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Netanyahu heads for Putin talks after Trump pullout from Iran deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a televised speech on May 8, 2018 after US President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the Iranian nuclear deal

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu headed to Moscow on Wednesday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, hours after US President Donald Trump announced he would pull out of the Iran nuclear deal.

Netanyahu and Putin have held a series of meetings and phone conversations in recent months, mainly over Syria and the involvement there of Israel's arch-rival Iran.

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