Press TV has conducted an interview with Bill Jones, with the Executive Intelligence Review from Leesburge, to ask for his insight into�the United States� threats against Iran.

The following is a rough transcription of the interview.

Press TV: These threats coming from the US one way or another are illegal when it�s against a sovereign nation, but the US� threat against Iran has been pretty much a staple of US foreign policy from George Bush to President Barack Obama and now the secretary of defense.

Jones: That�s unfortunately been the case and ... attitude of the United States has been that of something of an imperial power. That�s all changing now of course, because you have the rise of new nations. We have an uncontrollable situation in the Middle East.

The increase of military action by the United States and its allies will probably aggravate the situation more than alleviate it. And of course the relationship with Iran is absolutely essential, if the United States expects to get any kind of stability within the region in long term.

Press TV: You had Iran and US officials recently talked about the US� policy regarding Syria and talked about dual policy of military engagements while pushing for diplomacy. Now this dual policy seems to be something that at least US President Barack Obama seems to really want to follow on a variety of fronts. Are they exercising that in regards to Iran?

Jones: Well, who knows exactly what Barack Obama wants, I mean, he�s done so much killing in the time that he�s got into office.

It�s hard to believe a statement�s coming on, but I think there is a clear division may be even a five within the administration on this issue.

Obviously, the State Department Secretary Kerry took the measures to try and create some kind of rapport between the relevant nations in the Vienna meetings.

At the same time that the United States, the White House that is, made a decision to send troops into the region. So, it�s a mixed message coming on all fronts and also with regard to Iran as well.

I think there�s a growing consensus here in the United States among a lot of the political elites, not necessarily within the White House but within parts of the government that in agreement with Iran and that stability in the region requires the one moves forward after this nuclear agreement to try to integrate Iran in the region as a whole, and to get away from some of the hostility that has been exerted over the last decades.

There are others who are opposing that, and we see this in the mixed messages of the administration.

And if that remains dominant then I think we�re going to see more war and more chaos in the region that has been characterized by such over the last few years.

By Press TV