Saturday, June 7, 2014

U.S. Says ‘Very Active, Very Aggressive’ Diplomacy Needed with Iran

In Determining Whether a Nuclear Agreement is Achievable
The U.S. believes very active, very aggressive diplomacy with the Islamic Republic is needed to determine whether a nuclear agreement is achievable, Reuters quoted a senior U.S. administration official as saying on Saturday.

Earlier today, U.S. officials had told Al Monitor that they will be sending a high-level delegation headed by Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns and Under Secretary Wendy Sherman to bilateral nuclear talks with the Iranians in Geneva on 9-10 June.

“In order to really seriously test whether we can reach a diplomatic solution with Iran on its nuclear program, we believe we need to engage in very active and very aggressive diplomacy,” Reuters quoted the U.S. official as saying.

The official added that Washington had not yet seen “the kind of realism on the Iranian side that we need to see.” (Reuters, 7 June) 

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think America must realize in the long-run it will Iran which will solve its challenges in the region. Iran has a pro-Western young generation (that despite decades of anti-Western propaganda and Western sanctions), it has a strategic location, it has a strong military, it has large reserves of oil and gas, it can feed American companies with big orders for its infrastructure immediately, it is interested in having fair relations with the West and not only China and Russia, etc.
Iran however needs to secure a strategic deterrence force and it is therefore focusing on developing the capacity of ensuring a deterrence should it be necessary any time in the future to keep enemy hands off Iran and its interests. This is normal and nothing very special for Iran.
The West and most importantly the US must ensure it puts in a new team of active diplomats who can quickly and in a massive way breaking the ice and immediately establishing bilateral relations. US should not wait and operate in a slow mode as it has done since Obama was elected for the first time, but rather apply a "Blitzkrieg" in diplomacy so radicals on both sides cannot stop a potential and quick rapprochement. As such the current team is not good enough for such a move. Burns speaks Persian and knows the region but he is also a very irritating and annoying person as his too analytical personality stops immediate moves forward. Sometimes you have to just move ahead 10 steps in order to get some momentum and pass the storm. As such every step might not be optimized but the total sum is much better. This is something the current US team doesn't get as they try to optimize gain in each step which is the most stupid thing a diplomatic crew can do in this case.

Anonymous said...

the problem is with the "fair". West is not interested in a fair relationship. Otherwise what Iran ask as its nuclear rights is fair.

Anonymous said...

Renowned US investigative journalist Mr. Porter, has stated that Obama 's administration is not capable to reach an agreement, in that matter with the Islamic Republic........

+A

Kemjika said...

US is desperate also for the negotiations to succeed. If they dont, it will turn to the war agenda. US cant execute a succesful war agenda at the moment against Iran, so Obama wants to save face a bit before his bluff is called regarding whether he will initiate military action against Iran.

Anonymous said...

Gareth Porter is far from renowned in the US. he's considered to be a disgraced liar and no reputable news organization will ever employ the man who lied to the US Congres and denied that the Khmer Rouge were engaged in committing genocide.

calling him "renowned" is a mark of ignorance or stupidity.

Anonymous said...

reputable = owned mass media

Anonymous said...

media in the US is not controlled in the manner of the Iranian media. the US doesn't have a government censorship office.

Porter is living in the uS in disgrace and is shunned. No one will allow themselves to be interviewed by him, and no one takes his phone calls. He goes around begging other journalists to allow him to see their notes.

Anonymous said...

the US is quite capable of bombing the crap out of Iran and everything in it.

if the US claims that they will bomb Iran's nuclear weaponry development sites if Iran attempts to assemble nuclear weapons, you can believe that it's not a bluff and is a very strong possibility.

thinking it to be a bluff is rather a dangerous mistake.

Anonymous said...

like they bombed Syria.