Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday said his efforts to urge the United States to stop Iran's nuclear program is not connected to the U.S. presidential elections.

"It has nothing to do with the American elections, because the Iranian nuclear program doesn't care about the American political calendar," Netanyahu said during an interview with The Jerusalem Post.

"For me this is a policy issue, a security issue, and not a political issue," he added.

Israel, the United States and most western countries accuse Iran of clandestinely pursuing nuclear weapons, although the Islamic republic insists on the peaceful nature of its nuclear program.

Netanyahu has been actively trying to persuade Washington to draw "red lines" beyond which the Americans would act militarily to deter Iran.

However, U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has insisted that there is still "time and space" to pursue a two- track approach of sanctions and diplomacy to pressure Iran to give up its uranium enrichment activities.