CIA Director John Brennan made a “secret” visit to Israel last week to discuss an emerging nuclear deal between Iran and world powers, Israel’s Haaretz newspaper reported today.
It came as a June 30 deadline looms for a deal that would row back Iran’s nuclear programme in return for relief from sanctions, which Israel has long opposed, causing friction with the White House.
Brennan met his counterpart Mossad chief Tamir Pardo and other intelligence officials, as well as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Haaretz reported, citing “senior Israeli officials.”
They discussed the emerging Iran deal and Tehran’s “subversive” activities around the Middle East.
In March, the Israeli premier controversially took his campaign to the US Congress, calling on lawmakers to block any deal between the powers and the Jewish state’s arch-foe.
