JERUSALEM: Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu left for New York on Sunday in a bid to challenge perceptions that Iran under its new president poses less of a nuclear threat than before.

“I intend to tell the truth in the face of the sweet talk and charm offensive of Iran” Israeli public radio quoted him as saying as he boarded the plane at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport.

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