Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told the UN nuclear watchdog on Friday that Israel would prefer a diplomatic resolution to the standoff over the Iranian nuclear program but could take independent action, an Israeli statement said, APA reports.
"Israel reserves the right to self-defense and action against Iran to stop its nuclear program if the international community fails to do so within the relevant time frame," it quoted Bennett as telling International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director Rafael Grossi, who arrived in Israel on Thursday for talks.
The snap visit, which Grossi said was at Israel's request, comes as the state expresses mounting concerns about Iran's nuclear activities and any return to the 2015 nuclear agreement between Tehran and world powers.
"I stressed the importance of ... the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)," The Director-General of the IAEA Rafael Grossi said in a tweet following the meeting with Bennett.
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