Signs of change in US administration’s Iran Policy have generated concerns among a number of US senators. Concurrent with speculations over the possible meeting of Iranian and US presidents on the sidelines of UN General Assembly meeting in New York, four American senators, including John McCain, and Lindsey Graham called on the US president, Barack Obama, to continue to pile up pressure on Iran. These US senators claimed that Washington will not achieve its goals unless pressure continues to pile up on Tehran.

The developments in recent days show that the West, including the US, seemingly intend to replace confrontation and hostility with interaction and talks. Nonetheless, a number of currents in the US continue to beat on the drums of hostility and enmity. US Congress is one of the centers of such currents, which collaborate with Zionist regime’s lobbies. In the view of the ringleaders of Zionist lobbies, any flexibility toward Iran is tantamount to the destruction of US national security. Meanwhile, for establishments such as the American-Israeli Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) maintenance of the Zionist regime’s security is the top priority. For this reason, the members and supporters of AIPAC have for long wanted for the US Middle East Policy to serve the interests of Zionist regime of Israel. This matter of fact has even led to protests of a number of American thinkers, who believe the unwavering support for the Zionist regime has led to growth of anti-US sentiments in countries such as Iran, in addition to the countries allied to Washington, such as Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia.

Although signs of detrimental impacts of activities of Zionist lobbies on the US diplomacy are clearly evident, a number of US politicians continue to comply with the red lines set by AIPAC. The legislative by-elections are due at the US House of Representatives and US Senate, next year. The majority of US Congressmen are in need of funds raised by lobbies for victory. Given that the Zionist lobbies highly contribute to distribution of cash and electoral campaigns, many Congressmen are intent on winning the support of these lobbies. In the recent years, one of the ways for shoring up the support of Zionist lobbies has been adoption of anti-Iran stands at the US Congress.
Now that the US administration has realized the ineffectiveness of the policy of threats and sanctions against Iran and has shown signs of constructive interaction, the Zionist lobby at the US Congress has been activated to obstruct this unique opportunity from bearing fruit. Now, whether White House would give in to the domestic pressures piled up by anti-Iran lobbies depends on future developments.