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Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Says Conflict Will Break Out If Trump Doesn't Apply Renewed Economic Pressure on Iran
Newsweek Cristina Maza,Newsweek Fri, Mar 30 7:50 PM GMT+7
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman urged the international community to step up economic and political pressure against Iran in order to avoid a large military conflict in the Middle East.
During a whirlwind tour of the United States this month, during which he met President Donald Trump in the oval office, Saudi Arabia’s rising leader has urged his interlocutors to sanction his country’s archenemy Iran. The comments come as Trump appoints John Bolton as national security adviser, a hawk whose appointment many have said would lead to the demise of the nuclear deal with Iran and the re-imposition of sanctions on Tehran.
Increasingly, the people in Washington who believe maintaining a working relationship with Iran is important are being sidelined by those who agree with the Saudi crown prince, observers note.
“Bolton is a hawk supporting a hard line with both Iran and North Korea,” Martin Edwards, a diplomacy expert at Seton Hall University's School of Diplomacy and International Relations, told Newsweek. “The concern is real here. In contrast to McMaster’s preference for sober analysis, Bolton might well support the worst instincts of the president rather than try to constrain them.”
The appointment of another Iran hawk, former CIA director Mike Pompeo, as secretary of state, also does not portend well for the Iran deal.
On May 12, Trump will have the opportunity to decide whether to reinstate sanctions against Iran, a move that would effectively kill the deal. Most analysts agree that he is poised to pull the plug.
Some experts say this could lead to catastrophe in the Middle East, where Iran supports numerous proxies and armed groups fighting against U.S. interests, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthi rebels in Yemen. Killing the deal would motivate Iran to begin to develop nuclear weapons, supporters of the deal argue. Some political analysts have suggested that reinstating sanctions would motivate Iran to behave more aggressively.
"The crown prince is right to be worried about Iran’s growing clout in the region—from Iraq and Syria to Yemen and Lebanon, they’ve outplayed the Saudis nearly everywhere," Chris Meserole, a Middle East expert at the Brookings Institution, told Newsweek.
"Yet the solution is not to roll back the nuclear deal and introduce new sanctions. If the prince thinks that doing so will lead to less conflict rather than more, he’s sorely mistaken. New sanctions will only embolden Tehran further," Meserole continued.
But MBS, as the crown prince is known colloquially, takes the opposite view, saying that the sanctions will help limit Iran’s meddling in the wider Middle East. He told The Wall Street Journal war will break out in the next 10 to 15 years if the world doesn’t use sanctions to stop Iran from expanding its influence. He did not outline details, however, for how that strategy would work.
This article was first written by Newsweek
Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Says Conflict Will Break Out If Trump Doesn't Apply Renewed Economic Pressure on Iran
Newsweek Cristina Maza,Newsweek Fri, Mar 30 7:50 PM GMT+7
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman urged the international community to step up economic and political pressure against Iran in order to avoid a large military conflict in the Middle East.
During a whirlwind tour of the United States this month, during which he met President Donald Trump in the oval office, Saudi Arabia’s rising leader has urged his interlocutors to sanction his country’s archenemy Iran. The comments come as Trump appoints John Bolton as national security adviser, a hawk whose appointment many have said would lead to the demise of the nuclear deal with Iran and the re-imposition of sanctions on Tehran.
Increasingly, the people in Washington who believe maintaining a working relationship with Iran is important are being sidelined by those who agree with the Saudi crown prince, observers note.
“Bolton is a hawk supporting a hard line with both Iran and North Korea,” Martin Edwards, a diplomacy expert at Seton Hall University's School of Diplomacy and International Relations, told Newsweek. “The concern is real here. In contrast to McMaster’s preference for sober analysis, Bolton might well support the worst instincts of the president rather than try to constrain them.”
The appointment of another Iran hawk, former CIA director Mike Pompeo, as secretary of state, also does not portend well for the Iran deal.
On May 12, Trump will have the opportunity to decide whether to reinstate sanctions against Iran, a move that would effectively kill the deal. Most analysts agree that he is poised to pull the plug.
Some experts say this could lead to catastrophe in the Middle East, where Iran supports numerous proxies and armed groups fighting against U.S. interests, such as Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthi rebels in Yemen. Killing the deal would motivate Iran to begin to develop nuclear weapons, supporters of the deal argue. Some political analysts have suggested that reinstating sanctions would motivate Iran to behave more aggressively.
"The crown prince is right to be worried about Iran’s growing clout in the region—from Iraq and Syria to Yemen and Lebanon, they’ve outplayed the Saudis nearly everywhere," Chris Meserole, a Middle East expert at the Brookings Institution, told Newsweek.
"Yet the solution is not to roll back the nuclear deal and introduce new sanctions. If the prince thinks that doing so will lead to less conflict rather than more, he’s sorely mistaken. New sanctions will only embolden Tehran further," Meserole continued.
But MBS, as the crown prince is known colloquially, takes the opposite view, saying that the sanctions will help limit Iran’s meddling in the wider Middle East. He told The Wall Street Journal war will break out in the next 10 to 15 years if the world doesn’t use sanctions to stop Iran from expanding its influence. He did not outline details, however, for how that strategy would work.
This article was first written by Newsweek
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