Comments from Guardian Council secretary Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati yesterday show a surprising level of optimism in Iran about the prospect of reaching a deal with the P5+1 over Iran’s civilian nuclear program.
Terming the Istanbul talks of last weekend “success and progress,” Jannati said that the P5+1 seem ready to accept enrichment of uranium for civilian purposes as “Iran’s right.”
Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi seemed similarly optimistic, saying that Iran was “ready to resolve all issues very quickly and simply.” The officials all seemed to express great hope for finalizing a deal at the May 23 Baghdad meeting.
Jannati warned Western nations against trying to impose yet more sanctions in the middle of the talks, saying that they could derail the entire effort. US officials have been pushing for more sanctions before the talks.
This is for the most part a mind game at this point. 'Iran' has 'played' its hand as well as they probably can; be that as it may, the ultimate outcome of all of this will most likely not benefit anyone in the end. That being said: if your hand is forced, there's only one "play". "Inspections" will not satisfy Israel…thinking "inspections" will satisfy Israel is complete fantasy. The "International Community's" (IC''s) opinion' on all of this ultimately means nothing (zero) in the end.
Seeing as though Israel's position is completely unreasonable, the "International Community" (IC) will most likely come down on Iran's side in one form or another: however, as said before, the "IC's" 'opinion' means absolutely nothing (zero) in the end. How did the "IC" come down on recognizing Palestine as a "State"? What did this ultimately mean in reality??? Nothing (zero)…
There are no "talks"… Thinking so is complete fantasy….
Except that an agreement coming out of these talks would enable Obama to back out of the US commitment to "allow" Israel to attack Iran after the election. It also gives Netanyahu a face-saving way out, should he want one. Remember, most of the Israeli military and intelligence leaders are against attacking Iran.
A better agreement with Iran could have been reached in 2003 or 2004, but the US chose to ignore it and try to prevent Iran from enriching uranium, which is its right under the NPT.
A consensus by the IC, though, means that if Israel acts, it acts alone. This gives cover to the US since they were involved in the talks, should the US choose to accept it. Otherwise, you're right, but we're in no worse a situation than we were before the negotiations. I still don't understand what they were negotiating over in the first place, since Iran was entirely within its rights to enrich uranium to 20%. Hmmm. Maybe we can get the Israelis to provide the 20% enriched fuel for the Iranian medical isotopes reactor…
Just like two years ago the US is trying to give the Iranians a deal they can't accept. An offer they can't accept. The US can deal with Iran if they want. They don't. They have to first take orders from the Zionists, then proceed.
There really is nothing to negotiate. They need to negotiate Iran western relations. Not this nonsense of an ordinary energy program. They should be trying to install an embassy in tehran, trying to set up trade, remove all sanctions, invest in technologies etc. etc.
What will happen in actuality is the question. Probably a false flag right before they make a deal.
Iran is going to make bibi look foolish. It's like he won't take yes for an answer.
Iran should refuse any more negotiations until Israel meets the precondition that it signs on to and is verified as abiding by each and everyone of the nuclear protocols Tehran has already signed on to and/or is being pressured to presently.
Sorry, Washington- you're backing the wrong team on this one.