A Pakistani daily on Monday wrote the US is keen to strike a nuclear deal with Iran and ignoring Tel Aviv rulers' machinations to hinder such a deal.
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The Dawn quoted US Secretary of State John Kerry as saying that “the Obama administration would like to complete a nuclear deal with Iran despite Israel’s objections.”
In an article titled “US seeks to complete N-deal with Iran despite Israel’s objections”, it pointed out that “Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is addressing the US Congress on Tuesday to warn against concluding the deal with Iran.”
Kerry said “obviously, it was odd, if not unique, that we learned of it from the speaker of the House and that an administration was not included in this process. But the administration is not seeking to politicise this,” the daily continued.
“The top US diplomat also strongly defended nuclear talks with Iran, saying that a final deal would make the region more secure.”
“Secretary Kerry argued that negotiations with Iran had reduced this threat. ‘It is better to do this by diplomacy than to have to do a strategy militarily, which you would have to repeat over and over again,’ he said, adding: ‘Everybody believes (the military option) ought to be after you have exhausted all the diplomatic remedies.’”
“Secretary Kerry said that while he was not in a position to promise a success yet, it would show whether diplomacy could prevent Iran from making weapons,” the Dawn wrote.
Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif arrived in Geneva on Monday to take part in a United Nations meeting. He will later head to Montreaux to meet with the US Secretary of State John Kerry.
The two politicians are to discuss issues related to Iran’s nuclear program.
Head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi is accompanying Zarif.
Ministry deputies Abbas Araqchi and Majid Takht Ravanchi are to meet with their American counterpart Wendy Sherman at the presence of the European Union Deputy Foreign Policy Chief Helga Schmid also in Montreaux on Monday.
Kerry had already criticized the Zionist regime’s Premier Benjamin Netanyahu for his disagreement with potential nuclear deal with Iran.
He said Netanyahu opposition to the nuclear deal with Iran “was wrong” as it was when the Zionist leader insisted on invading Iraq under the former US President George W. Bush.
Netanyahu is to address US Congress on Tuesday to lobby the US lawmakers against a nuclear deal with Iran.
He is to address the US Congress upon an invitation made by the House Speaker John Boehner. The move is considered undiplomatic since according to the diplomatic protocol, the invitation should have been made after notifying the White House in advance.
The upcoming speech has faced negative reaction of senior US officials who believed the Zionist leader is to side with Republicans in what is an increasingly partisan debate over the White House’s ongoing nuclear talks with Tehran. /SR
