For US And Israel, There Is No Peace Until Iran Surrenders Its Enriched Uranium – OpEd |
Neither the US nor Israel wants a nuclear challenger in West Asia
Grateful for the partial reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, which has brought down the price of fuel, people are hailing the two-week ceasefire between the US/Israel, and Iran. The fact that Israel and Hezbollah are still at war has not dampened the euphoria over the ceasefire.
However, the US and Israel, as well as Iran, have made it clear that war could resume if their conditions for a lasting peace are not met. The US and Israel have added that the present Pakistan-brokered ceasefire does not cover the Israel-Hezbollah conflict in Lebanon and elsewhere.
This is meant to keep up the pressure on Iran because the US and Israel believe that Hezbollah is a proxy or an arm of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).
During the Iran-US talks in Islamabad on Friday, both parties will reiterate their respective lists of demands. The US will demand the capping of Iran’s missile capabilities; full and unconditional opening of the Strait of Hormuz to international shipping; cessation of attacks on Iran’s neighbours, and most importantly, giving up the nuclear weapons project and surrendering all the enriched uranium in Iran’s........