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Iran Leader Threatens Increase to Uranium Enrichment After US Withdraws From Nuclear Deal
IJR ^ | 5/8/18 | AARON CREDEUR

Posted on 05/09/2018 1:26:43 PM PDT by Impala64ssa

Iran's president warned that his country could start enriching uranium faster if negotiations with the countries remaining in the nuclear deal aren't productive.

Responding to President Donald Trump's decision on Tuesday to withdraw from the deal, President Hassan Rouhani of Iran said that there's only a “short time” to negotiate with other countries as the U.S. ratchets up pressure on its allies to join it in rejecting the accord, reports The Associated Press.

Speaking on Iranian state television, Rouhani said that he'll be sending Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif to the countries still in the deal to negotiate ways to keep it afloat.

He went on the threaten that “in the next weeks” Iran would restart uranium enrichment, a key process for manufacturing nuclear fuel.

“I have ordered Iran’s atomic organization that whenever it is needed, we will start enriching uranium more than before,” Rouhani declared.

The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JPCOA) is designed to place restrictions on Iran's nuclear program in exchange for relief from sanctions. But with Trump's decision to pull the U.S. out of the Obama-era deal, many European countries will be facing pressure to follow suit.

While French, German, and British leaders have come together in support of the deal, Trump's decision is the culmination of repeated promises he's made on the campaign trail and in office. Trump has often criticized the accord for not being tough enough in the limits placed on Iran's nuclear program.

Meanwhile, the European Union foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, called upon the other countries involved in the deal, including Russia and China, to respect its terms rather than joining the U.S. president's stance.

“The nuclear deal with Iran is crucial for the security of the region, of Europe and of the entire world,” Mogherini said while calling on Iran to “not let anyone dismantle this agreement.”

U.S. lawmakers remain divided on the issue as the international community grapples with how to respond to the sudden shift in U.S. diplomacy toward Iran.


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: iran; nukes; trump
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Y'all remember back in the 80's how the left lost their collective sh!t over nuclear proliferation, particularly under the eeevil Pres. RAYGUN? There was a local anti-nuke chapter of the SANE-FREEZE coalition, that would waste many a Saturday morning at the corner of Rt 59 and Midddletown Rd in Nanuet, NY, waving signs and generally making asses of themselves. And remember the No Nukes concerts? They were the brainchild of Jackson Browne and John Hall, lead singer of Orleans (Still the One) and my fmr Cong (NY11). Done to raise awareness of the "doddering old fool" in the Oval Office with his finger on the button. Springsteen, Sting, theTalking Heads, U2, Pat Benetar, an up and coming Maddonna and anyone who was someone performed at these venues. Now that fat boy in N Korea and the madmen in Iran, in spite of PRes Trump's groundbreaking work, still have the know how to develop nukes of their own, perhaps it's time to resurrect these concerts to warn a new generation of the clear and present dangers of a nuclear holocaust? (((((((((crickets chirping))))))) The conspicuous silence from the left speaks volumes, doesn't it
1 posted on 05/09/2018 1:26:44 PM PDT by Impala64ssa
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To: Impala64ssa
Iran's president warned that his country could start enriching uranium faster

Ummm, that means they never stopped?

2 posted on 05/09/2018 1:27:56 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Impala64ssa

As if they weren’t doing this already under their self-inspection program.


3 posted on 05/09/2018 1:28:16 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (A Second Amendment march to deny leftists their First Amendment rights. Turnabout is fair play.)
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Wednesday’s bombshell from the Associated Press. The news service reports that Iran will be allowed to use its own inspectors at the secret Parchin nuclear site under its secret side agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

https://www.wsj.com/articles/irans-secret-self-inspections-1440026399


4 posted on 05/09/2018 1:29:22 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (A Second Amendment march to deny leftists their First Amendment rights. Turnabout is fair play.)
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To: Impala64ssa

We would gladly send them some enriched uranium along with some plutonium, like really, really fast...................


5 posted on 05/09/2018 1:29:29 PM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: Impala64ssa
Responding to President Donald Trump's decision on Tuesday to withdraw from the deal, President Hassan Rouhani of Iran said that there's only a “short time” to negotiate

Well then Hamad Haboob al Wankistani....

You called it. Short time.

Ticking.

Choose wisely.

6 posted on 05/09/2018 1:30:43 PM PDT by humblegunner
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Ummm, that means they never stopped?

Exactly. And paid billions to do it.

Where did 0bama get the $billion in cash?

7 posted on 05/09/2018 1:31:28 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: humblegunner
We can send them some enriched uranium, along with some plutonium.......................
8 posted on 05/09/2018 1:31:45 PM PDT by Red Badger (Remember all the great work Obama did for the black community?.............. Me neither.)
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To: Impala64ssa

Bomb, bomb, bomb. Bomb, bomb Iran.


9 posted on 05/09/2018 1:31:53 PM PDT by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!)
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To: Impala64ssa

...well now that Hillery is a uranium dealer, we’ll just have to wait and see if Putin sells Hillery’s uranium...


10 posted on 05/09/2018 1:33:08 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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To: Impala64ssa

Trump’s not amused by this crap...


11 posted on 05/09/2018 1:33:23 PM PDT by GOPJ (MSNBC - when only shallow (more-money-than-brains) bimbos spewing breathless gossip will do...)
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"Iran Leader Threatens Increase to Uranium Enrichment After US Withdraws From Nuclear Deal"

Squeal like a pig rouhani.
12 posted on 05/09/2018 1:34:00 PM PDT by clearcarbon
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I would be happy to send them a few kilo grams of plutonium to Teheran when the supreme council meets.

5.56mm


13 posted on 05/09/2018 1:38:19 PM PDT by M Kehoe (THIS SPACE FOR RENT)
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To: Impala64ssa

Rush Limbaugh was saying today that not only was this never ratified as a treaty, but that it was never really an agreement with Iran because Iran’s President refused to sign the agreement after it was negotiated.

Assuming this is correct, how can anyone even assume or assert that it really is (was) a political “agreement” between Obama and Iran???

And, has anyone seen or heard any references anywhere in the MSM to Iran’s leader’s earlier refusal to formally accept and sign this even as a non-treaty “agreement”?

I wonder why POTUS hasn’t yet publicly highlighted these facts?


14 posted on 05/09/2018 1:38:47 PM PDT by JustTheTruth
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To: Impala64ssa

If Iran starts openly enriching, they violate their deal with the Euros, Russia and China.

So now they are stuck with whatever restrictions are on them, but the US is once again free to topple their economy, covertly support subverting their regime, or attack them militarily.


15 posted on 05/09/2018 1:40:10 PM PDT by BeauBo
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To: FatherofFive

“Where did 0bama get the $billion in cash?”

From us.

Some freepers like to trot out old Big Media articles to “prove” to us that “it was their money anyway”.


16 posted on 05/09/2018 1:43:12 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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To: PGR88
To the storage vaults....

Anyone who thinks they stopped is ignorant.

17 posted on 05/09/2018 1:43:15 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Impala64ssa

We can proceed with our cluster bomb manufacturers’ enrichment.


18 posted on 05/09/2018 1:43:52 PM PDT by jimmygrace
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To: treetopsandroofs
“Where did 0bama get the $billion in cash?” From us.

Yes. But exactly where? What account? Congress did not authorize this.

19 posted on 05/09/2018 1:45:35 PM PDT by FatherofFive (Islam is EVIL and needs to be eradicated)
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To: FatherofFive

Yah, I don’t know. I recall it wasn’t all US dollars, so it was as shady as it gets.


20 posted on 05/09/2018 1:50:00 PM PDT by treetopsandroofs
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