Netanyahu expected to urge US against Iran negotiations Prime minister shuns Democrats but meets with RepublicansIsraeli PM’s speech to Congress snubbed by prominent Democrats 11.02am ET Speaker of the House John Boehner has just introduced Netanyahu and Congress is getting ready to begin any minute. 10.55am ET Some anti-deal Iranians are echoing Netanyahu, my colleague Saeed Kamali Dehghan reports, quoting a senior Iranian politician who says that the greatest challenge to a nuclear agreement is not Netanyahu in DC but opponents to a deal in Tehran.Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, may be trying his best to sabotage a proposed Iranian nuclear deal with his speech at the US Congress but a greater challenge is coming from inside Iran, according to a senior Iranian politician.