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Cameron: we are not starry-eyed on Iran

November 28, 2013 09:50
Cameron lights the Number 10 menorah (Photo: Photo: Sgt Jez Doak, Raf)

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Marcus Dysch,

Marcus Dysch

1 min read

David Cameron has moved to reassure supporters of Israel and British Jewry following the Iranian nuclear deal struck in Geneva this week.

Speaking at a Chanucah reception in Downing Street on Wednesday evening, the Prime Minister said he shared the “scepticism and worry” felt over the interim agreement to curb Iran’s nuclear programme and lift some sanctions.

Mr Cameron said he had no “starry-eyed view” of what the Iranian regime offered.

“I could go into all the details of how this interim deal means the uranium will be dealt with, how much inspection there will be… In the end it comes down to a simple judgment. Would it have been better to continue with a set of negotiations, hoping for one big, long-term deal but knowing that at any time you could wake up one morning with a nuclear-armed Iran?