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The US embassy in Israel announced that two-day talks between Israeli and US officials addressed how to “confront Iran’s evil actions” and increase pressure on it by January 20.
The embassy issued a statement saying that the Special Representative of the State Department for Iran and Venezuela Affairs, Elliot Abrams, and the United States Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and discussed issues of common interest. how to confront the evil acts of Iran.
The statement added that Abrams met with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Monday to continue the dialogue on security cooperation.
According to the statement, the meetings pave the way for a visit by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to the region next weekend.
The US news site Axios said Sunday that the Trump administration is pushing through a plan to impose a long series of new sanctions on Iran in the weeks remaining before President-elect Joe Biden takes office on January 20.
The site quoted Israeli officials as saying: “ The Trump administration’s envoy for Iran affairs, Elliot Abrams, arrived in Israel on Sunday and met with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and national security adviser Meir Ben Shabat, to discuss the sanctions plan.
He added that “Abrams will meet with Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi on Monday to brief them on the plan.”
The US website, citing Israeli sources, stated that “the Trump administration believes that such a ‘deluge’ of sanctions will increase pressure on Iranians and make it difficult for the administration of President-elect Joe Biden to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.
The sources added: “Abrams said in a statement closed several days ago that the Trump administration wants to announce a new set of sanctions against Iran every week until next January 20.”
Israeli sources added: “The planned sanctions are not related to the Iranian nuclear program, which will likely cancel the Biden administration and open the door to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, but rather sanctions related to the ballistic missile program, Iranian assistance to terrorist organizations and Iranian human rights violations. “
