TEHRAN (Tasnim) � Congress rejection of the July 14 conclusion of nuclear talks between Iran and six world powers is �end of the line� for the US and �there is no later�, a former White House national security adviser said.

In an article published by the Politico on August 9, Samuel Berger wrote, �The agreement needs to be judged on its merits and the consequences of rejecting it need to be confronted without the illusion that there will be another, easier chance. Opponents cannot escape through a trapped door marked later. There is no later, this is the end of the line.�

He further stressed that scuttling the accord will �isolate� the US in the world, adding that it will also allow Iran �to move further toward a nuclear weapon�.

�Rejection fundamentally shifts the balance of power on Iran from the president to the Congress in a way that makes a future agreement virtually impossible to achieve. Voting no deprives this president, or a future president, of bargaining power over the Iranians. It isolates us in the world. And it allows Iran to move further toward a nuclear weapon, presenting the United States and Israel with terrible choices.�

Elsewhere in the article, Berger said that Iran will never change its stance on the Syrian President Bashar Assad and Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah after a final nuclear deal is cut out.

�It is important to be just as clear about what the agreement will not do. It will not stop Iran from supporting Bashar Al Assad and Hezbollah ...�

Iran and the Group 5+1 (Russia, China, the US, Britain, France and Germany) on July 14 reached a conclusion on a lasting nuclear agreement that would terminate all sanctions imposed on Tehran over its nuclear energy program after coming into force.
The 159-page deal has its own opponents and proponents both in Iran and the other countries that are parties to the JCPOA, particularly the US.

While the United Nations Security Council has adopted a resolution to endorse the deal, the text of the document needs to be ratified by both Iran's Parliament and the US Congress.

Congress is expected to vote in September on a measure disapproving the accord, which Obama has promised a swift veto. Lawmakers would then have to find enough votes to override the president.

By Tasnim News Agency