Speaking to reporters in New York, Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif
said he sees an opportunity for negotiation on a new nuclear deal in
which Iran would accept even more intrusive nuclear inspections, and the
US would lift sanctions in return.
“If Trump wants more for more, we can ratify the Additional Protocol and he can lift the sanctions he set,” Zarif said. US officials more or less immediately dismissed this idea.
On the one hand, the offer isn’t a huge new concession from Iran, which
has been voluntarily complying with the Additional Protocol all along,
and has offered to sign it in the past for the US complying with their
side of the P5+1 deal.
In effect this is the same thing, and would bring the US back into the
deal, with Iran doing something they’re willing to do if the US actually
complies with the deal this time. Unsurprisingly, a Trump
Administration that opposed the deal just on general terms doesn’t see
much benefit to this.
Officials also objected to the idea that the deal would allow Iran to
continue civilian enrichment of uranium, saying that they might
eventually get a nuclear weapon, and that the offer also did not address
the many other US problems with Iran.
Make ‘em snivel and crawl, Sheldon – I mean Bolton.
Passing up on the chance to send US spies into Iran’s most sensitive military sites? It was nice of Iran to offer.
My oh my. The unshakable Iranians begin to offer concessions to the CRAZY Trump administration…
Did John Bolton hijack your account?
No. But John Bolton is real. He exists and spreads his evil schemes. The peanut gallery here believes in some strong righteous country that is going to stand up and defeat this evil. That country does NOT exist. It’s nothing more than a childish fantasy.
I asked the question because you almost sound giddy that the Iranians might give in and somehow our tactics were right. No one has any illusions that any single country can go at it alone against the great evil we have become. Especially a country like Iran which is a mere pimple on the ass that is the world. Maybe people were hoping the rest of the world would wake up and stand up to that evil and realize Iran is not in the wrong here.
Eh, non interventionist trumpers had their hopes up, like the obamaites. They are waking up to the fact not a single troop has come back from anywhere, 3 years in, and escalation everywhere. Talk about childish fantasy….not to worry, election year, prepare for the promises you want to hear, again.
Its a big mistake to give an open hand to a bully who demands total surrender or complete destruction.
An open hand to a bully only emboldens for endless demands.
I had thought the Additional Protocol had been a requirement of the JCPOA. I knew Iran had been following it all along, but wasn’t aware that they hadn’t ratified it internally as part of the JCPOA.
Not that it matters, Trump doesn’t care. The goal is war and that’s what’s going to happen.