No time left for negotiations with Iran: Israeli ministe

No time left for negotiations with Iran: Israeli minister

Reuters) - Iran is on course to develop a nuclear bomb within six months and time has run out for further negotiations, a senior Israeli minister said.

Strategic Affairs Minister Yuval Steinitz said Iran still believed it had room for maneuver in dealing with world powers, and that unless it faced a credible threat of U.S. military action, it would not stop its nuclear activities.

"There is no more time to hold negotiations," Steinitz, who is close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said in an interview with the Israel Hayom daily published on Friday.

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(Reporting by Ari Rabinovitch; Editing by Alison Williams)

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/20/us-iran-nuclear-israel-idUSBRE98J08Y20130920