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Iran a larger issue, says Obama
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US President Barack Obama disclosed in a television interview yesterday that he had exchanged letters with new Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and said diplomacy on Syria, backed by a military threat, is a potential model for negotiating over Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
In an interview on ABC’s “This Week with George Stephanopoulos,” Obama said US concerns about Iran’s nuclear ambitions were a “far larger issue” than Syria’s chemical weapons. He and Rouhani are due to speak at the UN General Assembly next week although there is no plan for them to meet.
Obama said Iran should avoid thinking that the United States would not launch a military strike in response to Tehran’s nuclear program just because it has not attacked Syria.
“They shouldn’t draw a lesson that we haven’t struck, to think we won’t strike Iran. On the other hand, what they should draw from this lesson is that there is the potential of resolving these issues diplomatically,” said Obama.
Tehran denies seeking nuclear weapons but the US and Israel are working under the assumption Iran is well on the way to developing an atomic weapons program.
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