After months of the US trying to get an EU dispute mechanism going on the Iran nuclear deal, Iran has actually triggered it themselves, according to EU diplomats.
Iran is saying that Germany, France, and Britain are not living up to their commitments under the deal. This is a series of major sanctions relief that those nations were obliged to give Iran, but which the US sanctions have prevented them from doing so.
The EU tried to come up with mechanisms for getting around the US, but so far have’nt succeeded. Iran says they want everyone to make a sincere effort on the matter before they decide where to go from here.
This has been a long time coming, as nations have made a lot of promises to Iran on a workaround, and so far have failed miserably. Iran has promised patience, but after years, time is running out.
This deal was effectively dead when US withdrew, Iran can get one good thing out of it & thats the arms embargo due to expire in October
Easy to say that the expiration will end, but notice that the sanctions were to end as part of the deal. Did the sanctions end??? If I remember correctly, they did not. The reason, as I remember was ‘Actors were afraid the U.S. would retaliate’ if countries & or companies did business with them. So why assume that the same will not come to pass on the arms embargo?? And just WHY is Iran always the bad country??? U.S. claims they are the No. 1 sponsor of terror, but what have they done that is considered terrorism, except to drive the occupiers out of Lebanon? make ISIS their target in Syria and it’s claimed they help Yemen fight against the Saudis who flew the plane’s into the WTC and kill our reporters.. What about shooting and killing children because they get too close to some line imposed on them by an illegal occupier, is that terrorism or just hunting…?????
When things cannot continue as they have been, they don’t.
There is absolutely no point in signing an agreement with the three European countries mentioned, if the US too is a party to it. They might like to pretend that they are independent, but in fact are vassals who are dragged to these events to make the numbers look good. In fact just like Japan they pay the US for “protection and occupation”. Iran realised it soon after the US withdrew from the agreement, hoping that it could still be a beneficiary WITHOUT being a party to the agreement. Pompeo has been pushing this point at the UN recently, but without success so far.
But the EU said they were staying in the deal, wasn’t that enough? They did participate in a full boycott of purchasing Iranian oil, cancel deals like airbus sales, and freeze Iranian assets because of fears of U.S. sanctions, if that isn’t going the extra mile for Iran then I don’t know what it.
How long can we expect Iran to just sit there while Israel and the US continually attack and assassinate them when ever they get the urge, sort of like a rape victim who just has to take it or be exterminated.
The only time EU politicians condemn US for the illegal, inhuman and unilateral sanctions against Iran is (1) When they resign from their posts…and (2) when they get fired from their jobs…! Both occasions are just for show since their authorities are no longer valid…! They are bunch of steamless cowards and they know it…!