Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expected the United States to maintain its tough stance despite US President Donald Trump’s firing of his hawkish national security adviser John Bolton. Trump fired Bolton on Tuesday, citing policy disagreements. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said immediately after that Trump might meet Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the UN general assembly this month. Netanyahu was among the most vocal champions of Trumps withdrawal from the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and major powers and has voiced misgivings about Western engagement with Tehran unless this leads to sweeping restrictions on sensitive nuclear projects. But Netanyahu, in an Israeli television interview, sounded unfazed by Boltons departure and possible Trump-Rouhani talks. "Look, the one who formally crafted the American policy was Pompeo ... and President Trump of course. But Im not getting into the personality changes in this administration," he told Channel 20. Netanyahu, waving off commentators who deemed Boltons departure a blow to him and to Israel, cited new US sanctions against Irans Revolutionary Guards Corps that were announced shortly after Trump tweeted about Boltons departure. "So I am convinced, I have no doubts at all, that in any situation - with talks, without talks - President Trump and his administration will be very, very tough with Iran." Iran greeted Boltons ouster by counselling the United States to shun "warmongers". But it has also been cold to recent Trump administration overtures, saying it will not enter talks while under US sanctions. Netanyahu, a four-term conservative, is neck-and-neck with centrist rivals in opinion polls ahead of an Israeli election next week. He told Channel 20 that the US position on Iran was "to not a small degree a result of things that I discussed with them, and I am also happy that I persuaded them".