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AIPAC pressuring US Congress to renege on nuclear deal: Analyst

Saturday, 03 December 2016 6:26 PM [ Last Update: Saturday, 03 December 2016 6:29 PM ]

The House side of the US Capitol is shown October 11, 2016 in Washington DC. (Photo by AFP)

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says no move is authorized to undermine last year’s landmark nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries. He made the remarks in reaction to the US Senate vote to extend the Iran Sanctions Act (ISA) for 10 years. The ISA was first adopted in 1996 to punish investments in Iran over its nuclear program.

Alexander Azadgan, professor of Strategic Global Management based in California, believes US Congress has for a long time been in the deep pockets of the Zionist lobbies especially the American Israel Public Affairs (AIPAC), adding that it is under a lot of pressure by them to renege on the nuclear agreement with Iran. “This of course is completely illegal because this is not an agreement solely between Washington and Tehran. It is an agreement with five other superpowers,” the analyst told Press TV in an interview on Saturday.

He also expressed hope that China and Russia would stand up firmly to Washington. However, he voiced concern about some kind of a “backroom deal” between Moscow and Washington over Syria which would result in Iran being somehow scarified amidst all these political settlements.

Azadegan further stated Iran has made “significant sacrifices” in its nuclear advancements with the hope that Washington would comply and these cruel and evil economic sanctions would be lifted.

He also asserted that Iran has the option of going back to enriching uranium if these sanctions are to be continued.

The analyst further opined that Iranians are going to watch US President-elect Donald Trumps’ actions very carefully, but so far everyone that he has selected into major cabinet positions are known as Iranophobes.

Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – the United States, France, Britain, China and Russia – plus Germany started to implement the JCPOA on January 16.

Under the JCPOA, Iran undertook to put limitations on its nuclear program in exchange for the removal of all nuclear-related bans imposed against Tehran.

Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei warned last month that Iran would consider the extension of the ISA a breach of the JCPOA and would respond accordingly.

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