DEBKAfile Exclusive Report December 18, 2013,
The European Union and Iran announced Wednesday that the talks on the technical aspects of the interim nuclear accord with the six powers – broken off in Vienna Friday Dec. 13 – would be resumed in Geneva Thursday, Dec. 19. This is a desperate attempt to enliven the dying momentum of nuclear diplomacy. Two days were assigned to this meeting, which DEBKAfile reports it is being convened to camouflage three untoward developments:
1. Iran has repudiated the Geneva nuclear deal and now maintains that it was never a real accord. The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afgham put it this way: “There is no treaty and no pact, only a statement of intent.”
This statement galvanized Secretary of State John Kerry to put in an urgent call to Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, at the end of which both pledged their commitment to the document solemnly signed in Geneva on Nov. 24.
2. Sunday, the journal Kayan, the mouthpiece of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said this in an editorial: “The six-month period of the accord is meaningless; a final agreement might even take 20 years to negotiate.”
Clearly, the Iranians are reverting to their old tactics of talks for the sake of more talks.
Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi, who spent the week making the rounds of European capitals, said: “Now we have to talk about reviving the talks on modalities.”
In other words, the nuclear negotiations were still stuck at the stage of discussing how to proceed and nowhere near getting down to substantive issues.
3. Our sources note that over and above Tehran’s predisposition to foot-dragging, another major snag looms large: The Geneva accord never fixed a starting date for the six-month nuclear freeze and negotiating period on a comprehensive agreement, leaving it to the technical teams to discuss.
This left the door open for Tehran to slow the technical discussions down to a crawl, before there is any sign of progress – a lacuna spotted by Kayhan when it referred to “20 years” of negotiations. Iran can meanwhile cash in on diplomatic and economic rewards.
It was therefore not surprising to hear from Washington Wednesday that the original elation generated by President Barack Obama and John Kerry over the Geneva deal had made way for gloom and pessimism.
Senior administration officials, including Undersecretary of State Wendy Sherman, who led the American team of negotiators in Geneva, were quoted by US media as saying they were “very skeptical” about the outcome of further talks with the Iranians.
They were coming to realize that without unacceptable concessions on both sides, the American and the Iranian, there was no way that the ambitious US venture into nuclear diplomacy would get anywhere.
Skepticism is not a position! What will Pr. O do. Deceiving or caving to Iran!
Looks like O will allow Iran to develop their nuke tech. Although there was some kind of agreement, there was no deal signed. Shroud from both sides. This might prevent the US congress from upping the sanctions!
No need for war. Just up the sanctions. Would Iran initiate a war in the face of increased sanctions?
Senators defy Obama in bid to back Israel
Read more: http://triblive.com/usworld/nation/5287296-74/iran-sanctions-negotiating#ixzz2o4C9VvFD
More than a quarter of the Senate introduced legislation on Thursday that could raise sanctions on Iran and compel America to support Israel if it initiates a pre-emptive attack on the Iranian nuclear program, defying President Obama and drawing a veto threat.
The bill, sponsored by 13 Democrats and 13 Republicans, sets sanctions that would go into effect if Tehran violates the nuclear deal it reached with world powers last month or lets the agreement expire without a long-term accord. The measures include a global boycott on Iranian oil exports within one year and the blacklisting of Iran’s mining, engineering and construction industries.
When all else fails Blame The Jews!
Feels like we are back in the Middle Ages, Here are some recent examples:
Jewish Group ‘Appalled’ by Huffington Post Article, SWC Says it Paints Jews as Warmongers
George Washington Spinning In Grave Over Senate Iran Resolution
By Dirty Jew M J Rosenberg
Jerusalem’s Itchy Trigger Finger
Forget sanctions. If there’s one thing that should convince Tehran not to go nuclear, it’s that Israel might use its own nukes — first.
– See more at: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2013/12/18/israel_first_strike_preemption_iran_nuclear_weapons#sthash.rZO9oJsr.dpuf
Which shows us the morons and incompetents running the US foreign policy establishment.
Its taken less than a month for Obama and Kerry’s much lauded “achievement” to evaporate like castles in the air and Iran screwed them.
And seriously – these are the kind of people Israel should turn to for advice on how to manage its security? They can’t even deal with Iran!