Posted on 09/23/2015 10:59:46 AM PDT by jazusamo
The Iranian government is pressing the U.S. and others to give even more ground to Tehran in the already-sealed nuclear agreement, posing a new headache as the Obama administration and others try to implement the deal.
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei earlier this month demanded that sanctions be lifted entirely, not just suspended. A top Khamenei adviser reiterated that demand over the weekend -- ahead of potential informal talks on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.
Secretary of State John Kerry plans meet in the coming days in New York with his Iranian counterpart, Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif. According to Iran's Fars News Agency, Iranian officials also plan to meet with all members of the P5+1 group, which negotiated the deal, in New York on Sept. 28.
These reported plans prompted one group, the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI), to question whether talks were being "reopened," in order to address Khamenei's concerns.
Asked about the speculation, a State Department official said there is no further negotiation and the U.S. expects the deal to be implemented "in good faith."
"We've long said that we're not going to comment on or react to every statement attributed to the Iranian leadership," the official told FoxNews.com. "Our focus is on implementing the deal, and verifying that Iran completes its key nuclear steps under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action. There is no renegotiation, and the nuclear-related sanctions relief that Iran will receive once the IAEA verifies that it has completed its nuclear steps is clearly spelled out in the text of the [agreement]."
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If the 0bama administration says that it has to be true. /extreme sarc
Another secret side deal.
Do they have all the leverage over us or are we just being evil and stupid?
Obama has no red lines. Now that inspections have been revealed to be a complete joke, what’s satisfying one more demand of Iran’s mullahs?
And FWIW, no signed deal exists.
The latter, obviously.
Tehran is like my SIL ordering in a Thai restaurant when I’m paying, “Oh just add a plate of xxx and then add some yyy. Oh, oh just a couple more things.”
When the Iranians demand that we deed over the ownership of the city of Beverly Hills, this might take a month or two.
Heh Heh...Stop taking her out for Thai food. :-)
You’re right, that would throw a big monkey wrench in the, the big donors wouldn’t go for that.
Those sanctions should never be lifted until Iran renounces its current theocratic government and its rhetoric about destroying Israel and America.
Did you folks see the crazy looking goofball who came on after Donald Trump, the one who masterminded this deal?
He looks like he broke loose from an illuminati Satanist party without bothering to change costume.
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