The Associated Press reports that there appears a distinct disconnect between what President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry believe the deal says and what the Mullahs of Iran say they will do. Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi declared Iran will only allow inspectors from countries that have prior diplomatic relations to it. That would exclude this country. The remarks were made during a meeting with Iranian parliamentarians. The AP notes:
“American and Canadian inspectors cannot be sent to Iran,” said Araghchi. “It is mentioned in the deal that inspectors should be from countries that have diplomatic relations with Islamic republic of Iran.”
He also said inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency will not have access to “sensitive and military documents.”
The entire article can be read here.
Iran and several world powers had reached an apparently well publicized, but highly confidential deal earlier this month allegedly aimed at curbing Tehran’s growing nuclear program. The exchange for delaying the program (not stopping it) is the lifting of international sanctions. Western nations have long suspected Iran is avidly pursuing nuclear weapons alongside its neutral atomic program. The accusations are continuously denied by Tehran, which claims its nuclear goings-on are entirely peaceful.
The U.S. and Iran disengaged diplomatic relations after the 1979 Islamic revolution and the hostage crisis at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Canada closed its embassy in Tehran and suspended diplomatic relations in 2012.
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Check the smirk on his face. My caption would be, (Kerry and Obama are the two biggest saps in the world)
Iran has little country syndrome!
That’s because Iran knows how important this “deal” is to Valerie Jarrett and Oblama. Valerie is of Iranian decent and had unofficial meetings with Iran before the “deal” talks even started. And Oblama wants Iran to be the central power in the Mid East. They know they have the upper hand.
obamas next leadership.
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The world is a stage and Iran and Kerry are the actors
The punks Kerry and obama rolling over and playing dead for Iran, letting them move more quickly toward nukes, as the idiot Clinton did with North Korea. Every time an idiot demlib is in office they screw something up for the US and the world, making us all less safe. Fools!
JUST IN. John Kerrys son-in-law is Iran-American, and the best man at the wedding was son of Irans Foreign Affairs Ministry.
Yes, John Kerry’s son-in-law is indeed an Iranian-American physician. http://theiranproject.com/blog/2013/02/12/who-is-iranian-son-in-law-of-us-secretary-of-state/