by Khaled Abu Toameh
• April 4, 2015 at 5:00 am
"This
is a dangerous agreement...[It ]provides Iran with what it needs most to
pursue its wars and expansionism against the Arabs: funds." -- Salah
al-Mukhtar, Ammon News"
"Iran
has tried to intervene in Iraq, Lebanon and Syria and it is seeing that
it's not paying any price...There is also a feeling in Tehran that the
U.S. is avoiding a military confrontation with the Iranians."-- Hassan
al-Barari, Al-Sharq
The
deal means that the international community has accepted Iran as a
nuclear power." -- Hani ala-Jamal, al-Wafd
Many Arabs have expressed deep concern over the nuclear deal that
was reached last week between Iran and the world powers, including the
US.
Arab leaders and heads of state were polite enough not to voice
public criticism of the agreement when President Barack Obama phoned them
to inform them about it. But this has not stopped Arab politicians,
political analysts and columnists reflecting government thinking in the
Arab world from lashing out at what they describe as "Obama's bad
and dangerous deal with Iran."
The Arabs, especially those living in the Gulf, see the framework
agreement as a sign of US "weakness" and a green light to Iran
for Iran to pursue its "expansionist" scheme in the Arab world.
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