Opponents to JCPOA seek political interests: Pundit
Press TV has interviewed Jim W. Dean, managing editor of the Veterans Today from Atlanta, and Lawrence Korb, a former assistant to US secretary of defense from Washington, to discuss the reasons behind some opposition to the nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries.
Dean said the Republican presidential hopefuls in the United States are trying to put pressure on US President Barack Obama’s administration over the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), adding that such opposition is just a “political move” ahead of presidential election in the US.
The Republicans are going to put pressure on the US administration by claiming that “Obama sold the country” and let Iran develop its nuclear program, he stated, emphasizing, that they know that “Iran had no nuclear weapon program.”
The political analyst also said the US claims about the Iranian missile program help Washington “get attention away from the US deployment of its own defense missile shield” in Eastern Europe.
The Saudi kingdom is also scared the nuclear deal will enhance the Islamic Republic’s situation in the Middle East, he said, noting that the opponents of the agreement expected to witness a war that could evaporate Iran’s power.
Korb, for his part, believes some individuals in the United States are opposed to any move that the Obama administration has done, but the opponents of the nuclear agreement cannot impose their intention on the US administration, because the agreement has been endorsed in the Senate.
“In a couple of years from now on, Iran rejoins the family of nations and its economy grows and Americans do business there, you are not going to hear people complaining about it,” he added.
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