Israel National News reports: “Iran warned on Tuesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to the United States is an attempt to sabotage the ongoing nuclear talks between Iran and the US, the Xinhua news agency reported.

Netanyahu arrived in Washington to meet with President Donald Trump, aiming to press for a tougher stance on Iran’s ballistic missile capabilities during the negotiations.

In response, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei stated that Israel is the primary cause of instability in the region. He accused Israel of turning Iran’s peaceful nuclear program into a ‘fabricated crisis’ and said Israel opposes any diplomatic efforts that might restore peace in the region.

Baghaei also urged US officials not to let external pressures and lobbies dictate their foreign policy, stressing that it is up to the United States to decide whether to act independently of these ‘destructive’ influences…”