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Wednesday 19 July 2017 - 16:48
Story Code : 269003

Iran Sanctions: US returning to 'Beaten Track' of confrontation with Tehran

Sputnik News- The US slapped new sanctions on Iran on Tuesday over its ballistic missile program in a clear break from the policy of the previous administration of President Barack Obama, which lifted a number longstanding sanctions on Tehran as part of the 2015 nuclear deal. An expert said this signals a return to the policy of confrontation with Iran.

The measures signaled the Trump Administrations desire to put more pressure on Iran while keeping in place the provisions of the agreement Tehran signed with six world powers to curb its nuclear program in exchange for lifting international oil and financial sanctions.
In an interview with Sputnik, Moscow-based political scientist and journalist Stanislav Khatuntsev said that with President Donald Trump now at the helm, the United States was resuming its decades-old policy of confrontation with the Islamic Republic.

Many in the US political establishment still feel the shock from the nuclear deal [ex-President Obama] clinched with Iran, and what [Donald] Trump is doing now is putting America back on the beaten track in relations with Tehran, Khatuntsev said.

He added that Americas partners in the Middle East could have had a hand in this.

Trumps arrival in the White House signaled the start of a new escalation of anti-Iranian tensions in the Middle East. Well, Trump has never been chummy with Tehran, no doubt about that. Moreover, Americas partners in the Middle East Saudi Arabia and the Gulf monarchies might be egging him on to turn up the heat on Tehran, Khatuntsev noted.

In Washington, a White House official told reporters that the US planned new sanctions over Irans ballistic missile program and its malign activities in the Middle East.

The official added that in their quarterly report to Congress on the implementation of the Iranian nuclear accord, President Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson would describe Iran as a grave threat to US interests and regional stability.
He also listed such traditional US concerns asIranian support forthe Syrian government ofPresident Bashar Assad, Lebanon's Hezbollah and the Palestinian Hamas movement, anti-Israeli activities, measures threatening free shipping inthe Middle East, cyberattacks againstthe US and its allies and human rights violations, including illegal detentions ofUS citizens.On July 14, 2015, Iran and the P5+1 group ofcountries, comprising the United States, Russia, China, France and the United Kingdom plus Germany, signed theJoint Comprehensive Plan ofAction, ensuring the peaceful nature ofTehran's nuclear program inexchange forsanctions relief.

During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump variously pledged to dismantle the disastrous deal and force the Iranians back tothe bargaining table tomake a much better deal.

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