Netanyahu to speak on 'significant development' on Iran nuclear deal

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will speak today on a "significant development" on the nuclear deal, his office said, as the considers whether to pull out of the landmark accord that opposes.

Trump is due to decide on May 12 whether to reimpose sanctions on Tehran, putting in peril the 2015 nuclear accord.

Pompeo has warned that the will withdraw from the agreement "if we can't fix it".

The Israeli has repeatedly called for the accord between world powers and his country's main enemy to either be altered or scrapped.

He alleges the agreement does not prevent from eventually obtaining nuclear weapons and says the lifting of sanctions has increased Tehran's ability to finance proxy militants in the

Most world powers however say the nuclear deal is working as intended for now and is the best way to keep from acquiring the bomb. is also deeply concerned over Iran's presence in Syria, where it is backing Bashar al-Assad's regime.

has pledged to stop from entrenching itself militarily in the neighbouring country.

On Monday, a monitor said missile strikes on central killed 26 pro-regime fighters, most of them Iranians, in a raid it said bore the hallmarks of an Israeli operation.

told that he was "not aware" of the strikes.

The latest such attacks came amid heightened tensions after and accused on April 9 of conducting deadly strikes against a military base in central

Pompeo joined in lashing out at when the two met in on Sunday.

"Iran's ambition to dominate the remains," Pompeo said.

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First Published: Mon, April 30 2018. 20:40 IST