According to a report from Politico, the Biden administration is preparing to offer a new proposal to Iran on a way to possibly revive the nuclear deal, known as the JCPOA.
Citing people “familiar with the matter,” the report said the proposal could be put forward as early as this week. One source said the proposal asks Iran to halt some nuclear activity, such as new advanced centrifuges and the enrichment of uranium at 20 percent, in exchange for some relief from US sanctions, although details are still being worked out.
It’s not clear from the report how much sanctions relief the US would offer. Iran is under an enormous amount of US sanctions. Some are devastating to the country’s economy, and others are more symbolic. So the Biden administration has a lot of options of sanctions it could lift that would not really give Tehran any relief.
Up until this point, the Biden administration has been demanding that Iran return to the limits set by the JCPOA before any sanctions are lifted. In recent weeks, the US has said it is willing to talk with Iran and is trying to portray Tehran as the obstacle to a JCPOA revival, and Western media outlets are happy to go along with this narrative. The reality is, the US can restore the agreement at any time by lifting sanctions.
One reason the US could be trying to get this proposal in soon is the upcoming presidential election in Iran. Iranian officials have said during the transition period, Tehran will not be able to make any significant policy changes, so restoring the JCPOA would be more difficult at this time. But the Politico report said that while Biden officials are aware of the upcoming election, it is not a factor for their approach with Iran.
As for Biden himself, sources told Politico that the president “appears in no rush to restore the original deal.” That seems to be the case since his administration has not made a sincere effort to revive the deal and is a sign that any future offer from the US will likely not be enough to bring Iran to the table.
Iran and China have just signed the Sino-Iranian Comprehensive Strategic Partnership. It has also formed a better relationship with Russia. Iran withstood Us Maximum pressure and is unlikely to return to the JCPOA unless sanctions are fully lifted. It seems the US is rapidly losing leverage and therefore its position of being able to enforce its will on others is in decline. It will be interesting to see if the JCPOA will ever be revived. I am not optimistic. The world has moved on. As Khamenei said in 2015 Iran was weak.
The only acceptable solution is “all or nothing”! If the US wants to rejoin the JCPOA, which it left and is in total violation of, it must remove ALL sanctions against Iran first, without preconditions. When that has been verified, the US can rejoin, and Iran can return to full compliance – but with the original agreement, not some new version conjured up by the tricksters in Washington. Meanwhile, Iran should assume that the US is not sincere, and move on with securing economic and military security with other nations, to thwart US economic or other warfare against it.
China returns to JCPOA — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cJJTitX3WU
And here I thought Iran had proposed something similar weeks ago that got a big “no” for an answer.
The “proposal” was set in 1968 when Iran signed the NPT, then ratified the document in 1970.
As for the JCPOA, Iran does not have to return to that thing, unless, we lift all sanctions, tell Israel to stop attacking Iranian tankers, and shut down its grand idea to attack Iran.
“It is the mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to erase Israel from the map of the region” — Grand Ayatola Khamenei, Jan 2001. Thousands of Iranian chant “Death to Israel!” “Death to Israel!” is printed on Iranian missiles. Soleimani boasted of helping Hezbollah in the 2006 war against Israel. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei offered to help anyone willing to attack Israel. That’s war mongering!
Israel wants good relations with Iran. Israel wants to buy Iranian oil & Israel wants to sell Israeli goods to Iran.
Bye Bye.
Nice dramatizations…!
Well, you can’t say you weren’t warned to multiple times to stop the copy/paste/flood BS. Goodbye.
US is Wasting its Time…!
No rush? China-Iran deal is pushing this “no rush” proposal. It will do nothing — I will be surprised if it does. Biden checks all boxes — proposal (sounds wholesome), is coming. counter China’s influence. Then he checks off the important ones — no serious lifting of sanctions, no rejoining JCPOA, Iranian election season will prevent any serious discussion.
There is really no good reason for Iran to re-enter negotiations— presently is adhering to agreement, including additional enrichment that was provided for in the Agreement should other patties violate it. Iran is preserving the deal by sticking to the penalties for other party breaking it. Only if US removes all sanctions, and Iran returns to status quo ante — can deal be restored. To even talk of further negotiations is meaningless at present, as one cannot negotiate in a vacuum.
As it appears that the only thing US is interested in — is perpetual uncertainty.
Iran, in the other hand wants an agreed upon reality. And at present there is an agreed upon reality: US violated the Agreement. And instead of returning to the Agreement, removing sanctions as called for in the Agreement, and Iran dropping its rights under Agreement violation — US wants to depart from the Agreement in the name of returning to it.
Iran is in firm legal grounds, and will work with this reality.
I think we sometimes, out of good intentions, and appealing to the better nature of the political classes designing the policy — emphasize the damage done to Iran. Such as brain drain, economic hardships.
These are certainly the INTENDED effects to force Iran to stop resisting our diktat.
In reality, Iranian society is changing. The leftovers of Shah rule are wealthy merchants, people with power in those days, such as governmental and technocratic positions, bankers, businesses that catered to those. Many of those are yearning for the return of times with good relations with the West. Their offspring tends to go to universities in Europe or US. And mostly do not return.
But this is not necessarily brain drain. These are self-selected groups not reconciled with the loss of status or wealth. Iran is probably cranking out more engineers than they did in the era of Shah. More medical professionals and more IT. Today, women work in all kinds of positions, including police and army. Women are flying in their Air Force. None of this available in presumably progressive pro-Western Shah.
The import of necessities and luxuries has long ago shifted to Russian and Asian markets. Iranian export to Russia and Asia is growing. We measure economies in dollars, which is not always the best way to gauge reality.
Iran has to fight against the blockade, as such irrational policies can turn into a military conflict. But I do not believe that Iran is genuinely in economic distress. For example, any amount of crude oil they cannot sell or refine themselves is sold to Russia. From there, it is sold to Asian markets, or back to Iran as refined products. Selling to Venezuela is testing the “international community” and its tolerance of high seas piracy by a power that prides itself on “rules based” order.
What is happening with and around Iran is shaping the future of Eurasian integration. Economic, political and security. Eurasian (China, Russia) grooming of both Turkey and Pakistan are good examples.
This proposal is already rejected by Iran before its presentation…!
Report: Iran tells US to go scratch
Iran has signaled that it will not scale down its nuclear program until Washington removes its unilateral sanctions, in an apparent rebuke of a new proposal reportedly being prepared by the Biden administration.
Clearly it’s the 3B’s “aren’t in any hurry.”
They are, as always, in bad faith. Israel will not settle for anything short of regime change and full submission to Israeli regional hegemony.
https://www.indianpunchline.com/the-china-iran-pact-is-a-game-changer-part-i/
If the meeting between China Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Saudi Arabia’s Mohammad Bin Salman involved discussions over Yemen, it’s not clear here.
Yemen apparently wasn’t broached in talks with Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif.
I can understand the Chinese position in seeking and practicing neutrality wherever they conduct diplomacy and international business.
It’s possible Mr. Wang might suggest a meeting of China, Iran, and Saudi Arabia foreign ministers re common ground between the latter two sovereigns.
The China-Israel relationship will take on renewed interest. The Palestinian issue is near and dear to many, including Iran. Washington won’t tongue-lash Tel Aviv.
https://sputniknews.com/world/202103301082490350-blinken-accuses-china-of-trying-to-undermine-us-dominated-world-order/
After reading the article’s title, one need not ask about the UN or international rule of law.