US lawmaker says no viable path to deal with Iran under current leadership
A US Republican lawmaker voiced skepticism about prospects of a deal with Iran, arguing that Tehran’s leadership would not make peace with Washington.
“Iran’s not going to make a deal with us they plan on keeping. They hate us,” Rep. Don Bacon said in an interview with Fox News.
Bacon pointed to his military service in Iraq and Afghanistan, saying Iran-backed forces were responsible for American casualties.
“I served in Iraq and Afghanistan. In Iraq alone, 609 Americans were killed by Shia militias that were funded, trained, armed by the IRGC of Iran. And it goes way beyond just Iraq,” he said.
He called on the US president to stand by his promise of supporting protestors in Iran
“The president has dug himself a hole here that he’s going to have to get out of. He made a commitment publicly that if the Iranian people would take on their government, try to take over their institutions, that America would be there to help them,” Bacon said.
He said the only path to lasting peace between Washington and Tehran would be for the United States to side with the Iranian people against their government.
“I think the only answer left is for America to side with the Iranian people and to get rid of this regime once and for all, and ultimately, that’s the only way we’re going to have peace with Iran, because this regime will never make peace with the United States of America,” he said.
