MOSCOW. April 3 (Interfax) - Alexei Pushkov, the head of the State Duma committee on international affairs, believes that the U.S., not Iran, may jeopardize the agreements on the Iranian nuclear program that have been reached in Lausanne in the future.
"I believe that Iran is serious and they expect the same serious attitude from the U.S. and other negotiation participants," Pushkov told Interfax on Friday.
Pushkov said now there are "considerable risks" associated with the fact that some political forces in the U.S. are against this agreement.
"It is not an accident that a group of Republican senators have written a letter to Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, warning him that the next president of the U.S. may sever this agreement," the parliamentarian said.
He said that is "a very dangerous precedent," which reduces the confidence in U.S. foreign policies.
Pushkov said that if a Republican president replaces Barack Obama in two years and if he does what his comrades have warned about, the situation may be exacerbated and the question arises whether the U.S. president is capable of signing any agreements at all.
"This is aggressive irresponsibility of the U.S. Congress or a part thereof, and it is manifested in their attitude to Russia and to Iran," the parliamentarian said.
"In such situations, the question arises: to what degree can the U.S. executive administration be trusted if part of the Congress believe they can disown agreements signed by the president" Pushkov said.
However, Pushkov said the agreement is also under threat from its regional opponents, adding that he believes they will be making attempts to prevent the final signing of the document, which is expected to take place in June.
At the same time, Pushkov said there are six of the world's leading powers behind these agreements, which makes it possible to hope that the agreements reached in Lausanne will be implemented.
The success of the agreement means that one of the main problems of the beginning of this century will be brought "from a potentially dangerous military conflict to a political compromise," Pushkov said.
As to Iran, Pushkov said he sees no reasons why Iran would violate this agreement. "Iranian diplomacy is very tough and single-minded, but if Tehran has made a decision to accept such an agreement, which really makes the Iranian nuclear program highly transparent, it seems to me that Iran will stick to this decision," Pushkov said.
Pushkov said it is a well thought-out step for Iran, "not an attempt to deceive anyone, as some Western politicians are trying to present it."