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"This agreement has given the European Union a chance to see itself as the arbitrator of European security and prosperity. However, in negotiating this very deal, you may well have achieved the complete opposite, due to the wide mistrust over Iran’s stance towards Israel and their influence in both Yemen and Palestine. While President Rouhani may be a moderate, we must remember that, without changes to Iran’s political and governance systems, there is no assurance that a traditionalist or a fundamentalist will not take control in the future, removing the current supreme leader’s fatwa forbidding nuclear weapons.
We should respectfully bear in mind that Ayatollah Khamenei is now 76 years old. The Middle East has enough security challenges as it is, without adding a toxic mix of re—energised nuclear proliferation. Where there are now better positions to develop nuclear weapons, will we see further Middle East nations seek to become nuclear powers? Already, the Saudis have a nuclear agreement with Pakistan that potentially allows them to look towards nuclear weapons. Commissioner, I cannot see how this secures either the Middle East or the rest of the world. With this agreement comes responsibility, and I sincerely hope and pray that Iran uses this opportunity to start in the right direction by reassuring the world of good intentions, not least by removing her support for anti-government forces in the Yemen."@en1
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