US withdrawal from Iran nuclear deal - is the deadline approaching?
(Baonghean.vn) - There are only a few hours left until the moment when US President Donald Trump makes a decision on whether to withdraw from the nuclear agreement with the Islamic Republic of Iran or not.
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| Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. |
According to CNN, it seems that the US President has said "OK" to introduce new measures to punish Iran, with the first step being to withdraw from the nuclear agreement that the two countries signed in a previous multilateral agreement.
The agency said that government officials believe that a final decision will be made by 2 p.m. on May 8, 2018, which is 2 a.m. on May 9, 2018, Vietnam time. Meanwhile, the results of a public survey show the opposite, with nearly 63% of Americans saying that the government will not withdraw from the nuclear deal with Iran.
This nuclear agreement was signed between Iran and France, the UK, Russia, the US, China and Germany in 2015. After being elected President, Donald Trump reconsidered this issue because he thought it was necessary to have a tougher stance towards Iran. Meanwhile, the remaining P5+1 countries still saw the need to maintain the agreement to ensure a peaceful environment and eliminate the risk of nuclear weapons for the world.
Why did the US change its stance to be more tough on Iran?
Is America's actions worthy of the "gentleman" status of a great country?
Does the US have a card to "restrain" Iran from developing nuclear weapons without having to make concessions to the country with the contents of the agreement?
These questions remain unanswered, and no convincing answers have been found. Meanwhile, what the world sees quite clearly is:
First, US foreign policy under President Donald Trump is quite unpredictable;
Second, America's influence in the Middle East, with the Arab bloc and Muslim countries in this region, has decreased a lot after the wars in which America participated. There are doubts and cracks in trust even with close allies;
Third, Iran's role in the region has recently been strengthened and increased significantly, even in Iraq, a country that is a "former enemy" that the US is currently sponsoring but still has a fairly strong opposition force that is pro-Iran;
Fourth, the P5+1 countries and many European countries clearly see the risks and disadvantages when the US, by withdrawing from the agreement, will push Iran further out of control...
Once again, people have the right to doubt the “goodwill” for peace of big countries. People are forced to be vigilant with the foreign policies and commitments of big powers.