This Nov. 23, 2014 file photo shows U.S. Secretary of...

This Nov. 23, 2014 file photo shows U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif prior to a bilateral meeting of the closed-door nuclear talks in Vienna, Austria. Credit: AP

Can someone explain to our elected officials that only an idiot would believe Iran is looking to further advance its nuclear energy capabilities ["Iran deal backed, opposed," News, Sept. 10]?

That isn't believable when the country sits on one of the biggest oil deposits in the world!

Jim Giovanniello, Plainview

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