At U.N. Mideast debate, Israel shows new evidence of Iran sticking to its militant ways

"As decision time comes closer for President Donald Trump to stay in or withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, more evidence of Iranian intransigence in the region was given to members of the U.N. Security Council by Israel earlier today.

At a debate on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestine Question, Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon released a previously classified Israeli intelligence document showing a satellite photograph of what he said was an Iranian-run induction and recruitment center close to Syria's capital Damascus, and only 12 miles from the border with Lebanon.

Danon claimed that more than 80,000 Shi'ite militants are operating in Syria under Iranian control. He said, 'We are presenting this image to the world so you can understand the depth of Iran's involvement in Syria. What you see here is Iran's central induction and recruitment center in Syria. ... It is at this base, just over five miles from Damascus, where they are trained to commit acts of terror in Syria and across the region.'

Without mentioning Iran by name, Danon warned: 'Israel has a very clear policy that we have held since the administration of Prime Minister Menachem Begin. We will not allow regimes that seek our destruction to acquire nuclear weapons. Period.'..."