Israel will use all means to halt Iran's nuclear program

Speaking at a press conference in Moscow on Thursday, Golender said that Iran's nuclear activities "show that Tehran tries to use research for peaceful uses as a cover for what it does within its military program,” Reuters reported.

She added that Israel supports all sanctions aimed at halting Iran's work on its nuclear program.

"But Israel has its own information how this work is being done," Golender said.

The remarks come as Israeli officials have ramped up their war rhetoric over the past few weeks, threatening Iran with military strikes.

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on February 9 that “Israel has a large selection of ways, when the world of international sanctions fails to persuade Iran to halt its nuclear program.”

Despite the widely publicized claims by the US, Israel and some of their European allies that Iran's nuclear program may include a military aspect, Iran insists on its civilian nature, arguing that as a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), it has the right to develop and acquire nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.

The IAEA has conducted numerous inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities but has never found any evidence indicating that Tehran's civilian nuclear program has been diverted towards nuclear weapons production.

This is while the Israeli regime is widely known to possess between 200 and 400 nuclear warheads. Furthermore, Tel Aviv refuses to allow its nuclear facilities to come under international regulatory inspectors and rejects any international nuclear regulatory agreements.