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i24NEWS DESK | Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held talks in Lisbon on Wednesday with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to ask him to "increase pressure" on the "tottering" regime in Tehran as protests continue to rock the country.
“Iran’s aggression is growing, but its empire is tottering. And I say: let’s make it totter even further,” Netanyahu said at the start of the meeting with Pompeo, held at a hotel in the Portuguese capital.
Before transitioning the meeting behind closed doors, Netanyahu said that the first subject he planned to raise with the Secretary of State "is Iran, the second subject is Iran, and so is the third, and many more."
"We are fortunate that President [Donald Trump] is pursuing a consistent policy of pressure against Iran," added Netanyahu, who is currently fighting for his political life after being indicted on multiple corruption charges last month.
Netanyahu also thanked Pompeo for the State Department's decision to proclaim that Israeli settlements are not necessarily illegal under international law a little more than two weeks ago.
“I think that contrary to every common spin, this actually advances peace, because peace has to be based on truth, and not on lies,” he said.
“And we are committed to advancing security, prosperity and peace in our region, and I believe this conversation, and these and many others subjects will do exactly that.”
