Iran’s nuke programme will soon be strike-proof,says Israel

In testimony to parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee,Barak also said that harsher international sanctions against Iran would be needed to try to pressure Tehran to abandon its nuclear programme.

Barak also invoked a theme that has become a recent mantra with Israeli leaders that the Jewish state will not leave its fate to others to decide. “Israel is responsible for taking the decisions related to its future,its security and its destiny,” he said.

Iran’s nuclear programme,Barak said,“is steadily approaching maturation and is verging on a “zone of immunity” a position from which the Iranian regime could complete its programme without effective disruption,at its convenience.” Barak first used the phrase “zone of immunity” as a reference to Iran’s movement of nuclear operations deep underground in fortified bunkers,to compromise any military strike.