The majority of foreign policy officials in the United States are supporting the Iran nuclear accord and have acknowledged that Washington cannot deny Iran's nuclear energy program, a peace activist in Washington says.
“Most of the US foreign policy establishment favors the agreement, they believe the agreement is the best possible agreement for the United States under the circumstances,” said Brian Becker, the national coordinator for the ANSWER Coalition, a US-based protest umbrella group consisting of many antiwar and civil rights organizations.
“They recognize that they are no longer able to deny Iran’s legitimate right, legal right to have a civilian nuclear energy program,” Becker told Press TV on Tuesday.
The peace activist said a letter sent this week by a group of former US lawmakers to Congress urging members to support the deal “represents the majority opinion in US foreign policy establishment and is nothing more than the recognition of this reality.”
He said rejecting the conclusion of nuclear talks, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, will isolate the US in the international community.
A group of 75 former US lawmakers sent a letter to Congress on Monday urging its members to vote in favor of the accord in September, adding that there is "no viable alternative" to the agreement.
The former lawmakers warned that rejecting the agreement will increase the likelihood of a military confrontation.
"We believe that the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that the United States and our P5+1 partners negotiated with the government of Iran is the most viable means to prevent Iran from acquiring a nuclear weapon and protect the security of the United States, Israel and other allies," they wrote.
Letters to Congress have already come from rabbis, nuclear scientists, arms-control and nuclear nonproliferation experts and retired generals who support the deal.
US President Barack Obama says he is confident that the nuclear accord will go forward despite opposition from congressional Republicans.
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