Well-Known American Economist Condemns US-Israeli Actions
During an interview with a media host, the economist strongly criticized recent remarks made by the US president, who had defended a military operation as a justified response to Iran’s supposed nuclear intentions. The economist rejected this reasoning entirely, portraying the campaign as both unlawful and strategically ineffective.
”Iran is not a guilty party in this, it’s the victim of aggression,” Sachs said, calling the operation devastating, illegal, and ineffective.
He emphasized that Iran’s top religious authority has long opposed the development of nuclear weapons, pointing to consistent declarations over the years.
”The supreme leader famously, unless someone is living in a cave for the past 20 years, said ‘No’ to the weapons,” he said, referring to a religious ruling from the early 2000s.
The economist further highlighted that Iran has shown a sustained willingness to engage diplomatically over an extended period, rather than recently or temporarily.
”Iran had wanted to negotiate, not for the last week, not for the last month, but for the last 15 years,” Sachs added, noting that Tehran opened its nuclear program to UN inspections under the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), an agreement between Iran and major world powers which placed strict limits on Tehran’s nuclear program.
Despite this, the agreement was abandoned by the United States during the president’s earlier term in office. Although diplomatic efforts resumed more recently, the US leadership later claimed that Iran had refused all chances to finalize a new deal.
According to the economist, the withdrawal from the agreement undermined a framework that had effectively restricted Iran’s nuclear capabilities.
According to Sachs, the US president “has ripped up the agreement which absolutely prevented Iran from having a nuclear weapon that they didn’t even want.”
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