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Biden's Iran envoy says Trump's maximum pressure campaign was a failure
2021-03-19
That’s certainly one perspective...
[MIDDLEEASTEYE.NET] The US envoy for Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
has reaffirmed the intention of President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. You're a lyin' dog-faced pony soldier...
's administration to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, and slammed former President Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
's maximum pressure campaign of sanctions against Tehran, calling it a "failure".

Speaking to BBC Persian on Wednesday, Rob Malley called on Iran to engage in dialogue with the US and take steps to restart the nuclear accord known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).

With a return to the agreement stalling, as each side argues the other should return to full compliance first, Malley said talks were needed to map out the reimplementation of the deal.

"We can play games about who goes first. I think anyone who's dealt with this knows that neither side is going to go first entirely," Malley said.

"There's going to have to be some agreement on choreographing, on synchronising. We're open to discussing that, but it's going to have to be discussed. It's not going to happen simply unilaterally by one side taking all the steps and waiting."

'THING OF THE PAST'
The JCPOA, signed in 2015, saw Iran scale back its nuclear programme in exchange for lifting sanctions against its economy.

In 2018, Trump nixed the agreement and began piling sanctions onto a variety of Iranian industries, businesses and individuals.

In response, Iran has been downgrading its commitments to the deal and enriching uranium beyond agreed limits, shortening the time it would need to amass fissile material were it to build a nuclear weapon.

Posted by:Fred

#3  ^— was me. Setting cookie now...
Posted by: CrazyFool   2021-03-19 00:45  

#2  Another principal, John F’king Kerry advised Iran to hold fast. That “Help was on the way!”
Posted by: Maggie Cliling9928   2021-03-19 00:44  

#1  the current envoy, Rob Malley, was a principle in developing the 2015 agreement

what role he had in the secret payments to Iran or the undisclosed side arrangements is unknown to this day
Posted by: Lord Garth   2021-03-19 00:15  

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