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 TEHRAN – Retired U.S. general has said that U.S. intellectuals are opposed to the continuation of the policy of pressure and sanctions against Iran.
Retired Lieutenant General Robert G. Gard, who is currently serving as chairman of the Board at the Center for Arms Control and Non-Proliferation, made the remarks in an interview with IRNA published on Monday.
During his military career, the general held several positions in the United States Department of Defense, serving as executive assistant to two secretaries of defense, as the first director of Human Resources Development for the U.S. Army, as special assistant to the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, and as president of National Defense University (NDU).
Gard criticized U.S. Congress for adopting a threatening tone toward Iran and increasing sanctions against the country and said, “It is clear that the current policy has lost its credibility in the eyes of U.S. intellectuals and foreign policy experts.”
On July 31, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill to tighten sanctions on Iran.
The bill, which passed 400 to 20, is aimed at cutting Iran’s oil exports by one million barrels per day over a year, in an attempt to reduce the flow of funds to Iran’s nuclear program, according to Reuters.
The bill still has to be passed in the Senate and signed by U.S. President Barack Obama before becoming law.
Seventy-six senators also signed a letter sent to Obama on August 2 calling on the White House to toughen sanctions on Iran.
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