Director of Center for Dialogue and Strategic Contemplation, Qasem Alidousti has said that the West took the maximum advantage of the previous Iranian administration’s rush for a deal which lead to many damages and losses to the ...
In this episode of “Goftogooye Siasi” Program, Mr. Qasem Alidousti analyzed the timeline of the Nuclear Deal, trusting the West, and its consequences.
Alidousti who had joined the program through a telephone call told our host that the biggest challenge to the JCPOA was the last government’s behavioral paradigm towards this deal. “Nobody rejects international relations, but if our moves lack solidity and thought, we lose the game to the other side. Adversely, if we make timely and accurate decisions we may be victorious.”
He called the Nuclear Deal an international game where the West predicted the moves of the previous Iranian government and started a process that led to beating the game. “During the negotiation process, the western side of the talks harmed the Islamic Republic of Iran in such way that the wounds will take at least a decade or two to heal up.” He added.
Alidousti further said that Iran has always been prey to the trust game of the US even before the Islamic Revolution. “The 1953 coup’ and fall of the Mosaddeq Government is a clear example of relying on Washington.”
He added that after the Revolution we were betrayed by the US, twice. “First betrayal took place during the Saadabad Agreement. We were deceived by the West, especially the Europeans which led to the suspension of enrichment. It happened again during JCPOA. This deal wasn’t as firm as it had to be. Recently Mr. Zarif had also declared that he had never studied the Nuclear Deal’s text. Iran’s negotiation team was in such a hurry for having the deal that they neglected the details.”
Alidousti also mentioned that the JCPOA was an acceptable deal but Iran’s ex-negotiators with their haste and miscalculations, turned it into a deal without an outcome; “Its results were horrible. It turned our economy into a conditional one while our financial system was being affected with the slightest movement.”
He also criticized the previous administration for placing all the eggs in the basket of the Nuclear Deal saying that the ex-Government neglected all the domestic capacities and ignored regional and international capabilities. “They disregarded our neighbor countries and strictly limited their vision to the JCPOA. Meanwhile, they were repeating their empty promises for resolving the issues of the country.”
Director of Center for Dialogue and Strategic Contemplation, Qasem Alidousti emphasized that the other side of the negotiations felt that Iran is in a haste for a deal, so they took most of the advantage.
