Israel "shall prevail" if forced to fight Iran, "an evil, cruel and morally corrupt regime" bent on ‘controlling the Middle East’

Israel "shall prevail" if forced to fight Iran, "an evil, cruel and morally corrupt regime" bent on ‘controlling the Middle East’, Israeli President Shimon Peres said in an attacking speech in Washington Sunday.
  
His speech to a pro-Israel lobby charged up the atmosphere for talks Monday between US President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who will tackle Iran.
  
"Iran is an evil, cruel, morally corrupt regime. It is based on destruction, and is an affront to human dignity," Peres told thousands of delegates at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) forum. "Iran is the center, the sponsor, the financer of world terror. Iran is a danger to the entire world," he said in an address that was to be followed by minutes later by a speech from Obama.
  
"It threatens Berlin as well as Madrid, Delhi as well as Bangkok. Not just Israel," the Israeli president said. "Iran's ambition is to control the Middle East, so it can control a major part of the world's economy. It must be stopped. And it will be stopped," he said.

"Israel experienced the horrors of war. It does not seek it. Peace is always our first option, but, if we are forced to fight, trust me: We shall prevail," Peres said. "President Obama is leading and implementing an international, complex and decisive policy, imposing economic and political sanctions against Iran. President Obama made it clear that the US will not permit Iran to become nuclear."
  
Peres said "all options are on the table," alluding to the military option, because he said "containment is not a sustainable policy." "The United States and Israel share the same goal -- to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon. There is no space between us. Our message is clear: Iran will not develop a nuclear weapon."