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American scholar and intellect Noam Chomsky said the nuclear deal implementation is “better than nothing”, but also noted that any wise person should not trust hegemonic and dominating governments, especially that of the United States of America.

In terms of how Iran should deal with the large flow of capital, he said that the role of the government is to prevent the “encroachment on the rights of investors”.

In the program ‘Jivegi’ aired on Iranian Channel 2, Chomsky touched on the lifting of sanctions that have been imposed on the Islamic Republic of Iran as well as other issues related to foreign policy, notably Saudi Arabia’s current status.

Even though an anarchist, Chomsky said that the government will be helpful only if the capitalists and companies did not have so much power in such a way that the people’s rights are violated.

Sanctions imposed on Iran over its nuclear program are lifted following confirmation of Tehran’s commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action by the International Atomic Energy Agency. European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made the announcement during a joint press conference in Vienna on Saturday.

Moving on to Saudi Arabia, Chomsky said that the Kingdom suffers tremendous problems, and that its attack on Yemen was an act of desperation.

“I think that Saudi Arabia is not acting rationally,” he pointed out.

“My impression is that the Saudis are somewhat desperate; they are in serious trouble and suffering economic trouble for the first time. Their reserves are declining, and if they do not have a big surplus they cannot buy off the population; they keep them silent by largely giving them benefits but now they cannot and the population may erupt.”

More precisely addressing the Saudi war on Yemen, the political analyst assured that “The Saudi war is devastating for Yemen but it is hopeless for Saudi Arabia, it can bomb and destroy Yemen but it cannot win the war.”

Also, Chomsky said that for the first time and in unprecedented move, the West has started to criticize the extreme repression in Saudi Arabia and their sponsoring of extremist organizations.

“Western newspaper editorials and commentaries, and the best commentators have pointed out that Saudi Arabia is providing the Wahhabism of Sunni Islam which is the most dangerous; that it is building radical schools and mosques and providing radical clerics, as well as funding extremist organizations,” the scholar pointed out.

Asked on the reason behind the strong alliance that brings the US and Saudi Arabia together, Chomsky said that “nothing justifies that alliance except for the fact that in the 1930s Saudi Arabia had the largest reserves of fossil fuels. It has been America’s prime ally in the region because of its huge oil and natural reserves and because of its strategic position in the region.”

The intellect also reiterated that “The United States, Britain and France are pouring arms into Saudi Arabia, and that the arms will remain to flow as long as these countries are making huge profits and as long as the Saudi regime is functioning,” but he stressed that “the Saudi regime is eroding and that they are concerned about it.”

As for the attack that took place on the Saudi embassy in Iran after the execution of prominent Sheikh Nimr, Chomsky said that “it is a crime to kill a religious scholar, but also the reaction of the Iranian people was incorrect,” adding that the Iranian government recognizes this mistake but the people had fallen into the trap of Saudi provocation.

Riyadh began its military aggression against Yemen in late March 2015. The strikes are supposedly meant to undermine the Ansarullah movement and popular committees and restore power to fugitive former Yemeni president, Abd Rabbuh Mansur Hadi.

The Saudi war has also taken a heavy toll on impoverished Yemen, killing more than 7,500 people and injuring over 14,000 others. Since the beginning of the aggression in March 2015, Saudi Arabia has destroyed much of the country’s facilities and infrastructure.