Iran press/ America: According to Florida Daily, US. Rep Ted Deutch, as the chairman of the US House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa, and International Terrorism held a hearing on Iran saying: "The Donald Trump administration’s impulsive actions are isolating the United States from our allies, which makes it harder to counter Iran’s nuclear and non-nuclear behavior."
US withdrawal from JCPOA lowers US credibility
He stressed: "President Trump’s withdrawal from the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA, undermined US credibility, undercut American leadership, and divided us from our allies.
"However, as the administration sought to build a broad coalition to respond, close allies like Germany and Japan responded with skepticism, while adversaries like Russia and China signaled their support for Iran and stated that they would continue to develop ties with the Islamic Republic. Rather than lead a unified international response to an attack on global commerce, the Trump administration is having trouble convincing even our closest allies to push back on Iran," he continued.
Ineffective maximum pressure policy on Iran
Despite the administration’s claims, the maximum pressure policy is ineffective. By the administration’s own standards, deterring Tehran and countering further Iranian nuclear development – those are the standards – and we’ve not seen success.
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"The approach appears based on this assumption: that faced with massive sanctions, Tehran would capitulate, change its policies, and accede to US demands. In fact, the opposite has occurred, as Iran has escalated its regional and nuclear activities and rejected new negotiations. Sanctions have not compelled Iran to change its regional policies – which is not only my opinion but the assessment of the head of Israeli Military Intelligence, who made that claim several weeks back," said Deutch.
US administration confusion in dealing with Iran
Deutch also came to say that "President Trump regularly, including on a recent visit to Japan, said he is opposed to regime change. He has offered to negotiate with Iran without preconditions and claims that he seeks a deal solely to end Iran’s nuclear program. But in a May 2018 speech, the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined 12 conditions that Tehran must fulfill, many of which are unrelated to the nuclear issue."
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He concludes that "Therefore, there is serious confusion about the intentions of our Iran policy and whether US National Security Adviser John Bolton, President Trump, and Pompeo are working at cross purposes or even to achieve the same objectives." 208/104
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