Netanyahu puts pressure on Iran

On Wednesday, Prime minister Netanyahu, met with European Union Foreign Affairs Chief Catherine Ashton, who briefed Netanyahu on the preparations for the second round of nuclear talks with Iran. Netanyahu invited Defense Minister Barak, Foreign Minister Lieberman, and newcomer, Kadima head Mofaz to join the meeting with Ashton. Israel presented a rigid set of demands for the Iranians- in saying that Israel's position leading up to the Baghdad talks is that the talks will be considered as progress only if they would yield an Iranian guarantee to halt uranium enrichment, to remove all enriched uranium out of Iranian soil, and to dismantle the underground enrichment facility in Fordo.