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March 6, 2015       Share:    

Source: http://www.aawsat.net/2015/03/article55342042/opinion-irans-suspect-deal-in-the-making

Iran's Suspect Deal in the Making

(Asharq Al-Awsat-UK) Amir Taheri - The P5+1 is an informal ad hoc body whose legitimacy remains murky at best. The P5+1 has no legal existence, no mandate, no mission statement, and thus no authority to conclude any accord with Iran. The fact that talks have ignored six Security Council resolutions on Iran's nuclear program shows that the P5+1 is not acting on behalf of the UN. So what would be the status of whatever is eventually signed? If the aim is to arrive at an international treaty, whatever is initialed at the end of the current talks would have to be submitted to proper legislative procedure in Iran, in all P5+1 countries, and in all 28 EU member states. I doubt that the Islamic Majlis, Iran's parliament, would approve a text that puts the nation under foreign tutelage for up to 10 years.

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