Iran, which has rejected direct talks with the United States over its nuclear program, could face military force, retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Tony Shaffer said on Newsmax Sunday. 

“Mark my words here,” Shaffer, appearing on Newsmax’s “Sunday Report” with retired U.S. Army Col. John Mills, commented. “If the Russians are not able to help us with Iran, Iran will suffer the consequences of their bad behavior and those consequences will probably be military force.”

Shaffer said that Iran will “always stall” on negotiations with the United States because that is a “tactic that is common to any nation that does not want to actually engage in activities that will mitigate their behavior.”

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