A US political commentator says Israel is striving to nip the possible talks between the United States and Iran before they even bud.
Danny Schechter, who is a television producer, independent filmmaker, blogger, and media critic, made the remarks in an interview with Press TV on Wednesday, hours after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani spoke at the UN General Assembly, saying Iran poses no threat to the world and Tehran is ready for talks on its nuclear energy program with complete transparency.

“Iran has been repeatedly saying it is not developing a nuclear bomb… but nobody wanted to believe that because fear is a great way to keep the military industrial complex humming and Israel of course has been striking a negative chord on every single thing that’s been said by either side, the United States or Iran, to try to torpedo these talks,” Schechter said.

“So it is a very precarious situation. The United States wants Iran to show concrete actions and Iran, I guess, wants the United States to do the same in terms of relaxing sanctions, which do target ordinary people as I discovered when I was in Tehran and so the difficulty that many people in Iran are having because of American sanctions,” he added.

On Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif expressed hope that an upcoming meeting with the six major world powers would pave the way for a "jump-start” to negotiations to resolve the country’s nuclear issue.

"The Islamic Republic has the political readiness and political will for serious negotiations and we are hopeful that the opposite side has this will as well," Zarif said.

He stated that Tehran expects the talks with the P5+1 group -- Britain, China, France, Russia, and the United States, plus Germany -- will be held “with a view to reaching an agreement within the shortest span."

The illegal US-engineered sanctions on Iran have been imposed based on the unfounded accusation that Tehran is pursuing non-civilian objectives in its nuclear energy program.

Iran rejects the allegation, arguing that as a committed signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), it has the right to use nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.

In addition, the IAEA has conducted numerous inspections of Iran's nuclear facilities but has never found any evidence showing that Iran's civilian nuclear program has been diverted to nuclear weapons production.

By Press TV

 

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