Former US President Barack Obama said it is unlikely that a new US-Iran agreement will be significantly different from the original deal. 'An agreement that worked for years, until the United States withdrew from it,' Obama stated, according to Channel 12.
Former US President Barack Obama weighed in on the emerging US-Iran diplomatic framework, dismissing the notion that a new deal would depart substantially from the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). 'It is unlikely that a new agreement will be significantly different from what we had originally,' Obama said. 'An agreement that worked for years, until the United States withdrew from it.'
The comment, reported by Channel 12's Keren Be'etzalel, adds a prominent Democratic voice to the public debate around the negotiations. Obama's pointed reference to US withdrawal — which occurred under the Trump administration in 2018 — implicitly criticizes the Trump administration's current approach.
As The Zioneer has reported, Israeli officials across the political spectrum have expressed deep unease with the emerging framework, with one senior source calling it a '💩 deal.' The Obama-era JCPOA was also opposed by successive Israeli governments, which argued it failed to curb Iran's missile program or regional proxy activity. Obama's defense of the original terms underscores the domestic US political dimension of the talks.
No further details on the current negotiations or the substance of a potential new MOU were provided in this report.
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