Iranian Hardliner’s Sharp Criticism of Iran Deal Proves Revealing

Peloni:  Mahmoud Nabavian is a well known hardliner within the Iranian political establishment.   In a recent comment made regarding the US-Iranian deal, he demonstrated the fact that the Iranians already saw themselves as having won the war, based on the fact that the goals of halting their nuclear program, triggering economic collapse, and causing regime change had all failed to materialize.  Hence, from this perspective, he expresses a sense of cognitive dissidence while trying to grasp why Iran should partake any negotiated settlement at all.  So, as you read his summary of the deal, understand the sense of angst he is actually delivering in being subjected to the severity of the terms as he understands them.  It really is revealing of how complete the Iranians feel the West lost the war, and suggests potential faultlines which may cause the deal, as good as it is for the Iranians, to still meet significant opposition from within the Iranian command structure. H/t TheIranWatcher

Mahmoud Nabavian, Deputy Chairman of the National Security Commission of the Iranian Parliament, sharply criticized the proposed agreement with the United States:

The United States has told the Iranian side that it will secure a $300 billion reconstruction budget for the country… pic.twitter.com/m6nPoc64uM

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Mahmoud Nabavian, Deputy Chairman of the National Security Commission of the Iranian Parliament, sharply criticized the proposed agreement with the United States:

The United States has told the Iranian side that it will secure a $300 billion reconstruction budget for the country from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. an amount that, it is clear, will not be provided.
If the United States later claims that it asked Saudi Arabia to pay but they refused, what will you do?

When the text of the agreement states that expenditures must be carried out with the consent of both parties, it means the United States will also have a say in how and where the money is spent. So if America says this money should not be allocated to a particular area because it might reach the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), what will you do then?

I assure you that no real funds will enter the country, nor will you have full authority to independently decide where these funds are spent.

According to the text of the agreement, we will not have the right to rebuild our nuclear program, and the United States will not lift any sanctions.

In light of the agreement’s text, the Parliament’s plan concerning the Strait of Hormuz has effectively been rendered useless.

Freeing Iran’s assets means that cash must actually reach us, as it did during the Rouhani administration (JCPOA).

According to the text of the agreement, we will become a colony of the United States.