Former Israel spy chief calls for end to Iran deal criticism

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Meir DaganFormer Israeli Mossad spy chief Meir Dagan says it is time for Israel to stop criticizing the United States over the nuclear deal it and world powers struck with Iran.

Speaking Monday at the International Institute for Counterterrorism's annual conference in the coastal city of Herzliya, Dagan said: "The problem is Iran, not President Obama."

Dagan has been a fierce critic of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's hard-line policies regarding Iran. He vocally opposed the prospect of an Israeli military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities that Netanyahu is said to have supported.

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