The Green Party called for a halt in the flow of belligerent rhetoric against Iran and expressed hope that the deal negotiated by the U.S. and other nations in Vienna will prevent a military attack.

The Green Party opposes military action and sanctions against Iran and insists that the goal must be a peaceful and secure Middle East that’s free of all nuclear weapons, part of the effort for global nuclear disarmament.

“We’re seeing a maniacal push by Republicans and many Democrats towards a military confrontation with Iran based on a nuclear weapons threat that doesn’t exist,” said Tamar Yager, co-chair of the Green Party of the United States. “It’s a repeat of the kind of public deception and propaganda that the Bush-Cheney Administration used to justify an invasion of Iraq in 2003.”

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