Orginally Published on Iran Review

Interview with AIC Board Member Ambassador Robert Hunter

By Kourosh Ziabari

Former U.S. Ambassador to NATO and AIC Board Member Robert Hunter believes that until everything is agreed, it cannot be said whether there would be a deal; however, he says he is optimistic that the talks will move in such a direction that can end in an understanding. Hunter, however, says that there are some parties in the Middle East who disfavor such a deal between Iran and the West, because it would lead to Iran’s economic and political reemergence as a regional power and an Iran-U.S. rapprochement, which is not pleasant to everybody.

“I think it is obvious that there are some parties in the region who would prefer not to have an agreement between Iran and the P5+1, because they would prefer to see the confrontation with Iran continue. That does not happen to be the policy of the United States or the other members of the P5+1,” Hunter said in an exclusive interview with Iran Review.