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2021-06-06 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Prominent US Senators Propose Alternative to Iran Nuclear Deal
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Two prominent figures from the US Republican and Democratic parties have agreed on a strategy to contain Iran’s nuclear ambitions, beyond the 2015 nuclear deal.

The alternative plan was proposed by Democrat Bob Menendez, who represents New Jersey in the US Senate and serves as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Republican Lindsey Graham
...soft-spoken senator from South Carolina, former best buddy of John Maverick McCain. Since McCain's demise, Graham has become more outspoken, more Republican and more of a supporter of President Trump. The speech he gave in support of Brett Kavanaugh was downright manly and really cheesed off the Dems...
, who represents South Carolina.

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They both suggested a plan that ensures a broad and integrated bipartisan diplomatic approach aimed at containing Iran’s nuclear ambitions and limiting its destabilizing activities in the region.

"There is a common misperception that those of us who opposed the 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...
nuclear deal are simply opposed to diplomacy with Iran," they wrote in an article published in the Washington Post.

"Nothing could be further from the truth. In more than 25 years in Congress, we have consistently supported diplomacy backed by sanctions, with the objective of ending Iran’s dangerous nuclear plans and curbing its regional aggression."

They urged President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. We get to suffer the consequences...
to think beyond the mere restoration of the nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which the B.O. regime and its European partners, China and Russia, reached with Iran six years ago.

Menendez and Graham suggested a way to achieve a compromise that will find support among the countries of the region, meet Iran’s stated goal for peaceful nuclear power and avoid an arms race in the Middle East.

"We believe that countries that desire a peaceful, responsible nuclear power program to provide electricity and jobs to their people should be able to do so safely," they noted.

As a concrete step toward this end, they suggested building on a proposal made by various countries in the past that calls for "creating a regional nuclear fuel bank."

Moreover, they stressed that following the Trump administration’s unilateral withdrawal and Iran’s ensuing escalatory nuclear advancements, the deal itself is "all but broken."

In 2018, they warned that the world needed a diplomatic path to a solution, and that withdrawal without a diplomatic plan would lead to a more dangerous Iran.

"Indeed, Iran has raised the stakes, blocked the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors, subsequently enriched uranium up to 60 percent, installed new advanced centrifuges and increased its stockpile of enriched uranium."

The senators further accused Tehran of escalating tensions to build a stronger negotiating position.

They pointed to US intelligence reports, which indicated that Tehran and its allies "continue to plot terrorist attacks against US persons and interests," while conducting destabilizing online influence operations and building up the region’s largest arsenal of ballistic missiles.

They wondered why diplomatic efforts are limited to controlling Iran’s nuclear program, while they should be seeking an approach that meaningfully constrains this behavior and the leverage Iran continues to derive from it.

"Even during the short time in which all parties were implementing the JCPOA, Iran continued transferring increasingly sophisticated arms to Hezbollah (in Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers, a practice dating back to the heady human sacrifice days of Baal Moloch...
), bolstering the brutal Bashir al-Assad regime in Syria and exploiting Iran's Houthi sock puppets
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him...
grievances in Yemen
...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of...
, where it has established growing influence."

They underscored the importance of giving more sanctions relief if they are seeking more from Tehran.

The United States and the international community should capitalize on potential new regional diplomatic engagement and encourage broader negotiations to curb malign Iranian influence in the region, they suggested.

The senators finally called on the administration to work to ensure justice for all American citizens, including those who continue to be "unjustly detained" in Tehran.
Posted by Fred 2021-06-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ]  Top
 File under: Govt of Iran 

#1 The current, near $70/barrel price for oil is also very good for Iran.

During the Trump Admin, the price averaged about $50/barrel with the price sinking to $20/barrel in April 2020 as the economy shut down for the plague.
Posted by Lord Garth 2021-06-06 00:46||   2021-06-06 00:46|| Front Page Top

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