A former US Department of Defense senior security policy analyst claims that the United States should use the nuclear agreement with Iran as a window of opportunity to restore diplomatic relations.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik)�� The United States should use the nuclear agreement with�Iran as�a window of�opportunity to�restore diplomatic relations, a former US Department of�Defense senior security policy analyst told Sputnik.

�This is the time for�the administration to�go ahead regardless of�what Congress does,� former defense official Michael Maloof said on�Monday.

Maloof noted that diplomatic cooperation between�the United States will make reversing the deal with�Iran harder.

�Like the nuclear agreement, if it and other areas of�cooperation prove to�be working out�by the time of�the presidential elections, it will make any walking back of�that cooperation more difficult to�justify, especially if there is a true spirit of�cooperation between�the United States and Iran,� Maloof said.

On Sunday, the United Kingdom reopened its embassy in�Tehran, four years after�it closed the diplomatic mission. The UK�s announcement comes as�European countries are eager to�open up�business relations with�the large Iranian market.

US officials have said they have no intention of�establishing relations with�Iran as�a host of�issues remain between�the two countries, including human rights concerns, support for�terrorism and sanctions.
�Unlike the British, I believe the US seems to�have more baggage to�carry, namely the lack of�support by�Congress to�the nuclear agreement and Israel's control over�US foreign policy, such as�its frantic efforts to�get Congress to�block approval of�the nuclear agreement,� Maloof added.


On July 14, Iran and the P5+1 group of�countries�� Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom, the United States and Germany�� announced a final comprehensive agreement on�Tehran's nuclear program in�exchange for�sanctions relief.
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