Rear
Admiral Ali Shamkhani, chairman of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council,
said today that the West would be responsible for potential failure of nuclear
talks.
“Iran’s
nuclear negotiations with the P5+1 serve as a test of these countries’ honesty
to see how committed they are to the path of negotiations and removal of all
the illegal and cruel sanctions,” Shamkhani said, referring to UN Security
Council and additional U.S. and EU imposed sanctions against Iran over its
nuclear program. “We will show proper reaction and take due action appropriate
to the attitude and performance shown by the opposite side,” he added. (Fars
New Agency, 25 January)
Meanwhile,
Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif told reporters in Tehran that if the United States wants to reach an agreement with Iran, it should atop the “dangerous game of
pressuring Iran”
Iran and
P5+1 will face a 1 July deadline to reach a final agreement.
In Israel, former IDF Intelligence chief Amos Yadlin, and a Labor candidate for defense minister in the upcoming elections, criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to speak before the U.S. Congress in March without coordinating his visit with Obama administration. Yaldin said Iran “will be stopped by action, not speeches.” (Jerusalem Post, 25 January)
In Israel, former IDF Intelligence chief Amos Yadlin, and a Labor candidate for defense minister in the upcoming elections, criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to speak before the U.S. Congress in March without coordinating his visit with Obama administration. Yaldin said Iran “will be stopped by action, not speeches.” (Jerusalem Post, 25 January)
