Report: Israel's atomic agency backs Iran nuclear deal

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A Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011 file photo, shows Iran's heavy water nuclear facilities near the central city of Arak 150 miles (250 kilometers) southwest of Tehran. (AP Photo/ISNA,Hamid Foroutan, File) A Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011 file photo, shows Iran's heavy water nuclear facilities near the central city of Arak 150 miles (250 kilometers) southwest of Tehran. (AP Photo/ISNA,Hamid Foroutan, File) Israel's Atomic Energy Commission, which advises the Israeli government on nuclear issues, has endorsed the controversial nuclear deal with Iran and believes it will prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear bomb, the Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported Thursday.

The liberal Israeli newspaper, quoting a "source familiar with the commission's stance," reported that the body took the position even though it was at odds with the country's political leaders, who strongly oppose the agreement.

Haaretz said the commission declined to comment.

The United States, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany reached an accord with Iran in July that requires Tehran to curb its nuclear activities in exchange for lifting nuclear-related economic sanctions.

In the United States, congressional Democrats blocked a Republican measure aimed at defeating the agreement, which officially went into effect last Sunday.

In March, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned in an address to a joint session of Congress that the agreement would not block Iran's way to a bomb "but paves its way to a bomb."