Speaking alongside the Foreign Secretary ahead of their talks, Mr Netanyahu said it was “perplexing” that the deal did not address Iranian threats to annihilate Israel.
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Hailing “a new chapter” in relations with the world following the nuclear deal, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the global sanctions against Iran had failed to produce any effect.
Sanction relief, he said, would fund Iranian aggression in the region.
The meeting, requested by King Salman, comes after Saudi diplomats privately expressed grave misgivings that the nuclear agreement may legitimize their arch-foe Iran.
“If Iran should try to cause mischief in the region, we’re committed to confront it resolutely”, said Jubeir.
He said if the USA, through the congressional review process, misses the chance to approve the deal, “history will judge us harshly”.
“This deal makes our country and the world safer and more secure”, the President said as critics ranging from Republicans at home to Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu overseas denounced it as capitulation and appeasement.
Obama said Israel, widely assumed to be the Middle East’s only nuclear-armed state, had legitimate concerns about Iran’s threat to its security but insisted that danger would be compounded if Iran acquired a nuclear weapon.
Video: “Without Deal We Risk More War”. Palin asked. “His wink and a nod to an evil regime hell-bent on destroying us just made his “fundamental transformation” [of America, a key Obama campaign pledge] job a whole lot easier”.
“Without a deal, there would be no limits to Iran’s nuclear programme and Iran could move closer to a nuclear bomb…”
The resolution is expected to pass without difficulty as its five veto-wielding permanent members – Britain, China, France, Russian Federation and the United States – negotiated the accord, along with Germany.
Mr Cameron’s call came shortly after official documents revealed that the Foreign Office may use the opportunity of the reopening of Iran’s embassy in London to pursue the recovery of nearly £100,000 in unpaid taxes.
In exchange, the major powers agreed to lift the economic sanctions against Iran, in part by unfreezing billions of dollars in assets overseas as soon as Tehran complies with the requirements of the nuclear agreement. “Through war. Those are the options”.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said Thursday that she would work hard to get Democrats to support the deal.
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To the contrary, Republican leaders in Congress and especially among the more than a dozen declared presidential candidates have been heaping opprobrium on the deal and the President since it was announced Tuesday.
