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Diplomat: WH Floated BO Visit to Iran -Claims Idea Discussed to Entice Tehran to Sign Final Deal
President Obama
Aaron Klein / WND
During the course of its negotiations with Tehran, the Obama administration floated the idea of a visit by President Obama to Iran if a final deal is concluded between the parties, a French diplomat told WND.
The diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said he was not aware of any actual promise of a U.S. presidential visit made to the Iranians in the event of a final agreement over Tehran’s nuclear infrastructure. He said the general idea was previously discussed between the U.S. and Iran as a possibility in the event of a final deal.
The diplomat said he believed a U.S. presidential visit was floated by the Americans as an added incentive to entice Tehran to sign a deal that could see the restoration of diplomatic ties between the U.S. and Iran.
France is a member of the P5+1 group of six world powers leading the nuclear negotiations with Iran. The other parties are the U.S., China, Russia, the United Kingdom and Germany.
France has been critical of the Obama administration’s handling of the Iranian nuclear negotiations.
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Gérard Araud, France’s ambassador in Washington, took a pointed shot at the White House when he tweeted March 2: “Repeating that an agreement has to be reached by the end of March is a bad tactic. Pressure on ourselves to conclude at any price.”
François Delattre, France’s ambassador to the U.N., complained last month that Iran’s progress on Iranian nuclear inspections was “insufficient.”
The White House, meanwhile, did not immediately reply to a WND request for comment on the French diplomat’s claim regarding a presidential visit to Iran.
The Obama administration has previously denied reports it offered a presidential visit to the Iranians.
In December 2013, the Kuwaiti news outlet Al-Jarida quoted what it said was a U.S. diplomat claiming Obama was seeking to visit Iran within a year.
Paul Brandus, founder of West Wing Reports, tweeted Thursday that he heard from an unnamed “usual suspect” that Obama “would like to visit Iran before end of his presidency – now 21 months away.”
Read more at WND:
http://www.wnd.com/2015/04/diplomat-white-house-floated-obama-visit-to-iran/
