(MENAFN- Arab Times) All-options Iran warns US on N-deal - Nobel winners urge Trump to uphold pact
LONDON, Oct 10, (Agencies): Iran told the United States on Tuesday that it will keep 'all options on table' if President Donald Trump designates its elite Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) as a terrorist organisation. It came hours after the government said Washington itself would be aiding terrorism if it took such an action.
US President Donald Trump is expected to announce this week his final decision on how he wants to contain Iran's regional influence.
Trump is also expected to 'decertify' a landmark 2015 deal Iran struck with world powers to curb its nuclear programme in return for the lifting of most international sanctions. Trump's announcement would stop short of pulling out of the agreement, punting that decision to Congress which would have 60 days to decide whether to reimpose sanctions.
He is also expected to designate Iran's most powerful security force, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, as a terrorist organisation. US sanctions on the IRGC could affect conflicts in Iraq and Syria, where Tehran and Washington both support warring parties that oppose the Islamic State militant group. 'The Americans are too small to be able to harm the Revolutionary Guards,' Ali Akbar Velayati, the top adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted as saying by ISNA.
'We have all options on the table. Whatever they do, we will take reciprocal measures,' he added. The Iranian nuclear deal, agreed in 2015 and supported by European countries, Russia and China, lifted international sanctions on Iran in return for it agreeing to curbs on its nuclear programme the dungeon in one of farms after the US forces swept Iraq which country was drawn towards destruction because of the 'Saddamic lie'.
Iraq is now in the hands of Iranian militias causing more havoc and destruction, and worst of all, spreading sectarian disturbances that it has not experienced throughout its history. Undoubtedly, the 'pretence' of the arrogant peacock regime in front of their people who are suffering from hunger and choking in social crisis deserves a Nobel Prize.
Iran has not witnessed a ceremony of lies with regards to its military power and strength as it did today. Day in and day out, its officials are opening horizons for international isolation by launching enormous threats beyond their country's capacity. Before this, the Iranian threats are considered a cover to internal crises. Therefore, the regime is compensating for this situation through its militant arms in Lebanon, Iraq, Syria and Yemen — in addition to planting terrorist cells in the Arab Peninsula to destabilize the GCC countries.
However, such attempts have always been foiled. In other words, the regime is spending billions of dollars on the expansion project, while Iran is heading towards an era of division especially with the growing calls for independence in occupied regions — either in Ahwaz or Balochistan — where the Iranian authorities have been implementing a program for the abolition of cultural and religious identities since 1979.
It was an opportunity for the Iranian regime to save billions of dollars squandered on unreachable extension programs, if only it adopted the good neighbor policy and wise diplomacy aimed at strengthening cooperation with the region's countries and laying down the foundation for sustainable development.
It seems the fate of Iranians is to be led by a group of reckless sectarians who are many light years away from wisdom. Thus, we pray to God to support the Iranians who will definitely continue suffering the consequences of the crazy adventures of their regime until God Almighty could accomplish a matter which has already been enacted. There are indicators that this is no longer far away, especially with the current American administration which knows no semi-solutions. Then, we will see how the paper tiger of the Mullah regime will burn with the very first spark.
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