"What is happening today is massive surrender by the US to Iran; the Iranians are setting the tone, the US is releasing funds to Iran," he said.

An American student living in Israel is charged with spying for Iran.

Leader of the Opposition MK Yair Lapid says that Israel should have bombed Iran’s oil and energy infrastructure during the recent war with the Islamic Republic, and that the government had made a mistake in refraining from such attacks.

The visit would mark Netanyahu's seventh visit to the US since Trump returned to office for a second term as president.

Israel says Iran has launched missiles at it in the first such bombardment since a fragile ceasefire took effect in early April, complicating mediation efforts for a deal to end the war.

Israeli fighter jets reportedly triggered a security scare during US-Iran negotiations in April. The incident raised fears of renewed conflict and a collapse of fragile diplomatic efforts.

The NYT had reported that the US had reached out to countries in the Middle East in an effort to convey to Iran about possible Israeli assassination attempts targeting Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.

An uptick in clashes between Iranian security forces and Kurdish rebel groups is threatening to open a new front in the Islamic Republic's conflict with the United States and Israel, testing a fragile ceasefire between Tehran and Washington.