Posted on 03/16/2022 8:58:01 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Russia’s top state-controlled energy company is set to cash in on a $10 billion contract to build out one of Iran’s most contested nuclear sites as part of concessions granted in the soon-to-be-announced nuclear agreement that will guarantee sanctions on both countries are lifted.
Russian and Iranian documents translated for the Washington Free Beacon show that Rosatom, Russia’s leading energy company, has a $10 billion contract with Iran’s atomic energy organization to expand Tehran’s Bushehr nuclear plant. Russia and the Biden administration confirmed on Tuesday that the new nuclear agreement includes carveouts that will waive sanctions on both countries so that Russia can make good on this contract.
"We, of course, would not sanction Russian participation in nuclear projects that are part of resuming full implementation of the JCPOA," State Department spokesman Ned Price confirmed on Tuesday, referring to the original 2015 nuclear accord. Russia’s foreign ministry made a similar statement on Tuesday, saying that "additions were made to the text of the future agreement on JCPOA restoration to ensure that all the JCPOA-related projects, [especially] with Russian participation, as well as Bushehr [nuclear power plant], are protected from negative impact of anti-Russian restrictions" by the United States and European Union.
The removal of these sanctions will provide Moscow’s Rosatom company with a critical source of revenue as American and European sanctions crush Russia’s economy in response to its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. The concessions to Moscow have generated frustration on Capitol Hill, with top Republican leaders accusing the Biden administration of weakening penalties on Russia to secure an agreement with Iran. Moscow has served as the United States' top interlocutor in talks, even as the country’s war machine rolls across Ukraine.
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Rosatom’s contract with Iran has Moscow constructing two blocks of the Bushehr nuclear plant, which are set to go online in 2024 and 2026.
As of last year, Iran owed Russia $500 million for past work on the country’s nuclear program. Russia could not access this money due to Trump administration sanctions that blocked Tehran from accessing funds held in Japanese and South Korean banks. These sanctions are set to be lifted as part of the upcoming nuclear deal.
Joebama is completely insane, not merely demented.
Oh hell no.
Doddering old idiot. Throw him OUT!
Haha. Oh my. This really is the end times.
It looks like they’re all buddies 🤪
Build a another Chernobyl.
Excuse the {bleep} out of me???
Any national-level politician who can’t run on this, chooses not to run on this as a centerpiece of their foreign policy position, or doesn’t demand this to be front and center in any interview or debate doesn’t deserve to be a national-level politician. It’s indefensible. The last Iran deal was indefensible and it should have been the subject of special prosecutor investigations and congressional hearings immediately in 2017... this is worse.
OH, but Biden didn’t do ‘this’, either.
/s
Called my congressman, Ted Deutsch about this...have not received an answer. He is another RAT resigning. He is joining the American Jewish Committee.
Lol.. this should tell you all you need to know about Ukraine.
And after cancelling permits for nuclear power plants to continue running in Florida and Pennsylvania...
Gotta make sure iran gets their nukes.
Clinton did the same w/dprk.
I now believe this is deliberate on the part of the Bidet regime.
Russia has been behind Irans nuclear development since at least 1997.
Have had contact with families of RUS engineers who were overseeing various Iranian nuclear plant development.
10% For the Big Guy
How much money will flow to the Brandon Crime Family, the Kerry Klan, the Pelosi Posse, and the Romney Runts? Follow the money!
Hello Ezekiel 38 and 39.
These idiots will NOT like the outcome.
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