The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on President Trump to avert an “unnecessary and disastrous” all-out U.S. war with Iran by dropping Israel’s “poison pill” zero enrichment demand meant to doom nuclear negotiations.
In a statement, CAIR said:
“The American people do not want our nation to further join the Israeli government’s foolish and disastrous war with Iran, and there is no reason for our nation to do so. President Trump can and should avert a completely unnecessary all-out U.S. war with Iran by making a deal in the coming days.
“All the President needs to do to make a deal with Iran is drop the Israeli government’s poison pill demand that Iran completely give up its right under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) to enrich uranium at low levels only suitable for civilian nuclear energy.
“Everyone knows that the Israeli government’s zero enrichment demand was meant to make a deal impossible. President Trump can easily make a deal with independent monitoring and civilian-level enrichment that verifiably prevents Iran from making a nuclear weapon. War is not necessary.
“Let’s be clear. As U.S. intelligence confirms, Iran has not been pursuing a nuclear weapon. The manufactured hysteria about Iran echoes the false claims that Netanyahu and others made when pushing our nation to invade Iraq based on the weapons of mass destruction lie 20 years ago.
“President Trump should drop the poison pill demand and make a nuclear deal that averts an unnecessary and disastrous U.S. war with Iran.”
On May 24th, CAIR issued a statement warning President Trump that the Netanyahu government’s insistence that the U.S. adopt a “zero enrichment” demand in negotiations was meant to scuttle the talks and lead to war, which is exactly what happened.
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CONTACT: CAIR National Deputy Director Edward Ahmed Mitchell, 404-285-9530, e-Mitchell@cair.com; CAIR Government Affairs Director Robert McCaw, 202-742-6448, rmccaw@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Director Ibrahim Hooper, 202-744-7726, ihooper@cair.com; CAIR National Communications Manager Ismail Allison, 202-770-6280, iallison@cair.com