Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has stated that Russia will remain committed to the Iranian nuclear deal after President Donald Trump announced the US’ withdrawal from the JCPOA. Sputnik discussed the issue with Dr. Alam Saleh, lecturer in Middle Eastern Politics at Lancaster University, UK.
But in politics, in the world of politics, it’s not about what you can do it’s also about what is good to do. Of course, the decision does not meet any objectives that the United States may have in its political strategy in the Middle East, if any, of course, because he has no clear alternative to the agreement, he knows that he doesn’t get much for withdrawing and walking away from the agreement, he’s just disappointed many of his allies, and, in fact, he’s isolated himself and Washington rather than Tehran now.
It had badly damaged their legitimacy, their credibility and their international reputation, including the 2003 Iraq war for instance. This time Europe needs and it wants to show that it’s an independent entity, they are not following the United States in whatever steps they may take, and as a result I think this time it’s not only about economy, it’s about dignity, it’s about politics, it’s about credibility, and legitimacy.
It never happened in Iraq, it didn’t happen in Syria, it didn’t happen in Libya, and any other countries in the region that have followed, somehow, the American instructions.
