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His comments come amid recent attacks on Israel by Iran, reportedly in retaliation to the attack on their embassy.
Iran on Tuesday hit back at the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calling him an “infamous liar” over his allegations of a secret Iranian nuclear weapons programme.
Israel’s comments came from a “broke and infamous liar who has had nothing to offer except lies and deceits,” foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Ghasemi said in a statement.
Israeli PM Netanyahu on Monday had disclosed files that he said could prove Iran has secretly worked on nuclear weapons even after it signed an agreement in 2015 to halt its nuclear programme.
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The Iranian Foreign Ministry denounced Netanyahu’s nuclear allegations against Tehran as a “worthless show”.
Ghasemi said that the “ridiculous propagandist presentations” of Netanyahu are “one of the latest shameful and worthless shows about Iran’s nuclear programme”, reported Xinhua news agency.
The Iranian nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed between Iran and six world powers, was designed to limit Tehran’s nuclear programme in exchange for the removal of international sanctions on the Islamic Republic.
“Even after the deal, Iran continued to preserve and expand its nuclear weapons know-how for future use” at the Fordow nuclear testing site, said Netanyahu.
However, Ghasemi said the allegations were “merely aimed at spreading lies and deception”.
Netanyahu’s disclosure comes ahead of United States President Donald Trump’s May 12 deadline to decide whether to extend the waiver on nuclear-related sanctions against Iran.
(With agency inputs)
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