THE ARAB WEEKLY
Malley should go back to the basics
by Hussain Abdul-Hussain
November 22, 2021

The US special envoy on Iran Robert Malley thinks that there is only one way to solve the global stand-off with Iran: ending Tehran’s exclusion and boosting its economy, which should incentivise the Islamic regime to stay in the nuclear deal. To Malley, sanctions have failed and war is not an option. Malley also thinks that Iran’s destabilising activities, ballistic missiles, explosive drones and terrorist militias, are not America’s problems and should be solved independently of nuclear talks and in negotiations between Iran and its regional opponents. Malley’s plan, however, is riddled with loopholes that make his diplomacy look more like ideology. READ MORE