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Iranian Defector: 'U.S. Negotiating Team Mainly There to Speak on Iran's Behalf'
2015-03-29
[WEEKLYSTANDARD] An Iranian journalist writing about the nuclear negotiations between the United States and Iran has defected. In an interview Amir Hossein Motaghi, has some harsh words for his native Iran. He also has a damning indictment of America's role in the nuclear negotiations.

"The U.S. negotiating team are mainly there to speak on Iran's behalf with other members of the 5+1 countries and convince them of a deal," Motaghi told a TV station after just defecting from the Iranian delegation while abroad for the nuclear talks. The P 5 + 1 is made up of United States, United Kingdom, Russia, China, La Belle France, plus Germany.
Posted by:Fred

#15  OWG Co-Superpower siblings Amerika + Iran being loyal to one another.

Plus SSSSSHHHH ... CCCCCCCC ditto Russia + China, etc.

But youse didn't hear it from them.

D *** NG IT, DATS AL BUNDY'S STORY + HE'S STICKING TO IT!
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-03-29 23:02  

#14  It stinks like gutter compost after the first thaw.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2015-03-29 19:24  

#13  ValJar should swing at the end of a traitor's rope for this kind of crap.
Posted by: OldSpook   2015-03-29 19:04  

#12  ..of course, when they royally screw up they ask those same people for fork over their sons and daughters (not theirs mind you) to spill their blood and guts to stabilize everything.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-03-29 17:28  

#11  State has been representing foreign interests for decades rather than that of the average non-connected non-Ivy League American. A large rogue unregistered foreign lobbyist concern. Why wouldn't they sell out knuckle dragging, gun clinging, bible thumping inbred flyovers?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-03-29 17:27  

#10  In fact they may *want* Israel to nuke them in order to force the 12th Iman (Madai?) from his hiding place in some well or something.

They're willing to sacrifice a few million to achieve that end.
Posted by: CrazyFool   2015-03-29 15:04  

#9  Why do you think they call them Mad Mullahs, Grins?
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2015-03-29 15:01  

#8  Also they would be insane to attack Israel which is the one country able to and prepared to destroy Iran.

Oft times religious fanaticism isn't "sane."

Read up on the mullahs. Start with Ayatollah Khomeini.
Posted by: Pappy   2015-03-29 15:01  

#7  By the way the Mullah's behavior seems to be based on their worries about the future. Iran's birth rate (1.7 children per woman) is not sufficient to sustain itself very long. They need something new for the country to survive.
Also they would be insane to attack Israel which is the one country able to and prepared to destroy Iran.
Their real threat, as everyone knows, is to its Arab neighbors, and to Europe. The latter are the ones who need to prevent a nuclear Iran, and the Arab neighbors know it.
Posted by: Grins Snese4215   2015-03-29 13:57  

#6  #2 - Logan Act! Traitor! Spewing facts!
Posted by: Frank G   2015-03-29 13:52  

#5  Israel might be forced to pull the West's chestnuts out of the Iranian's fire.

Obama is not Reagan.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-03-29 13:48  

#4  It is becoming more and more obvious that this is all Obama's "leading from behind strategy"
He is trying to goad Israel to attack Iran possibly using its nuclear arsenal.
What else could be meant by calling Netanyahu a coward, and distancing the US from Israel?
How better to do this than signing an unacceptable agreement?
Israel might be forced to pull the West's chestnuts out of the Iranian's fire. And the US would apparently be totally innocent!
Posted by: Grins Snese4215   2015-03-29 13:46  

#3  Best of all, it's an "unwritten" deal, so it means whatever Champ and the Iranians say about it today. Or tomorrow. Or yesterday.
Posted by: Steve White   2015-03-29 13:12  

#2  Deal or not, it's no deal without senatte confrmation, and is only good as long as Barky remains in office.
Posted by: badanov   2015-03-29 12:56  

#1  Most bidnessmen, be they American or Lebanese, are familiar with "Deal Fever", where you get so focused on the idea of making a deal that you become willing to overlook serious flaws in the deal you're making. (Underling: "The FDA just said that this company's product is lethally toxic to all carbon-based life forms. Are we sure we want to buy them?" Boss: "Point No. 1, no problem, we'll just dump it in the Martian market. Point No. 2, shuddup.") The kindest interpretation I can put on all this is that Champ and his underlings have a really bad case of Deal Fever. Possibly a terminal case.
Posted by: Matt   2015-03-29 12:23  

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