US President Barack Obama hasn’t denied the possibility that the deal with Iran on its nuclear program can lead to better relations with Iran.
"It is possible that the agreement on Iran will lead to an improvement of US-Iranian relations," Obama said in an interview with CNN.
The US President admitted that in the case of easing the sanctions regime, Iran could take some hostilities against the United States. However, the head of the White House still doesn’t see a better alternative to the agreement concluded with the Islamic Republic regarding its nuclear program, RIA Novosti reports.
"I have no doubts that after the improvement of the economic situation (as a result of the lifting of sanctions) Iran will probably be able to finance malicious activity," Obama said. However, the US president noted that in this case the US allies in the region will be able to help Washington resist such threats from Tehran.
"The Gulf countries spend about eight times more on defense than Iran,’’ Obama said, noting that during his meeting with the leaders of the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC) at Camp David they discussed how the GCC countries will be able to "resist such actions" from Iran as "cyber attacks, or a possible launch of ballistic missiles."
The head of the White House is convinced that "if the GCC member states will cooperate with the United States," the threat posed by Iran, will be minimal.
Obama also said that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was mistaken in his assessment of the nuclear transaction, as he made a statement that the July agreement was a "historic mistake" and even tried to change it, despite the fact that documents had already been signed by the six mediators and codified in the form of UN Security Council resolutions.
Netanyahu expects that the opposition part of the Republican majority will help Obama in the US Congress, which is due to approve the document soon.
