There is one week left until President Trump’s May 12 ultimatum threatening to withdraw from the P5+1 nuclear deal. The three European powers, Britain, France, and Germany, are scrambling to put together one last proposal to try to placate Trump and avoid this.
Officials familiar with this effort say they don’t have a lot of hope they can offer anything to convince Trump. This has many diplomats working on planning for the day after the US blows up the deal, and trying to limit the damage.
The P5+1 deal limits Iran’s civilian program, and requires giving IAEA inspectors a level of access unprecedented in any other safeguards agreement. In collapsing the deal, the US would effectively end these restrictions.
While some officials say Trump and the European nations are closer to a deal, one demand seems insurmountable. President Trump is demanding the civilian limitations become permanent, something the Europeans cannot offer in a side deal, and which neither Iran nor the other parties are interested in trying to negotiate.
The U.S wants out of the deal in order to give the heelies and the Saudis the green light to start Operation Persian Kitty.
Weakness is shown so easily. DO NOT GIVE IN to Trump and Netanyahu’s ridiculous lies. Giving in means they want more, and they already have too much power of destruction. The JCPOA is an international deal working well.
I agree 100%, Rosemerry, the Europeans mustn’t give in to Trump and Netanyahu’s ridiculous lies. In spite of the two lunatics’ whining, the JCPOA’s an international deal that’s been working well and continues to do so. Therefore, the Europeans must hang on to keeping the JCPOA in place, since giving in means Trump and Netanyahu want more, and they already have too much destructive power.
In addition, the vast majority of the American people support the JCPOA, which proves that they’ve awakened to the real danger of a 3rd World War that would certainly ensue, should these two launch air attacks on the Islamic Republic.
The U.S. will not be satisfied until it can bring Iran back under its control and have total hegemony in the mid east(though now that Russia has a foot firmly planted in Syria thats unlikely)this is mainly what it is about first and foremost. And Iran’s defiance complicates everything. The Iranian’s of course are playing right into America’s hands by supporting groups America deems radical and also because they too want there own brand of hegemony in a shiate cause. And of course we must not forget dear Israel. So therefore a pox on them all.
Trump thinks that by making a stink he can cause enough chaos that he will get some advantage in the negotiations. This worked with N Korea because China moved away from supporting Korea and towards the UN position on sanctions. Iran is different; the Trump nonsense is firming up support for Iran with China and Russia. With Iraq, Syria and Lebanon all firmly in Iran’s camp and Turkey not aligned with the USA/Israel this amateurish strategy will not work.