(AFP) Yuval Steinitz, Israel's international affairs and intelligence minister, on Thursday said there were "small differences" with the U.S. over the Iranian nuclear issue, a week after direct talks between Tehran and world powers. "We generally see eye to eye with the Americans on the final objective, which is to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear weapon, but there are sometimes small differences over the way to do that," he told Israeli public radio. Steinitz added that sanctions against Tehran must not be relaxed until there is "an agreement guaranteeing 100 percent that Iran will never be able to have a nuclear weapon." He said Israel does not oppose Iran's right to civilian nuclear energy, but insisted it must not be able to enrich its own uranium, which is required to develop a nuclear warhead.
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