US diplomat expects strike on Iran soon
US diplomat expects strike on Iran soon
2025-01-02 04:40
Shafaq News/ The former deputy US envoy to Iran, Richard Nephew, warned that Washington may be forced to attack Iran soon, if negotiations over the Iranian nuclear program fail.
“Given the risks of military action, the United States should make a last-ditch effort to negotiate in good faith a moratorium on Tehran’s nuclear program early in the Trump administration,” Nephew wrote in an article for Foreign Affairs. “But if the United States is not prepared to live in a world where Iran has nuclear weapons, it may have no choice but to attack Iran, and that will happen soon.”
He noted that the United States has many reasons to try to resolve the issue through diplomatic means, due to American officials’ doubts about the successful outcome of a possible armed attack on Iran.
In addition, Nephew believes that an attack on Iran by a nuclear power might encourage Tehran to develop nuclear weapons, and that a full-scale military campaign against Tehran might be burdensome for the United States.
At the same time, the expert acknowledged that Iran’s possession of nuclear weapons would not pose a threat to the existence of the United States, but it could pose a threat to US partners in the Middle East, as well as encourage other countries in the region to engage in an arms race, which could be fraught with nuclear war.
Earlier, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for International Affairs Kazem Gharibabadi said that a new round of consultations between Iran and the three European countries (Britain, France and Germany) on the nuclear agreement will be held on January 13.
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