LONDON, 01 December 2021, (TON): Foreign Secretary Liz Truss vowed “Britain will work flat out and keep all options on the table in order to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear bomb.”

Truss met her Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid for talks in London on Monday, where he will also meet with Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Truss made the comments in a press briefing shortly after signing a memorandum of understanding aimed at creating stronger collaboration between the two nations on cyber-security, defence and trade.

She said Britain would “work flat out to prevent the Iranian regime from gaining nuclear weapons.

She added “we are absolutely determined to prevent Iran from securing a nuclear weapon.”

Iran said “it hoped to reach an agreement with major powers on salvaging its 2015 nuclear deal at talks resuming in Vienna.”

Truss said that Britain “wants those talks to work, but if they don’t work, all options are on the table”. But Lapid accused Tehran of trying to get sanctions lifted.

He said“they will play for time, earn billions from the removal of sanctions, continue to deceive the world, and covertly advance their nuclear programme.”