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June 26, 2015       Share:    

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/irans-murky-red-lines/2015/06/25/2cb9f776-1b81-11e5-93b7-5eddc056ad8a_story.html

The U.S. Must Not Accede to Iran's "Red Lines"

(Washington Post) David Ignatius - The parameters reportedly endorsed in April in Lausanne, Switzerland, by Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif are significantly different from a set of "red lines" drawn this week by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei. "We have to get the Lausanne parameters or we will not have a deal," a senior U.S. official said Thursday. "We all understand that; all parties understand that." What the U.S. can't do is accede to Khamenei's red lines, which contradict several key items in the package tentatively reached April 2, involving the inspection of military facilities and the timing of the lifting of sanctions. No deal would be a better outcome than the severely weakened framework demanded by Khamenei.

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