U.S. now indicates Iran interim deal wasn't quite finalized: “Technical details have yet to be worked out, State Department says, meaning six-month countdown to permanent deal hasn't started and Iran isn't bound by any new terms.”
US Secretary of State John Kerry, center, embraces EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, during a ceremony at the United Nations after an agreement was reached on Iran's nuclear program, in Geneva, Switzerland, Sunday, Nov. 24, 2013. (Photo credit: AP Photo/Keystone, Martial Trezzini/Times of Israel)
(Washington, D.C.) -- "Iran is currently enjoying a 'window' of time before the six-month deal signed in Geneva early Sunday goes into effect, during which it is not bound to take any credible steps toward disabling its ability to produce a nuclear weapon, the State Department acknowledged Tuesday," reported the Times of Israel. "State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that the six-month interim period, during which Iran would take steps to rein in its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, has not yet begun. Furthermore, there are still a number of details to be worked out, she said, without specifying what points had yet to be finalized."
"Her comments created confusion as to whether the much-touted interim deal, supposedly reached by P5+1 powers and Iran in Geneva in the early hours of Sunday morning, had actually been completed as claimed," noted the Times. "Iran on Tuesday accused the US of publishing an inaccurate account of what had been agreed. And its Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an address to the Iranian parliament Wednesday that Iran would continue construction on the Arak heavy water plant, in an apparent breach of the ostensibly agreed terms."
The above courtesy of Joel C. Rosenberg's blog.
And so it begins, the negotiating, the delaying, the stalling of the completion of the deal until Iran has produced enough weapons grade plutonium to make a bomb. No wonder Iran agreed to the deal, it is no deal at all. I'm convinced that if the technical negotiations don't proceed very quickly (and I would be amazed if they did), that Israel will have no option but to strike Iran's nuclear plants.
Search this blog for "Iran" for several related stories.
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(Washington, D.C.) -- "Iran is currently enjoying a 'window' of time before the six-month deal signed in Geneva early Sunday goes into effect, during which it is not bound to take any credible steps toward disabling its ability to produce a nuclear weapon, the State Department acknowledged Tuesday," reported the Times of Israel. "State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said that the six-month interim period, during which Iran would take steps to rein in its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief, has not yet begun. Furthermore, there are still a number of details to be worked out, she said, without specifying what points had yet to be finalized."
"Her comments created confusion as to whether the much-touted interim deal, supposedly reached by P5+1 powers and Iran in Geneva in the early hours of Sunday morning, had actually been completed as claimed," noted the Times. "Iran on Tuesday accused the US of publishing an inaccurate account of what had been agreed. And its Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in an address to the Iranian parliament Wednesday that Iran would continue construction on the Arak heavy water plant, in an apparent breach of the ostensibly agreed terms."
The above courtesy of Joel C. Rosenberg's blog.
And so it begins, the negotiating, the delaying, the stalling of the completion of the deal until Iran has produced enough weapons grade plutonium to make a bomb. No wonder Iran agreed to the deal, it is no deal at all. I'm convinced that if the technical negotiations don't proceed very quickly (and I would be amazed if they did), that Israel will have no option but to strike Iran's nuclear plants.
Search this blog for "Iran" for several related stories.
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