Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, replaying to the latest round of US sanctions and threats, insisted his country remains committed to the P5+1 nuclear deal for the time being, despite repeated US violations. He warned this could change, however.
Iran has repeatedly sought redress for violations to mediators of the deal, but the US has continued to reimpose sanctions they removed under the deal, coming up with new pretexts, usually pretexts very light on details. Rouhani warned that if this continues, Iran might be forced to quit the nuclear deal.
Rouhani said US actions prove they can’t be trusted to deal fairly over the pact. Iran’s parliament, particularly the hardliners, are pressuring him to make some sort of reaction, and this is likely Rouhani’s attempt to warn the other five signatories that the deal could be at risk.
This is all likely according to plan for the US, as President Trump has ordered his cabinet to come up with some justification for declaring Iran in violation of the pact within the next several months, so he can use it as an excuse to withdraw from the deal. With Trump openly looking for an out, provoking Iran into quitting first would be his best-case scenario, allowing him to claim it wasn’t his fault.
Iran needs a few hundred nukes.
Iran would be foolish to give up the advantages of trade with the rest of the world because of US bad behavior. However, calling attention to that bad behavior is an advantage for Iran. It will bring in support from those who’d rather remain silent. So, Iran won’t abandon the deal, but they’d make it a live issue and milk it.
Persia was smart. While the treaty was being worked out, Persia was setting up CONTRACTS with major businesses in Europe and US, selling oil and buying airplanes and other stuff. They knew American treaties are written with disappearing ink, so they made REAL treaties to keep the business connections running after America pulled its usual stunt.
I knew this was going to happen. It didn’t matter whether Clinton or Trump was elected, the war with Iran is an absolute GIVEN. Neither Israel nor the US military-industrial complex can afford to NOT have an Iran war. Israel wants Iran destroyed and the military-industrial complex want a decades-long war to continue the windfall profits they’ve been making since 9/11.
This is the only reason Obama even made the deal – to make it possible for one or both sides to withdraw in the next administration and thus set the stage for an Iran war – as well as giving him at least some foreign policy credit (after ruining four countries – Libya, Ukraine, Syria and Yemen.)