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ORIGINAL: joether
Seems that deal that was past its due date turned out to be nearly complete at the time. The Obama administration with other countries made a huge amount of progress and arrived at a tentative agreement with Iran's nuclear issues:
• U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stressed that if a final deal is reached with Iran, the removal of any sanctions against Tehran will come in phases. "And if we find out at any point that Iran is not complying with the agreement, the sanctions can snap back into place," he said.
• The deal would see Iran reduce its stockpile of low-enriched uranium by 98% for 15 years and cut its installed centrifuges by more than two-thirds for 10 years, Kerry said.
• Once a final agreement is implemented, the international community will have the confidence that Iran's nuclear program is peaceful and will remain so, Kerry said.
• French President Francois Hollande said France, along with its partners, will monitor the implementation of the terms of the agreement before a final deal by the end of June, "so that the international community can be assured that Iran will not be in position to acquire a nuclear weapon."
• U.S. President Barack Obama praised the world powers that have agreed on the general terms of a deal meant to keep Iran's nuclear program peaceful. "I am convinced if this framework leads to a final, comprehensive deal, it will make our country, our allies, our world safer," Obama said Thursday from the Rose Garden at the White House.
• "If Iran cheats, the world will know it," Obama said.
• Obama said that he would reach out to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to explain and defend the tentative framework. "If, in fact, Prime Minister Netanyahu is looking for the most effective way to ensure that Iran doesn't get a nuclear weapon, this is the best option," Obama said.
• Obama warned leaders of Congress not to stop the deal. "If Congress kills this deal not based on expert analysis and without offering any reasonable alternative, then it's the United States that will be blamed for the failure of diplomacy," Obama said. "International unity will collapse."
I like that last one. Since it speaks to those 47 idiots that should they try....something....anything....
That is not within the full letter of the law, they'll be charged in court over federal crimes. Them and the four 2016 presidential candidates who signed that letter with them. This is the point where Republican/Tea Party morons fucking something up, its on them, not the Obama administration, nor the rest of the world. In true 'Republican/Tea Party spirit, it will be hard for them to.....NOT.....fuck something up. Questions I have are:
A ) How big is the fuck up going to be?
B ) How will they spin shit once it comes to light?
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ORIGINAL: DaNewAgeViking

A) as big as they can make it.
B) who cares? The Foxzombies will be convinced Obama is giving them our nuke missiles, and no one else will listen. Same old.
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there should never have been any candy in the deal for Iran to come to the table

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ORIGINAL: Kirata

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ORIGINAL: tweakabelle

While I am generally more optimistic about the Lausanne negotiations than you appear to be do you agree that it is worthwhile to continue the negotiations to iron out the remaining issues?

I guess we'll see, but there should never have been any candy in the deal for Iran to come to the table. If that was what was necessary to induce them to negotiate, then they're only there for the candy. If Iran's primary interest is enjoying the relaxed sanctions for as long as possible without really giving up anything they want, they will negotiate until somebody gets fed up with the game, and then blame them for the failure.

K.

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ORIGINAL: Kirata


Iran Accuses U.S. of Lying About New Nuke Agreement
Says White House misleading Congress, American people with fact sheet

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Just hours after the announcement of what the United States characterized as a historic agreement with Iran over its nuclear program, the country’s leading negotiator lashed out at the Obama administration for lying about the details of a tentative framework. Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif accused the Obama administration of misleading the American people and Congress in a fact sheet it released following the culmination of negotiations with the Islamic Republic.

K.