American President Donald Trump’s harsh blow by withdrawing from the “bad” agreement with the Iranian regime shocked many parties across the world and turned heads.

 

The Europeans had bet on playing on Trump’s character and influencing his decision via some special ways, like when French President Emmanuel Macron courted Trump. German chancellor Angela Merkel tried to pressure Trump, and many others tried to change his mind but he neglected all the Europeans’ statements. He had given them time to pressure the Iranians to “amend” this destructive agreement which Obama and his global networks brag about. The essence of the amendment which Trump had demanded was: ending the ballistic missiles program and halting evil Iranian interferences in the Middle East. The Europeans however did nothing. As to why the Europeans are dying to preserve the Iranian deal then this is something else as today I want to comment on the Arab stance – if it’s right to talk about an Arab stance – in general regarding the major American withdrawal from the Iranian deal.

 

The story is clear for Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain. Trump’s measure is excellent and they can only support him for reasons that pertain to their views of the nature of the Iranian threat which was neglected by the leaders of the countries that signed the deal in 2015 without the presence of any Arab party.

 

What about the rest of the Arabs?

 

Egyptian stance

There is the Egyptian stance as expressed by the foreign ministry’s statement. This part attracted my attention: “Egypt confirms the importance of the participation of the concerned Arab parties in any dialogue about the future of the situation in the region, particularly any dialogue that’s linked to the possibilities of amending the nuclear deal with Iran.”

 

Great, but does this request include the attendance of, for example, Lebanon, Iraq and Syria?