A statement issued by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday cited “countless overt and covert” operations to subvert Iran’s plans to build a nuclear bomb, but he did not deny that US President Donald Trump had canceled plans to strike Iran.

The statement read: “For more than a decade, Prime Minister Netanyahu has spearheaded the international effort to stop Iran’s nuclear ambitions even as others downplayed the danger, dismissing it as ‘political spin’ and branding the prime minister as ‘paranoid.'”

According to the statement, the prime minister’s firm stance against Iran, even in the face of opposition, has prevented the Islamic Republic from acquiring a nuclear bomb. “As the prime minister has stated repeatedly, Israel will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons,” the statement said.