CNN’s Chris Cuomo to Netanyahu: ‘Are You Prepared to Go to War Against Iran?’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared on CNN’s New Day for an interview with Chris Cuomo, who pressed him on his announcement that he had “conclusive proof” that Iran lied about its “secret nuclear weapons program” ahead of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal.

Netanyahu argued that the world is not better off with the current deal, and that if nothing more is done to thwart Iran’s covert efforts to develop nuclear weapons, “you’d head into a terrible conflict and perhaps a terrible war in which Iran would be armed with nuclear weapons.”

“It sounds like you’re suggesting that’s the only course anyway,” Cuomo said. “The way you outline the threat and the intentions of Iran, it seems as though you are indicating that you are on the precipice of war with this nation.”

“Because that’s the only way that you would be able to guarantee that you smash all of their capabilities and stop all of their evil outreach in the surrounding region, as you describe,” the CNN host continued. “Is that what you mean? Are you prepared to go to war against Iran?”

“Nobody is seeking that kind of development,” Netanyahu replied. “Iran is the one that’s changing the rules in the region. Iran is the one that is practicing aggression against every country in the Middle East. Iran is firing rockets into the capitals of neighboring countries and Iran is preparing 150,000 rockets to be fired at Israel with the explicit goal of annihilating us.”

Cuomo would go on to grill Netanyahu on whether Israel itself has nuclear weapons.

Watch above, via CNN.

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