US President Barack Obama’s extension of a so-called national emergency against Iran for another year is a “psyop” to garner more support for the Democratic Party in the upcoming presidential election, says an American analyst and former US Army member.
Obama’s move comes despite the recent nuclear deal that was reached between Iran and the P5+1 group of countries in July last year and went into effect in January.
The executive order means non-nuclear US sanctions against Iran will remain in effect for at least another year.
In an interview with Press TV on Thursday, Scott Bennett, a former US Army psychological warfare officer, attributed Obama’s move to the current political season in the US, where the Democratic Party needs to boost its image among American voters to ensure that Obama’s successor will also be a Democrat.
“In the United States we have had a culture and a national consciousness largely that has been developed for the last…