Since the US withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018, Tehran has been working to preserve the agreement, known as the JCPOA. Since coming into office, President Biden has failed to make a sincere effort to revive the JCPOA and has refused to rejoin the deal by lifting sanctions.
Despite the reality of the situation, the US continues to blame Iran. “Our patience is not unlimited,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said on Wednesday when asked if the US’s willingness to talk with Iran had an expiration date.
Until last week, the Biden administration was demanding that Iran scale back its nuclear activity to the limits agreed to when the JCPOA was negotiated before the US lifts sanctions. While the US is now saying it is ready to talk with Iran, Biden administration officials are calling for a stricter agreement than the JCPOA, a demand that Iran will reject.
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani is doing everything he can to preserve the chance to revive the JCPOA. Rouhani’s government reached an agreement with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to soften the blow of Iran ending its voluntary compliance with the Additional Protocol, which allows the IAEA to conduct snap inspections.
Rouhani is facing intense domestic pressure for the IAEA deal, and comments like Price’s will not help the situation. Despite the bad faith from the Biden administration, Iranian officials continue to be patient with the US and insist that they will return to limits set by the JCPOA when the US rejoins the deal and lifts sanctions.
Well, Iran’s patience is limited and it has run out so the Deal is a Dead Letter.
WTF…..!!!!! Why is the ” world” so opposed to Iran having deterrence against rogue nuclear bomb State Iran..??? Yes, Middle East nuclear stares DO cause a nuclear arms race. But it’s Israel, not Iran causing the nuclear arms race.
BB/Biden has been handed his ass by Rouhani, in full view of the entire planet; so now they’re mad. It’s a classic, the stupid noisy brute helplessly defied and bated by a quite old man. Not only will Caraccas and its fellow mutineers take heart, but China and Russia can cast aside whatever remnant of hesitancy remained against pursuit of their maximum programme. The geo-political future could hardly be in sharper focus.
Like Zarif vs. Blinken.
Ah, patience, one of the great virtues.
The nation that broke the deal and refuses to join it again continues to complain (impatiently) that other parties are not fully living up to it! You simply cannot make this up!
Sure Ned, if a bully is punching you in the face and kicking you in the nuts for forty years, it is he, and not you Ned, who would be the one whose patience is wearing thin.
Your references are unclear, please clarify for us simple folk.
You really must be simple if you didn’t get the gist of my comment.
I was not in any way being sarcastic. If you have a need to express hostility, seek therapy.
Seriously? You didn’t understand my comment? Then I guess I was right about you being simple.
Explain your lack of Middle Eastern history.
Perfect play for Iran: continue to honor the JCPOA as long as the US is NOT allowed to rejoin it. Heads in Washington would be exploding.
Iran has surrendered everything the US demanded without any gain whatsoever. As long as Iran religiously keeps to the JCPOA, the US can continue to insist that it wants this that and the other too without doing anything in return.
Isn’t that what they normally do ?
But — like all good conjuring tricks, watch what is going on elsewhere. Iran has been restructuring its economy, reorienting itself to Eurasian future. The more status quo lasts, the better. They have given up WHAT THEY DO NOT NEED. They do not need nuclear weapons,. They have nuclear power plant, and production of medical isotopes.
They are in the process of joining Russia led Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), which is a massive trade and tariff infrastructure, allowing for borderless movement of goods from China to Europe. This infrastructure is used by China in Road and Belt development projects. China and Iran are in the process of inking a 50 year deal. The massive geopolitical victory in ending Armenia-Azerbaijan frozen conflict is bringing forward transit links that will connect Turkey, Iran, Russia and Azerbaijan more directly, and allow Armenia to integrate its economy without the baggage of regional animosity. Pakistan is rapidly developing infrastructure. For those that were not paying attention — Pakistan-Iran-Turkey — is the belt that addresses Brzezinski’s famous Arc of Instability. The ambition to get Central Asia destabilized —is resulting in an outer arc of stronger stares.
Much has been happening in and around Iran, while the tug-of-war over nukes continues.
Israel gets it, and is therefore urging US to act.
But let us not forget — false flags all fell flat. Attacks on UAE tankers, UAE refused to blame Iran. Attack on Saudi oil facilities did not result in war drums against Iran. So, unless Israel can concoct a danger to itself, and rope US into war — nothing else worked.
The dilemma is — Iran is no longer alone. Attacking Iran would mean attacking Caspian, and therefore it will be defended by Russia and China, as well as neighbors, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Turkey and Pakistan.
Nervousness is palpable. Europe is urged to provoke Russia in order to create another front for Russia and diminish its capabilities in Asia. That is, make it less able to defend Iran and collaborate with China.
But threatening is one thing — risking one’s own prestige in the case of failure, is another.
The nerdy Ned ranted again…!
Another “the gun is cocked” type of statement with that standard, bs”our patience is unlimited”. We broke the deal, not them.
In today’s State press briefing, Price was asked about US limits of patience, . . .”What are the limits under which the U.S. Government would consider putting more pressure on Iran” . . .and Price was not right, or even clear.
MR PRICE: Well, to be clear, Tehran is under significant pressure, sanctions pressure from the United States and well beyond that. I made the point yesterday, the point you refer to, precisely because for us this is an urgent challenge. . . .blah blah. . . nuclear weapon . . .here