Netanyahu takes fight over Obama Iran plan to Congress

By: American Decency Staff

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was to address the US Congress on Tuesday in an increasingly heated battle with the White House over Tehran's nuclear ambitions, as negotiations resumed in Switzerland.

Netanyahu has repeatedly attacked the emerging Iran deal and is reportedly planning to unveil details to US lawmakers to show why he believes it poses a grave danger to Israel.

But US President Barack Obama lashed out at Netanyahu, pointing to the premier's past assaults on an interim deal reached in 2013 under which Iran has already halted much of its uranium enrichment program.

"Netanyahu made all sorts of claims," he told Reuters on Monday.

"This was going to be a terrible deal," he went on. "This was going to result in Iran getting $50 billion worth of relief. Iran would not abide by the agreement. None of that has come true."

In a twist of fate, Netanyahu will be speaking as US and Iranian negotiators are hammering out the deal behind closed doors in a lakeside hotel in Montreux with a March 31 deadline looming.

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