The much-anticipated agreement on Iran’s nuclear program has not been reached - the talks are prolonged once again, and many are asking whether a deal will ever be brokered at all. What’s dragging the talks on for so long? What views have brought up obstacles on the way to the settlement, and what role are US allies playing in the Iranian dilemma? We ask these questions to the former non-proliferation adviser to the U.S. State Department. Robert Einhorn is on Sophie&Co today. Follow @SophieCo_RT Sophie Shevarnadze: Robert Einhorn, former advisor for the U.S. State Department and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, welcome to the program, it’s great to have you with us. So, no agreement on Iran’s nuclear issue was reached this time. Is it fair to say then that negotiations have failed? Robert Einhorn: I don’t believe they have failed. I think it would have been very difficult for them to reach an agreement, certainly a complete agreement, by this monday, the November 24th target day. From that statements that have been made subsequently, including by Secretary of State John Kerry, it seems that there was some significant progress made, even in the last few days of negotiations. I think that has given the negotiating parties some encouragement that within an additional few months an agreement can be achieved. It will be difficult, significant gaps remain as all of the negotiators are saying, but I think the negotiators left Vienna somewhat more encouraged about prospects, than they were when they arrived there about a week earlier. ....Click below to get text or video mode of full interview.>>>
Posted on: Sat, 06 Dec 2014 16:03:24 +0000
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