Speaking today in Norway, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned that Iran had to offer all of the concessions that the US sought before the June 17 Moscow talks, and that nothing short of this would be acceptable.
“Our negotiations with Iran have never been about intentions or sincerity,” Clinton admitted, adding that the US would decide before the Moscow talks begin whether or not Iran’s concessions are sufficient to placate them.
Exactly what the US demands are at any given moment aren’t all that clear, as officials will hint at deals and then insist that they are “obviously” not going to accept anything short of full abandonment of their civilian program.
Clinton’s new position is being presented as a “deadline” for Iran, but she wasn’t clear if the US intended to attack Iran ahead of the Moscow talks or simply to continue stonewalling any P5+1 agreements to spite Iran for not knuckling under sooner.
The demands are a lot more than the Nuclear matters, they include the freeing of Prisoners that Iran considers Terrorists, amongst others.
It should be noted that the UNITED STATES has its own Political Prisoners, Prisoners that the American Courts have told the Government that it should let go! They are still in Prison.
In relation to the Nuclear Matters the US has stated PUBLICALLY that Iran is not Building a weapon they are not intending to build a weapon, and they havent the capability at present to build a weapon. Iran is in total compliance with IAEA rules and Regulations, BTW the United States is not.
Other countries have also stated that Iran is not building a bomb, Israel included, so this isnt about Bombs its about regime change!
That changes everything! Or it should!
If Bush, Obama or in fact many US politicians did what they did/ordo and werent American then we would see their names up for Regime change or even War Crimes Tribunal material!
Its dead end road. Even if Iran accepts US conditions, another unreasonable will serfice and on and on, untill regime colaps…That is what they want.. Iran must stay in its course, Iran must find the way to get full protection from powers like China, Russia and India for whatever cost and stay on constant allert. Its horrrible, but these are the days, when two biggest violators of Internacional Law – US and Israel – play "russian rullete with fragile peace on this planet. Internacional Zionism / colonization and theft of resourses/ is very much alive and only way for these "Truth Axis of Evil" in the World . Palestine is sample of such a monterous crimes against humanity…..Iran unfortunaly and its brave, inteligent population have to stay united and face daily US/Israel terrorism…. More and more people change the position about this sitution worldvide and Iran becomes more popular daily, while Israel is dying….I keep fingers crossed for Iranian people.
PS. Pictures of slotered childern during Israels massacre upon Gaza 08/09 remains me constantly who really is "terrorist sponsored regime" peter czech
Its dead end road. Even if Iran accepts US conditions, another unreasonable will serfice and on and on, untill regime colaps…That is what they want.. Iran must stay in its course, Iran must find the way to get full protection from powers like China, Russia and India for whatever cost and stay on constant allert. Its horrrible, but these are the days, when two biggest violators of Internacional Law – US and Israel – play "russian rullete with fragile peace on this planet. Internacional Zionism / colonization and theft of resourses/ is very much alive and only way for these "Truth Axis of Evil" in the World . Palestine is sample of such a monterous crimes against humanity…..Iran unfortunaly and its brave, inteligent population have to stay united and face daily US/Israel terrorism…. More and more people change the position about this sitution worldvide and Iran becomes more popular daily, while Israel is dying….I keep fingers crossed for Iranian people.
“Our negotiations with Iran have never been about intentions or sincerity,”
La Clintoon encapsulates the answer to a certain broader question of the moment: 'why do they hate us '…..
War criminals clinton and obomber have no end to their deadly hypocrisy; same as with mass murderers bush/cheney !
War criminal clinton gets more hypocritical every time she opens her war mongering mouth !
The US demands are all fake and phony. In fact the US having admitted to be a cyber-terrorist and cooperating with Al-Qaeda as well as partnering with the anti-democratic and reactionary Arab regimes is in no position to make any demand on any country whatsoever.
For any country asking Iran to stop uranium enrichment would be an illegal and absurd demand. On the other hand, any country could make demands that the US must not only stop making more destructive nuclear weapons but must also reduce is stockpile thereof. This is what the US as a signatory to NPT is legally obligated to do but is in breach.
Having said that, it is obvious that the international community would regard the US demands baseless, ridiculous, and uttered by clowns.
Hillary (flying leap) Clinton demands this, and she demands that. What a fluff bucket !
Something here is not right…. about "Hillary's Demands" Think of it….. Russia in the past has warned against any attack on Iran.
April 02 2012….. http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/russian-fm-lavro…
"Russia's foreign minister has strongly warned against a military attack on Iran, saying that a pre-emptive strike would violate international law.
Sergey Lavrov said Monday on a visit to Armenia that an attack on Iran would destabilize the region.
Israel and the U.S. have warned that all options remain open, including military action, to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons."
"An aggressive stance against Iran only threatens nuclear non-proliferation instead of supporting it, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
The Russian foreign minister said airstrikes against Iran “will only slow down the [Iranian] nuclear program but they will never cancel, close or abolish it.”
“As the CIA and U.S. officials admit, there is no proof that Iran’s leadership had made a political decision to produce nuclear weapons but I am almost convinced that such a decision is almost certain to be made after airstrikes on the country,” he said." http://en.rian.ru/russia/20120320/172290358.html
"We are against the US one-sided sanctions against Iran which are not with the frameworks of the UN decisions,” said Lavrov in a press conference."
The proposed U.S. sanctions "are not aimed at combating possible risks of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction but in fact their real aim is economic strangulation of Iran," he said at a briefing after talks with his Sri Lankan counterpart.
So the latest flap of the tongue by Secretary Clinton seems to amount to carping about the venue… where she is stuck onboard a ship she cannot steer except by such outbursts, demands….*& threats..
If you click on the link in the first paragraph of Jason's article… It links to an article in the Israeli publication Haaretz, and Jason"s article seems loosely based on that artuicle, which is the Israeli slant on Clinton's statement….. without the context of Russian outspoken opposition… to even stiffer sanctions….. much less an attack…
I'd attribute this article to diplomatic telephone….. People hear in it what they want to……….