Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif met today for “high-level talks” in New York City, aimed primarily at discussing their mutual wars on ISIS in Iraq and Syria. They also addressed ongoing P5+1 nuclear talks with Iran.
Kerry discussed the importance of “coalition building” for the ISIS war with Zarif, though he has repeatedly ruled out allowing Iran to participate in the coalition, because Iran doesn’t get along well with the Saudis and some other GCC member nations in the coalition.
Iranian officials familiar with the situation say that the primary focus of the talks was their willingness to cooperate in the war on ISIS, and their desire to see “more flexibility” out of the US on the nuclear talks.
The most recent US proposal on the nuclear settlement is meeting with surprising support from Iran. Under the plan, Iran would be allowed to keep its centrifuges but would give up the aluminum pipes that attach to them to make them operational.
Iran appears to believe that such a deal, which would allow them to quickly get the enrichment program up and running again if foreign supplies of uranium for their power plant dry up, is worth considering if it means an end to US-imposed economic sanctions.
We said it from day one, only the regional powers as the Syrian government, Iraqi government and Iranians are the ones that are able to eliminate ISIS on the ground, USG/French are welcome to help out without any economic or political preconditions. USG nor the Europeans are very well aware of the fact that they are unable to defeate ISIS by bombing alone, therefore, their best options is the regional governments, the sovereign and legitimate governments of Iraq, Iraq and Syria.
You fly Turkish airline, you pay for ISIS, you fly emirate air line, you pay for ISIS, you fly Etihad airline, you pay for ISIS, you buy Turkish product anywhere you pay for ISIS, you buy Israel products you pay to Israel apartheid regime to kill more of Palestinians.
would be allowed to keep its centrifuges but would give up the aluminum pipes that attach to them to make them operational.
Aluminum tubes!! Wasn't that one of the fictions that got us into Iraq? Kerry dares say 'aluminum' inum in this context?
This will not function as Saudis will never like.
“War makes strange bedfellows.”
The worst of enemies, yet at times the best of friends. For they both have a autocratic government that absolutely cannot tolerate freedom fighters who want something more out of life then a forced conformity to what they consider a fake morality.