"The crisis could rapidly spiral into fresh Israeli calls to attack Iran for failing to cooperate over its nuclear programme. The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, warned on Monday: We must destroy the axis of evil Iran and we have the power to do so. This is what lies ahead of us in the coming year, a year that could be a historic one for Israel's security."
"Kaja Kallas, the EU's foreign policy chief, said the window for reaching an agreement with Iran was limited, adding it was hard to predict if the snapback of the UN sanctions lifted when Iran reached a nuclear deal in 2015 will take place this weekend. With the deadline so close the risk of diplomatic miscalculation is high. Abbas Araghchi is also likely to meet European foreign ministers on Tuesday."
Iran's foreign minister met the head of the UN nuclear watchdog as intensive diplomatic meetings convened in New York to try to avert the reimposition of UN sanctions beginning this weekend. The situation risks escalating into renewed Israeli calls for attack over Iran's nuclear cooperation, with Israel's prime minister warning of destroying an 'axis of evil'. The EU warned that the window for agreement is limited and the snapback of 2015 sanctions may occur imminently. Iran said it does not respond to pressure and may take appropriate measures if no diplomatic solution emerges. The deadline for reimposing six suspended UN sanctions is Saturday night, and if the UK, France and Germany reimpose sanctions they could not be lifted in future without US agreement.
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