TEHRAN – U.S. Ambassador to Switzerland Donald Beyer has said that given the severe economic crisis in the United States the country’s military option against Tehran is beyond the realms of possibility.
The U.S. overall debt has exceeded $16 trillion and the country’s unemployment rate stands at 8.2 percent, Beyer said, according to Press TV.
The low-spending level in the U.S. budget over the past two years is unprecedented, the American envoy said, adding that there is a tacit consensus among Democrats and Republicans that the country’s military budget needs to be reduced.
With 900 military bases abroad, the U.S. has the highest military expenditure in the world, however the matter is no longer acceptable, he noted.
Under the prevailing circumstances, no one considers war with Iran as an option, Beyer stated.
The United States and the Zionist regime have frequently threatened threatened to use military force against Iran if Tehran does not stop its nuclear program.
As a signatory to the nuclear non-proliferation regime Iran is legally entitled to develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
