--- description: "The state of Israel does not conduct espionage against the United States or Israel's other allies." title: Israel Denies Spying on Iran Nuclear Talks With U.S. image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebf1b124806d6248/698783a12dce01dc5b9de081/netanyahu-11.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Israel Denies Spying on Iran Nuclear Talks With U.S. by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 24, 2015 11:25 AM CUT  Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem Feb. 15, 2015. Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem Feb. 15, 2015.Abir Sultan—Reuters by [NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 24, 2015 11:25 AM CUT Israel did not snoop on closed-door talks over Iran’s nuclear program involving the U.S., a senior official in Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office said on Tuesday, denying an earlier report. On Monday evening, [the Wall Street _Journal_ ](http://www.wsj.com/articles/israel-spied-on-iran-talks-1427164201 "undefined")reported that U.S. officials learned of the spying — which it said was part of Netanyahu’s effort to derail a deal on Tehran’s nuclear program — when American intelligence agencies intercepted communications between Israeli officials. Some of Israel’s information came from French sources, the newspaper reported. U.S. officials were not immediately available for comment, but Netanyahu’s office slammed the report on Tuesday. [Read more from our partners at _NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/israel-spying-spat-netanyahus-office-denies-nuke-talks-snooping-n329046?cid=par-time-article%5F20150324 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3755774/israel-spying-iran-nuclear-talks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3755774/israel-spying-iran-nuclear-talks/"},"headline":"Israel Denies Spying on Iran Nuclear Talks With U.S.","datePublished":"2015-03-24T11:25:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T05:23:20.845Z","description":"\"The state of Israel does not conduct espionage against the United States or Israel's other allies.\"","url":"https://time.com/3755774/israel-spying-iran-nuclear-talks/","keywords":["Israel"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebf1b124806d6248/698783a12dce01dc5b9de081/netanyahu-11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"NBC News","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nbc-news/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltebf1b124806d6248/698783a12dce01dc5b9de081/netanyahu-11.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Israeli PM Netanyahu weekly cabinet meeting","caption":"Israeli PM Netanyahu weekly cabinet meeting","creditText":"Abir Sultan—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3755774/israel-spying-iran-nuclear-talks/","name":"Israel Denies Spying on Iran Nuclear Talks With U.S."}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Know Right Now: Israel's Big Election","description":"Israel will elect a new government on March 17th.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/GK5mubWB/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-03-16T18:04:33.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/GK5mubWB.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3755774/israel-spying-iran-nuclear-talks/","duration":"PT1M1S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3755774/israel-spying-iran-nuclear-talks/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```