# Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, has alleged that Iran’s nuclear programme was not meant to be for energy, but for death and destruction. This is despite Tehran repeatedly insisting that it is not building a nuclear bomb. Danon told an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting in New York on Sunday that by striking three nuclear sites in Iran, the US eliminated the greatest existential threat to humanity. He added that inaction would have been catastrophic:
Israeli UN envoy accuses Iran of using diplomacy around its nuclear programme as a delay tactic [SOUND]
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