Israel distraught at Iran’s growing influence

James Fetzer, professor emeritus at the University of Minnesota Duluth, made the comment as French President Emmanuel Macron was in the United States in part to build a case against possible decision by Washington to scrap the Iran nuclear deal.
 
“No nation has the right to constrain the ability of another nation to defend itself. Iran has the right to develop its ballistic missiles system and its peaceful use of atomic energy,” said the Madison-based analyst.
 
Israel ‘stopped’ in Syria
 
The commentator further asserted that Israel is resorting to different ways of pressuring Iran because it was “stopped” in Syria.
 
“Israel appears to be distraught at the growing influence of Iran after having gone to trouble to draw the United States into endless wars in the Middle East,” he said. “Having been stopped in Syria, and unable to confront the Persian nation of Iran, Israel is exercising everything it can… every possible influence upon the Trump administration, the president and indirectly… the French president to promote its agenda.”
 
“This is not a United States agenda; This is an Israeli agenda and it’s a disgrace.”
 
Speaking at the US Congress Wednesday on the final day of a three-day state visit, Macron said the Iran nuclear agreement, known as the JCPOA, was not addressing what he called “all concerns” but stressed that the deal could not be ditched.
 
US President Donald Trump has been against the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action from the get-go as it was negotiated under his Democratic predecessor, Barrack Obama.
 
Back in January, Trump said it was the last time he was extending the sanctions relief for Iran as part of the nuclear agreement, giving the European signatories a May 12 deadline to fix what he claimed to be the “flaws” in the agreement or he would refuse to waive those bans.