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Israel Prepares for U.S. Return to Iran Nuclear Deal
(France 24) Tamar Shiloh Vidon - As efforts continue in Vienna to bring the U.S. back into the nuclear deal with Iran, Brig.-Gen. (res.) Yossi Kuperwasser, former Director General of the Israel Ministry of Strategic Affairs and a senior fellow at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, told France 24 on Sunday: "The return of the 2015 agreement means paving a safe path for Iran to achieve the ability to produce nuclear weapons in large quantities - a large arsenal of nuclear weapons - within 10 years. Israel is very worried about this and wants to be very clear that Israel is not bound by this deal and that it will do everything it can to prevent Iran from producing nuclear weapons. And I've also heard the Americans say that they understand this. That it is important." Israel says the deal needs to be vastly improved before it can support it. "The powers have to force Iran to dismantle all of their installations intended for solely military purposes (though in my opinion, all of their nuclear facilities are military), like the enrichment facility in Fordow," Kuperwasser said.