Negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program drag on as ponderously as the last two minutes of an NBA playoff game. And now, as Sangwon Yoon of Bloomberg reports:
Six world powers and Iran are unlikely to conclude a deal to curtail Iran’s suspected nuclear weapons program by the Nov. 24 deadline, President Barack Obama’s former adviser on Iran said.
Who benefits from these postponements?
And … either way, there is a downside:
“If we do a deal with the Iranians, it heightens the suspicion all the Sunnis — the Saudis, the Emiraties, the Kuwaitis, the Jordanians,” [Ross] said. “These are all the actors you’re going to need, along with the Sunni tribes” to discredit and defeat Islamic state …
So:
If the U.S. does a nuclear deal with Iran “then you’re going to have to compensate in some respect” to reassure the Sunnis, such as doing more against the Iranian-backed Assad regime in Syria …
