Noam Chomsky: The ‘Axis of Evil’ Returns: The hypocritical U.S. policy towards Iran

from In These Times:



The ‘Axis of Evil’ Returns
The hypocritical U.S. policy towards Iran.

BY Noam Chomsky


An interim agreement on Iran's nuclear policies that will provide a six-month period for substantive negotiations was announced on November 24.

Michael Gordon, a reporter for the New York Times, wrote, “It was the first time in nearly a decade, American officials said, that an international agreement had been reached to halt much of Iran's nuclear program and roll some elements of it back.”

The United States moved at once to impose severe penalties on a Swiss firm that had violated U.S.-imposed sanctions. “The timing of the announcement seemed to be partly intended to send a signal that the Obama administration still considers Iran subject to economic isolation,” Rick Gladstone explained in The Times.

The “landmark accord” indeed includes significant Iranian concessions–though nothing comparable from the United States, which merely agreed to temporarily limit its punishment of Iran. ..........................(more)

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