Former U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan sharply criticized the emerging Trump administration deal with Iran, saying the U.S. is paying hundreds of billions in reparations while securing no real nuclear concessions. Sullivan compared the agreement to the Treaty of Versailles, calling it the worst in American diplomatic history.
Jake Sullivan, who served as U.S. National Security Advisor under President Joe Biden, issued a scathing critique of the emerging Iran deal negotiated by the Trump administration. In a statement circulated Friday morning, Sullivan argued that the agreement provides Iran with hundreds of billions of dollars, including a mechanism to collect tolls from ships passing through a strait — revenue streams Tehran did not have before the war — while failing to achieve any meaningful nuclear restrictions. He compared the arrangement to the Treaty of Versailles after World War I, but noted that in this case it is the U.S. paying 'reparations' to the defeated side. Sullivan's criticism joins a wave of bipartisan opposition from former officials and commentators, as The Zioneer has previously reported from figures including former NSA John Bolton, former VP Mike Pence, and Senator Jack Reed. Sullivan's remarks were published at 09:27 Jerusalem time on Friday.
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