Jerusalem — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu informed US President Donald Trump about evidence of a past secret Iranian nuclear-arms programme in March, a senior Israeli official said, a move apparently aimed at killing a global deal with Tehran that both leaders oppose. Trump agreed Israel would publish the information before May 12, the date by which he is due to decide whether the US should quit the nuclear deal with Iran, an arch foe of both countries, the Israeli official said. In a prime time televised statement on Monday night Netanyahu presented what he said were Iranian documents obtained in an Israeli intelligence operation that purportedly prove Iran had been developing nuclear weapons before the 2015 deal it signed with the US and world powers. Netanyahu told CNN on Tuesday that "nobody" sought war with Iran, a prospect seen by some as a possible result of the deal’s collapse. But his presentation said the evidence shows Iran lied going into the 2015 deal, a lan...
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