Addressing the ongoing P5+1 nuclear talks, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani today ruled out accepting any terms on the limitation of nuclear development that was beyond existing IAEA rules, saying he didn’t want to set a precedent for the P5+1 to limit other developing nations.
The primary objection in this regard was on the development of Explosive Bridge Wire detonators, which could be used in the creation of atomic weapons, but also have several civilian applications. Iran has provided evidence that their tests of the detonators post 2007 were related to the nation’s oil and gas industry.
It’s a common enough use, but Western members of the P5+1 are trying to limit Iran’s use of such devices under any circumstances. Given the importance of modernizing Iran’s oil industry, it’s to be expected they don’t want that to stand.
Rouhani also warned the IAEA against trying to expand inspections to include the nation’s conventional missile arsenal, noting that is totally outside of the purview of the atomic energy agency.
An important part of the US team does not want a deal. It wants war. It is yet to be seen if that is the dominant part. That is really the only issue here.
I don't see how you could deal with the USg apart from Crippling Sanctions. As it stands, dual-use technology in the US is at it's highest level ever. Automobiles and freeways, cattle raising, shelter technologies (such as wood), polyester, … all these make for a very troubling capacity to harbor millions of terrorists. If you don't act now, it's going to be even harder to take their rocks away when it finally comes to that.
Talks are officially about Iran's nuclear program, thus it should stick to the country's responsibilities under NPT Treaty. They should not include anything other. No checking on Rouhani's hair color, Iran's pistachio production or anything else. The West should move with concerns to little bad country in Palestine, who has nuclear weapons and is not signatory of NPT. Especially USA should be concerned about those WMD, since they are partly build from plutonium stolen from US nuclear program.
I bet the Iranians are just as tired of the double standard with his issue in regards to Israel as everyone else is.
"You want us to do what? Yet the Zionists occupying Palestine doesn't have to? And why is that? Why are they the exception to every rule?"
Go flout yourself with these petty sanctions."
I'm pretty sure that at this point I trust Iran's leaders more than I do our own. They're the ones who have approached this entire nuclear issue rationally and methodically- unlike the US and Israel, who have both been like little barking dogs on a chain.