Netanyahu on Geneva Talks: Anything less than what the Security Council demanded of Iran will be a "historic error" that heightens the Risk of War

Talks to rein in Iran's nuclear program resumed Wednesday in Geneva with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani saying he seeks a "win-win" for his nation and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei calling Israel the "rabid dog" of the Middle East.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was in Moscow to convince the Kremlin that any deal reached in Geneva should force Iran to abide by U.N. Security Council demands that Iran end its enrichment of uranium, a process that can create fuel for an atomic bomb. 

And a bipartisan group of U.S senators declined to say whether they would go along with a request by President Obama that they hold off on toughening economic sanctions against Iran until negotiations are complete. Senators such as Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., want to ramp up sanctions to force Iran to end its nuclear program.

Khamenei, in a speech to tens of thousands of volunteer Basij militiamen in Tehran that was broadcast live on Iran's Press TV, said Iran will "not step back one iota from our rights," according to Israel Hayom. Khamenei's audience responded with chants of "Death to America." 

In a possible reference to sanctions imposed by the United Nations, United States and European Union, Khamenei said: "They intend to ratchet up the pressure on Iran. Iranians will succumb to no one under pressure."

Netanyahu backs an initiative by France to strike a deal in which Iran complies with demands laid out by a U.N. Security Council resolution passed amid suspicion that Iran is using centrifuges to enrich uranium into fuel for an atomic bomb in violation of its international agreements. The resolution demands included:

• Suspend enrichment of uranium. 

• Halt production and installation of additional centrifuges. 

• Transfer uranium enriched to 20% or higher to another country. 

• Halt construction of a plutonium reactor that can produce weapons-grade plutonium

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