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Wednesday 11 October 2017 - 13:36
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Why former Israeli intel chief calls on Trump not to quit nuclear deal with Iran



Sputnik - The US President is facing an October 15 deadline to certify that Iran is complying with its terms under "the P5+1" nuclear deal. A senior US administration official said that the US leader is expected to quit the pact. Former Israeli intel chief Amos Yadlin, however, called on Trump to wait for better timing, which would create more pressure.




On Monday, former Israeli Defense Forces military chief Amos Yadlin, who is also the head ofthe Institute forNational Security Studies (INSS), co-authored an essay withhis INSS fellow and former National Security Council official Avner Golov, urging the US Presidentagainstleaving the agreement.
Among the arguments provided bythe authors was that any US steps atthe moment "would lack European backing, let alonebacking fromRussia and China,"who are also parties tothe deal.


The former military intelligence chief explained that first the US "must get its allies lined upfor new UN resolutions againstIranian ballistic missile testing," the Jerusalem Post quotes him assaying.

"However, asthe expiration date onthe deals restrictions get closer, these countries will naturally become more worried aboutIran trying tobreak outwith a nuclear weapon and will be more ready toconfront it," the authors suggested.
"Instead oftrying toend the Iran nuclear deal now, the US should pressure Iran withthe threat ofleaving the deal ata more strategic moment," the authors concluded.


They also referred toa range oftop US defense officials who oppose quitting the deal now, although they would support tougher inspections ofIrans military nuclear sites and restrictions onIrans testing ofadvanced uranium centrifuges.

Ultimately, they say, "any decision byTrump todecertify the deal should be used bythe US Congress and the West toraise pressure onIran fora later battle, butnot toleave the deal now and free Iran togo nuclear while blaming the US."

Last week, a senior US administration official said thatPresident Trump is expected toannouncethat he will decertify the landmark deal, more properly called the Joint Comprehensive Plan ofAction (JCPOA), which was signed in2015 betweenTehran, the five Security Council powers and Germany.

The US leader had previously called the deal "an embarrassment" and "the worst deal ever negotiated."

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