Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his country and the United States are determined to counter Iran’s nuclear ambitions and its influence in the Middle East.
Netanyahu made this statement on Sunday after meeting US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
Speaking after meeting Rubio in Jerusalem, Netanyahu said they discussed a number of issues, adding that none was more important than Iran.
“Israel and America stand shoulder to shoulder in countering the threat of Iran. We agreed that the ayatollahs must not have nuclear weapons and also agreed that Iran’s aggression in the region must be rolled back,” he said.
Speaking, Rubio said that behind every terrorist group, act of violence, destabilising activity, and everything that threatens peace and stability for the millions of people who call the region home is Iran.
The Israeli-Iranian enmity stretches back decades through a history of clandestine wars and attacks by land, sea, air, and cyberspace.
Iran, which says it is enriching uranium for peaceful purposes, has also backed groups across the Middle East that describe themselves as the axis of resistance to Israel and US influence in the region.
Meanwhile, Iran’s mission to the United Nations in New York has not yet commented on the development.
