JERUSALEM, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated on Thursday that Israel would not allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons, amid reports of renewed negotiations between Tehran and the U.S. administration over a new nuclear agreement.

"The prime minister has made clear more than once: Israel will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons," Netanyahu's office said in a statement.

The office added that Netanyahu, who views Iran as Israel's arch-foe, "has led countless overt and covert operations against Iran's nuclear program," and has "led the global campaign against Iran's nuclear program."

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi met with U.S. special presidential envoy Steve Witkoff in Oman's capital Muscat on Saturday over Tehran's nuclear program, with both sides describing the meeting as "constructive."

The talks in Muscat followed U.S. President Donald Trump's statement in early March that he had sent a letter to Iranian leaders, delivered through the United Arab Emirates, proposing negotiations on Iran's nuclear program. Iran later agreed on indirect talks. Enditem

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