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Source: http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/10/22/top_israeli_minister_keep_the_boot_on_irans_neck
Steinitz: Don't Give Iran Extra Oxygen
(Foreign Policy) Yochi Dreazen - Israeli Intelligence Minister Yuval Steinitz said in an interview Tuesday that it would be a mistake for the Obama administration to relax its sanctions on Iran or free up tens of billions of dollars in frozen Iranian funds. Senior U.S. officials have said the U.S. would consider freeing up some or all of roughly $50 billion in frozen Iranian money as a confidence-building measure. Steinitz said that the U.S. and its allies have all the leverage in the current talks and shouldn't give up any of it unless Iran agreed to entirely abandon its nuclear push. "You can get a very serious agreement for this. Don't give it up so easily," he said. "And don't give them extra oxygen while you're negotiating with them. On the contrary, increase the pressure."