Tehran, YJC. A Tehran University Professor says that the electoral atmosphere is to have influences on sanctions by the US Congress.
Davoud
Hermidas Bavand, Professor of International Law and International Relations at the
University of Tehran, said in an
interview with a local news agency that
sanctions are usually intensified following failing negotiations, stating "What
is really a problem for people today is the one-sided exceeding sanctions.”
Hermidas
Bavand mentioned the fact that in the wake of failure in Almaty II talks there
existed possibilities of heightened sanctions and said "The fact that the
Congress has brought up issues relating elections and human rights in its
recent sanctions has to do with the upcoming presidential elections.”
"Whether
or not the US President decides to sign and enact the sanctions depends on the
atmosphere that is created for future negotiations,” he stated.
Bavand
also pointed out that any decision-making on the sanctions would be relegated
to the post-electoral time, stating "The electoral atmosphere and how the elections
are executed will influence decisions to be made on the sanctions.”
Regarding
the sanctions by the Security Council, he said "In case the demands by the
Security Council are gratified, revocation of the sanctions is possible due to the
very resolutions issued.”
He also added "It will take time to remove the sanctions because they concern
export and purchase of oil; and currently contracts are made between costumers
and Saudi Arabia. The contracts being timed renders the sanctions more convoluted.”