Netanyahu's scaremongering could not stop nuclear deal

Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday that scaremongering by Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu won’t stop the Islamic Republic and the P5+1 group from reaching a final nuclear deal.

Zarif also said the world should not allow the hard-line Israeli leader to undermine peace.

He was referring to Netanyahu’s planned speech to Congress next week on the emerging nuclear deal.

“Through scaremongering, falsification, propaganda and creating a false atmosphere even inside other countries, [Israel] is attempting to prevent peace,” Zarif told reporters during a joint news conference with his Italian counterpart, Paolo Gentiloni.

“I believe that these attempts are in vain and should not impede reaching a [nuclear] agreement.”

"Netanyahu is opposed to any solution and (his planned speech in U.S. Congress) signifies his attempts to use an untrue issue and a fabricated crisis to cover up realities in our region, including the occupation (and) suppression of the Palestinian people, violation of rights of Palestinians and continuation of invasive policies," Zarif said.