Kaveh Afrasiabi: US to become isolated if it insists on sanctions policy
Press TV has conducted an interview with Kaveh Afrasiabi, an Iranian author and political scientist from Boston, on his take over the United States’ stance towards a potential deal with Iran on its nuclear activities.
The US government has presented a different narrative of the statement read by Iran’s foreign minister and the EU foreign policy chief in Lausanne, Switzerland, on April 2.
Afrasiabi argues since the United States is seeing itself in a “quagmire of incoherence,” the Obama administration wants to sell the nuclear deal to Congress.
“US President Barack Obama and his team need to be frank and let the American public know and the members of Congress know that this is what was achieved and this is the result of marathon negotiations and there is a need to remove and lift the sanctions,” he states.
The author also argues that the “era of sanction is coming to a close” so the White House cannot race against the march of history.
The “US government unfortunately is addicted to sanctions,” Afrasiabi notes.
Pointing to the impact of the US’ sanction policy on a deal with Iran, he says, “Unless the Obama administration cleanses itself of that very unhealthy sanctions mentality, I’m afraid this next process and this next stage for a final deal will be very difficult.”
“The US administration should know that it would isolate itself in the international community and will alienate its partners in the multilateral negotiations if it persists with brushing off Iran’s stated concerns on the necessity of removing and lifting the sanctions immediately and concurrent with the steps Iran would take in terms of implementation of a final deal,” he concludes.
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