45 NGOs Ask Biden to Clarify Envoy’s Iran Remarks

Date: 10 March 2023 - 21:36

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WASHINGTON (Dispatches) -- Forty-five NGOs have urged U.S. President Joe Biden to reject the remarks made by American ambassador to Tel Aviv Tom Nides who had said Washington would back the occupying regime of Israel in “whatever action” they take against Iran.

In a letter, the organizations called on Biden to “clarify that these comments do not reflect U.S. policy towards Iran for the sake of regional stability, future diplomacy, and respect for Congress’ constitutional responsibility for war powers.”

The NGOs expressed concern that the far-right Zionist cabinet would “perceive these remarks as tacit approval for military action, even when such action most likely will damage U.S. national security interests, further embroil our military in regional

conflict, and prevent future diplomacy.”

The U.S. diplomat had recently said “Israel can and should do whatever they need to deal with [Iran] and we’ve got their back.”

The Zionist regime has on numerous occasions threatened to carry out attacks against Iranian facilities and infrastructure, claiming that Iran was close to building nuclear weapons.

The NGOs further asked Biden to express “opposition to the military option known, publicly and privately,” warning that any aggression by the occupying regime of Israel would lead to a broader regional war. “Publicly or even privately offering unconditional U.S. support for unspecified military action by Israel, or any ally, sets an extremely dangerous precedent and risks further escalation,” they wrote.

“Ambassador Nides’ loose talk raises concerns that the administration may again ignore Congress’ constitutional role, and the public’s clear preference, by rushing into a conflict over which the people and their representatives have no say,” they added.

They said that it is “confounding that Ambassador Nides implied that Israel’s unilateral decision-making would bind U.S. foreign policy. The United States should never outsource its foreign policy to other states – to do so would be highly irresponsible and an abdication of the government’s responsibility to protect the American people.”

There are reports that the Biden administration has drawn closer to the occupying regime of Israel in recent weeks, conducting large-scale joint military exercises with the regime.

The Zionist regime, which possesses nuclear weapons and has refused to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), has made various covert attempts in recent years to sabotage Iran’s peaceful nuclear program by assassinating Iranian scientists and carrying out cowardly attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities.