Breaking - US warns it is ready to walk away from 'Moderate' Iran nuclear talks

Tehran - Islamic revolution day 2015.

Breaking - US warns it is ready to walk away from 'Moderate' Iran nuclear talks.

With only weeks left to the deadline to reach a first-stage nuclear deal with Iran, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday that "significant gaps" remained and warned that America was ready to walk away from the talks if Tehran doesn't agree to terms demonstrating that it doesn't want atomic arms.

But Kerry warned against undue optimism. Salehi's and Moniz's presence is no "indication whatsoever that something is about to be decided," he said. "There are still significant gaps.

Kerry, who flies to Geneva Sunday from London, said there was no doubt Obama was serious. The president, he said, "is fully prepared to stop these talks if he feels that they're not being met with the kind of productive decision-making necessary to prove that a program is in fact peaceful."

If the talks fail, Obama may be unable to continue holding off Congress from passing new sanctions against Iran. That, in turn, could scuttle any further diplomatic solution to U.S.-led attempts to increase the time Tehran would need to be able to make nuclear arms. Iran denies any interest in such weapons. Hmmm......If talks fail Iran will blame Israel, The fact that 130K Basji Guards are heading towards the Golan has nothing to do with it....'Unleash the Basji'? Read the full story here. More here.

Salehi is now in charge of these talks. This constitutes a more hardline for Iran. Zarif was just demoted. http://t.co/yZFitgNRbo

— Mark Dubowitz (@mdubowitz) February 21, 2015

Obama Plan B: "walk away" on P5+1 talks; keep bilateral going; stop veto-proof bill, if not waive every 30 days; look tough; then concede.

— Mark Dubowitz (@mdubowitz) February 21, 2015

Salehi is there not for technical expertise but to ensure technical terms meet Khamenei's redlines. @BloombergNews http://t.co/yZFitgNRbo

— Mark Dubowitz (@mdubowitz) February 21, 2015

What's wrong w/us?: MIT-educated Iran nuke head Salehi thanked US Atomic Energy Comm. for partly funding his studies. http://t.co/yZFitgNRbo

— Mark Dubowitz (@mdubowitz) February 21, 2015

“Our ideal is not centrifuges but the destruction of the White House and the annihilation of Zionism [Israel].” General Mohammad Naghdi

— Acula (@BaraculaJ) February 22, 2015