Posted on 04/03/2016 6:24:25 AM PDT by HomerBohn
President Obama on Friday criticized Iranian leaders for undermining the “spirit” of last year’s historic nuclear agreement, even as they stick to the “letter” of the pact.
In comments following the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, Obama denied speculation that the United States would ease rules preventing dollars from being used in financial transactions with Iran, in order to boost the country’s engagement with the rest of the world.
Instead, Obama claimed, that Iran’s troubles even after the lifting of sanctions under the nuclear deal were due to its continued support of Hezbollah, ballistic missile tests and other aggressive behavior. “Iran so far has followed the letter of the agreement, but the spirit of the agreement involves Iran also sending signals to the world community and businesses that it is not going to be engaging in a range of provocative actions that are going to scare businesses off,” Obama said at a press conference.
“When they launch ballistic missiles with slogans calling for the destruction of Israel, that makes businesses nervous.”
“Iran has to understand what every country in the world understands, which is businesses want to go where they feel safe, where they don’t see massive controversy, where they can be confident that transactions are going to operate normally,” he added. “And that’s an adjustment that Iran’s going to have to make as well.”
Months after the U.S. and other global powers lifted sanctions against Iran in exchange for limits on its nuclear program, Iranian leaders complain that they have yet to reap the benefits.
“Our banking trade, our efforts to return wealth from their banks, various kinds of businesses that require financial services — all of these are still facing problems,” Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in an address last month. “When we investigate the issue, it becomes obvious that [the banks] are afraid of the United States.”
Despite the lifting of sanctions, American companies are still banned from doing business in Iran and foreign banks are prohibited from using the U.S. dollar for their Iranian dealings. Earlier this week, multiple reports indicated that the White House was considering easing financial rules to let foreign companies use the dollar to do business with Iran.
But on Friday, Obama appeared to shoot the idea down.
“That’s not actually the approach that we’re taking,” he said.
“It is not necessary that we take the approach of them going through dollar transactions,” he added. “It is possible for them to work through European financial institutions as well.”
Instead, Obama said, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew
and other U.S. officials would help “provide clarity” to global businesses about what kinds of work they can do in Iran under current rules.
What about the fires of racial division of hate that you constantly fan? How about your massive national debt and the hordes of illegals that have strolled into our Country from Mexico and the cramming down our throats with the foreign Muslims being brought in to cancel out our votes?
The list just goes on and on and on. You will have such a 'legacy' as to become even more hated and despised than you are now.
No **** Sherlock. The Muzzies sold you and old Horseface the Brooklyn Bridge and you idiots paid twice as much for it than they were asking. It sure sounded good on the nightly news though, didn’t it?
True. The damage will become obvious even to the low information voters.
Surprise! Surprise! We told you so, dumbass!
What a deal maker he and his troupe of perverted circus clowns negotiated.
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He got everything he wanted. What makes you think he wanted enforcement? His words?
Shocked, I tell you. I’m shocked.
But, boy, did Iran see obama coming from a mile away, striding down Main Street with a neon sign on his head.
Typical Obama shifting blame for a failed agreement. Iran could never be trusted, that was a given.
Barry needs to look in the mirror.
Great points, but might I add....”with the help of both houses of congress, both sides of the aisle. Dems and Pubs alike are complicit and we the people have to take a bite outta the big ol $h!t sandwich.
I had to look at the date of this to make sure it wasn’t April Fools Day....this Fool is destroying the modern world
Like it’s a big surprise
Everything is going precisely as planned.
When we were kids we had a reply that went something like this: “No shiite Dick Tracy”.
spirit there is none. Deal there is only
Just goes to prove once again what a dumb ass we have as a president. I sure as hell didn’t vote for him.
That’s right - and if we stand up for ourselves, our way of life, and our children/grandchildren, we are intolerant. The backlash against the “extra guests for Thanksgiving dinner” cartoon (in which Mexicans were climbing through the window into the American family’s dining room) was sickening; the cartoon was spot-on accurate (we do have to feed them out of our pockets, and house them in our communities), yet the truth was viciously attacked as “hate”.
John F. Kennedy’s directive, to ask what we could do for our country, is now a sad joke; this is tyranny, and there is no reason to support it in any way.
Obama is the quintessential idiot. The damage that will come from this fool’s actions will be terrible.
jOkeass does not comprehend the punch line. He is the jOke.
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Zerohisseff: When mullahs make demands, Zerohisseff obeys with money in hand.
[No, seriously...i saw this on PBS]
He has done exactly what he said he would do and dared us to stop him. We did not. Oh we voted for the people who said they would fight but they rolled over on their backs like whipped dogs. Those who did try to fight were pilloried from all sides even their own party.
We have been sold into slavery. It will take more than votes to free ourselves.
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