President Trump praised Iran for the release of US Navy veteran Michael White, saying it was a positive sign and showed that a deal with Iran “is possible.” Iranian officials similarly said deals are there to be made, and that the US doesn’t need to cherry-pick so much.
White was released after two Iranians held by the US were allowed to return to Iran. Iranian FM Javad Zarif urged the US to allow Iranians held by the US to be allowed to return home.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo dismissed this, demanding that the Iranians immediately release three other US citizens who are reportedly being detained in Iran. With both sides agreeing a deal is possible, it’s just a matter of working out who is to be traded for whom.
White has returned to the US. The eagerness to get him back in America is that he’s come down with coronavirus, though officials involved in his release say before being hospitalized for that he was staying in a hotel in Tehran pending a deal.
Trump could start by returning to the JCPOA and end the illegal sanctions on Iran.
His stupid decisions and actions have caused the crisis, conflicts, tensions and suffering.
And the boss of a decaying, debt-ridden power also is picking unnecessary confrontation with China. This will only hasten the decline of an already morally bankrupt nation.
Agree, Empire`s in decline tend to choose leaders who hasten the empire`s downfall.
Trump did not promise to make the American empire great
He promised to MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN: MAGA, not, MAKE AMERICA GREAT: MAG! Similar, but not the same……!!!!!!!!!!
America is a empire ……and Trump promised to make America great again, MAGA = MEGA
Yes I can’t tell for sure if America is ready to forget about the empire . In my opinion Russia is now a lot greater country than the soviet Union ever was . A lot stronger and a more unified country too . I believe the United States would be a lot stronger and wealthier country too if we could forget about the empire and the NWO . The JCPOA was a deal that Iran would be allowed to have nuclear bombs .. The hope was Iran would have changed enough to be a reasonable nuclear power that the rest of the world could live with . Trump and Israel did not think Iran would change that fast .
“In my fevered imagination, the JCPOA was a deal that Iran would be allowed to have nuclear bombs.”
Fixed, no charge.
“The JCPOA was a deal that Iran would be allowed to have nuclear bombs.”
How so?
Will these figures Mark Dubowitz,Eric Edelman, Reuel Marc Gerecht and Ray Takeyh ,Michael Rubin or Engel or Sherman or Dennis Ross allow the reaching out ?
“saying it was a positive sign and showed that a deal with Iran “is possible.”
Right. And it was the NPT on steroids called the JCPOA.
Iran does not need a deal with US…! If US wants a deal, then it should go back to JCPOA and remove all the sanctions…! US can then stay in Persian Gulf, otherwise they will be kicked out…!
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says it is up to US President Donald Trump to decide when to redress his mistake of leaving the 2015 nuclear deal signed between the Islamic Republic and major world powers.
I couldn’t agree more, Jim, and Iranian FM Mohammad Javad Zarif’s 100% correct. It’s up to POTUS DJT to decide when to redress his mistake of leaving the 2015 nuclear deal signed by the Islamic Republic and major world powers. This also means abolishing all sanctions against it.
Exactly Eileen.
O.K. I will agree if you can get Saud Arabia and Israel to agree to going back to JCPOA . Than we can have a deal . They are the two countries most likely to suffer if Iran doesn’t change fast enough .
Saudi Arabia and Israel are not signatories to the JCPOA
How about Israel can have a say about whether the JCPOA exists if they agree to those same very intrusive inspections being allowed in their own little apartheid paradise?
Wow! Trump said a deal “is possible!” Alert the presses!
We already had a deal in place, which Trump unilaterally abrogated. But it was Obama’s deal, and therefore, “the worst deal in history” according to Trump.
Meanwhile, insignia-less “law enforcement” appears on American streets under the auspices of the DOJ, and Trump threatens to send in the military if he believes governors and mayors aren’t being tough enough on protestors for his autocratic liking, overriding state government with federal authority. Never mind that over 100,000 Americans are dead due to COVID-19, and Trump honestly doesn’t care. It’s all a joke, and a reality show, to this guy.
What happened to “states’ rights?” Will the libertarians allow Trump to override state government and the Constitution and deploy federal troops inside the USA to murder citizens?
I believe if Iran junked their centrifuges and stopped working on anything nuclear . the Trump administration would drop all sanctions . But JCPOA is willing to play hide and seek games with Iran . all of you have fevered imagination if you believe Iran won’t make a bomb like they say they are not thinking about making .