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دیپلماسی، و نه تحریم، کلید معامله با ایران

کمیته امور عمومی آمریکا -اسرائیل موسوم به “اِیپک”، پر قدرت ترین لابی حامی اسرائیل در آمریکا، قرار است که همایش سالانه خود را بین ۲ تا ۴ مارچ در واشنگتن برگزار کند.

طی سه دهه گذشته، ایپک، بطور بی وقفه مشغول لابی با دولت و کنگره آمریکا برای افزایش فشار بر ایران و نیز اعمال تحریم ها بر ایران برای وادار کردن آن کشور به دست کشیدن از برنامه هسته ای اش بوده است. طبق گفته پایگاه اینترنتی این نهاد، ایپک مسئول “تصویب بیش از ۱۲ لایحه و قطعنامه، شامل اعمال تحریم های شدید بر ایران، ظرف ۱۵ سال گذشته بوده است”. این اقدامات به عنوان بخشی از مهمترین دستاورد های ایپک در وبسایت این نهاد مطرح گردیده است.

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