US Envoy Robert Malley warns that the administration is prepared to exert pressure on Iran if they use the resume Vienna nuclear talks as a pretext for accelerating their nuclear program. He warned “it simply won’t work.”
This reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of Iran’s past actions, or at the very least an attempt to totally revise the history of the peace process. Iran’s parliament has ordered some nuclear moves in the context of nuclear talks.
Far from doing it to accelerate the program or using talks as a pretext, those moves have uniformly been ordered when the US started to pull away from the talks, or conversely when Iran’s civilian program was sabotaged by Israel and the US refused to criticize the intervention.
Iran’s stated position and actions reflect a position of being interested in making a negotiated deal that they can count on being honored, no small matter after the long slog to the initial deal led almost immediately to the US withdrawing from it.
Iran has since sought assurances that if the US agreed to return to the deal this time they won’t immediately, unilaterally withdraw again. It’s been tough to get any assurances, with the US open to return to the deal but wanting to seem “tough” on Iran by constantly threatening to withdraw.
Israel has hundreds of nuclear weapons. As of now Iran has none. Disarm both of them. It would be a better world.
You mean a better ME…! A better world requires disarming the US and Russian nukes…!
I’m for that!!!
Wonder why either party go in for the farce called”Talks”. why Iran does not demand talking to Israel instead of its rottweiler which is otherwise known U S of A knowing fully well that rottweiler will bark or bite only as its matter commands
Countries that break deals don’t get to demand conditions for reinstating said deals. Shove it.
“If Iran thinks it can use this time to build more leverage and then come back and say they want something better it simply won’t work. We and our partners won’t go for it,” envoy Robert Malley told BBC Sounds.
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2021-11-27/pressure-likely-to-be-exerted-on-iran-if-it-uses-talks-to-boost-nuclear-programme-u-s-malley
BUT, Iran doesn’t want “something better”, Iran wants the US to honor the original deal. It’s the US/Israel that wants the “better” deal.
All options on table.
Attacks on UAE ships in Gulf.
Iran blamed.
UAE silent.
All options on table.
Saudi oil facilities damaged in drone attack.
Iran blamed.
Saudis silent.
All options on table.
Saudis talk to Iran.
Iran and China sign 50 year commercial deal.
Saudis open its borders to Iran trade in 2021.
All options on the table.
Meeting in Baghdad of all Gulf states plus Iran.
Saudis follow long list of ME countries and Central Asian countries (Turkey, Iran, Egypt, Pakistan, Afghanistan among others) to join China-Russia run SCO.
All options on the table.
Minus Saudis, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, Pakistan being platform for targeting Iran.
Minus Afghanistan US bases.
Minus any chance of getting Central Asian countries to host “over the horizon” Iran watch.
All options on table.
Iran promoted to permanent voting member of SCO in 2021.
Iraq requests and gets US commitment to withdraw troops.
All options on the table.
Israel hits Syria hoping to provoke anything.
US tries new tricks with Kurds hoping to provoke anything.
No reaction, nobody bit the bait.
Egypt and Qatar bringing heavy equipment, construction material to Gaza.
US, Israel, no options there either.
All options on the table.
The US is the only party seeking pretext to violate the Deal.