Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu received an official mandate on Sunday to form a new government and pledged that he would seek national consensus after an election in which Jewish far-rightists surged, drawing concern at home and abroad.

Iran PressMiddle East: Tasking Netanyahu with building the next coalition, the Israeli regime's President Isaac Herzog noted that the regime's longest-serving premier had received enough recommendations from like-minded parties to secure 64 of parliament's 120 seats.

"I intend to work to broaden the zone of consensus among us," Netanyahu said in televised remarks at Herzog's residence, adding that he would represent all who live in the occupied lands "without exception."

He also threatened to take action against Iran for what he said was its effort to arm itself with nuclear weaponry, a repeated allegation that Tehran denies seeking it.

In this regard, the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) in August 2022 underscored the country’s commitment to the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT), saying there is no place for a nuclear weapons program in the Iranian defense doctrine or belief.

In the defense and security doctrine of the Islamic Republic of Iran, there is no need [for nuclear weapons] because it is against the beliefs and convictions of the Islamic Republic, and there is also a religious fatwa in this regard,” Eslami said.

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