The Time Has Come to End the Iran “Nuclear Crisis”

In light of the above-said, the time has come to end the Iran “nuclear crisis” that is exploited by both the hawkish US politicians as well as the state of Israel; to paraphrase the respected Israeli author, Martin Van Crevled, Israel has little fear of an Iranian bomb and simply uses the “Iran threat” in order to get military and financial support from the West.(6) Of course, Israel’s refusal to join the non-proliferation regime, to allow the slightest international inspection of its vast nuclear program, or to endorse the (Iran-backed) UN’s idea of a Middle East nuclear weapons-free zone, need to be re-examined  for the sake of regional and global non-proliferation.

Thus, in conclusion, the imperative of rule-based behavior on the part of the (hitherto rogue superpower) US and other governments calls for respecting Iran’s nuclear rights and a paradigmatic shift away from the pattern of coercive diplomacy in favor of a new approach that follows the norms of persuasive diplomacy that, history proves, is the only method that works with Iran.(7) Instead of tougher sanctions on Iran or playing with the fire of “military option” against Iran, the next US president should view Iran strictly through the prism of NPT and IAEA standards, explore confidence-building measures with Iran,(8) remove the sanctions and offer to normalize relations with Iran – that desperately needs the nuclear power.(9) The quid of US’s good will toward Iran will undoubtedly receive the quo of Iran’s reciprocity.