Tension over Iran deal

Pentagon chief meets Israel PM

AFP, JERUSALEM: US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday to try to ease tensions over the Iran nuclear deal, as the Israeli leader urged lawmakers in Washington to reject the hard-won agreement.
The two men greeted each other with a long handshake before entering talks that lasted nearly two hours, making no public comment about the tensions over the nuclear accord that Netanyahu has harshly condemned.

Tension over Iran deal

Pentagon chief meets Israel PM

AFP, JERUSALEM: US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter met Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu yesterday to try to ease tensions over the Iran nuclear deal, as the Israeli leader urged lawmakers in Washington to reject the hard-won agreement. The two men greeted each other with a long handshake before entering talks that lasted nearly two hours, making no public comment about the tensions over the nuclear accord that Netanyahu has harshly condemned.