President Trump and other US officials are hyping Iran’s civilian nuclear program, accusing the nation of “nuclear extortion” for increasing their enrichment level from 3.67% to 4.5%.
The increased enrichment is above what is allowed by the P5+1 deal, but
far, far below the 90% needed to make weapons. Iran’s interest is to get
talks started to ensure they get sanctions relief that the deal also
promised, and which the US has blocked other nations from making good
on.
Iranian Ambassador Kazim Gharib Abadi dismissed the US claims, saying “we have nothing to hide,” and pointing out that every aspect of the Iranian nuclear program is being constantly monitored by the IAEA.
The US complaints about the Iranian program and the nuclear deal make
increasingly little difference to the deal itself, since the US withdrew
from the deal long ago, and doesn’t have anything to say about
enforcement in practical terms.
Bunch of morons running the country in Wash DC….
“The US complaints about the Iranian program and the nuclear deal make
increasingly little difference to the deal itself…”
Au contraire, mon frère. That is exactly backward. US complaints are the whole show, while the JCPOA is dead as a door nail.
The US complaints are what is getting play in the media while Iran’s complaints are being ignored. The EU is pushing for a convening of the Joint Commission to complain about Iran’s “non-compliance” with the deal while ignoring Iran’s actual formal complaint about the deal.
Meanwhile the neocons have moved on to constructing a de facto blockade of Iranian oil shipments on the high seas, with two Iranian oil shipments already seized in the Med and the Suez Canal.
So the US “complaints” – read, propaganda efforts – are the only thing that matters. The EU can and will do nothing to save the deal.
I predict Iran will withdraw from the deal formally by end of this year, if not sooner. There’s no point in their adhering to it when they’re getting zero benefit. They waited a whole year already after Trump withdrew. Why wait another year?
“The increased enrichment is above what is allowed by the P5+1 deal.” Wrong, wrong, wrong. Trump killed the deal. There is no deal. Got it?