bought nuclear components from various black market dealers.”
They then handed over designs of centrifuges to US officials and gave them names of suppliers.