Saudi Arabia is buying ballistic missiles to counter Obama's BFF Iran their threat.

Saudi Arabia is buying ballistic missiles to counter Obama's BFF Iran their threat. Times.

Riyadh has amassed surface-to- surface ballistic missiles and British-built cruise missiles as it seeks to counter Iran’s disputed program.

Saudi Arabia is to expand its ballistic missile programme as it bolsters its deterrent to the threat from Iran in the covert arms race unfolding between the arch-enemies of the Gulf. Read the full post here. (Article behind pay wall).

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Chairman of the Russian State Duma's Int Affairs Committee Alexei Pushkov: "Israel stance on Iran N-deal unrealistic"

Chairman of the Russian State Duma's Int Affairs Committee Alexei Pushkov: "Israel stance on Iran N-deal unrealistic"(pressTv).

Chairman of the Russian State Duma’s International Affairs Committee Alexei Pushkov says Israel’s position on the nuclear deal between Iran and six major world powers is unrealistic and displays Tel Aviv’s own security concerns.

“No other compromise would have been possible in my opinion. Israel’s position reflects its security concerns, but does not look realistic,” Pushkov told Interfax on Sunday.

“I think, Israel is in fact being guided by a maximalistic position, which boils down to the belief that Iran must be denied everything, even the right to create a nuclear energy industry of its own. I don’t think Iran can be denied this right,” the senior Russian lawmaker added.

He noted that all the countries that had been involved in drafting the Geneva agreement share the opinion that Iran cannot be denied of the right to develop peaceful nuclear energy program.

After more than four days of intense negotiations, Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council — the US, Britain, Russia, France and China — plus Germany, sealed an interim deal in Geneva on Sunday morning to pave the way for the full resolution of the West’s decade-old dispute with Iran over its nuclear energy program.

Earlier on Sunday, Russian President Vladimir Putin called the historic deal between Iran and the six powers on Tehran’s nuclear energy program as a “breakthrough,” cautioning that it is only the first step on a long path.

“A breakthrough step has been made, but only the first on a long and difficult path,” Putin said.

Meanwhile, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov praised the Geneva deal and called it a “win-win situation for all parties.”“Nobody lost, everyone ends up winning,” Lavrov said.

According to the Iranian Foreign Ministry, the deal allows Iran to continue its activities at Arak, Fordow and Natanz facilities. The agreement also stipulates that no additional sanctions will be imposed on Tehran because of its nuclear energy program.
Addressing journalists on Sunday after the announcement of the deal, Iran Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Iran’s right to enrichment has been recognized in the deal.

The top Iranian diplomat noted that the interim deal is an “important achievement” but a “first step” toward resolving an “unnecessary crisis,” stressing that the two sides need to work together based on “equal footing, mutual respect and common benefits” to settle the dispute over Tehran’s nuclear energy program.

Saudi Arabia’s Prince Al Waleed bin Talal: 'military option to "neutralize" Iran's nuclear potential is preferable to a bad diplomatic deal.'

Saudi Arabia’s Prince Al Waleed bin Talal:  'military option to "neutralize" Iran's nuclear potential is preferable to a bad diplomatic deal.'(Alalam).

Saudi Arabia’s Prince Al Waleed bin Talal says interests of Tel Aviv and Riyadh regarding Iran are ‘almost parallel’, endorsing a military strike on the Islamic Republic to "neutralize" its nuclear potential.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, the billionaire Saudi prince criticized any deal between Iran and Western powers over Tehran’s nuclear program that would not include dismantling Uranium enrichment in the Islamic Republic.

He said, “The Saudis and Israelis have both pre-emptively condemned any agreement that doesn't dismantle Iran's ability to enrich uranium”.

Waleed bin Talal said he endorsed Israeli Prime Minister’s description of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani that said he was “a wolf in sheep’s clothing”.

He expressed Israel and Saudi Arabia’s share of interests over Iran as ‘incredible’ saying that "For the first time, Saudi Arabian interests and Israel are almost parallel”.

The Saudis are trying to "put maximum pressure now on the United States not to succumb to the president of Iran's soft talk,” he added.

After more than four days of intense negotiations, Iran and the six nations, the US, Britain, Russia, France, China and Germany, sealed an interim deal in Geneva on Sunday morning to pave the way for the full resolution of the West’s decade-old dispute with Iran over its nuclear energy program.

Israel, which is believed to be the sole possessor of nuclear weapons in the Middle East with 200-400 warheads, has repeatedly threatened to launch a military strike against Iran over the country’s nuclear energy program.

The Saudi Prince said he thinks a military option to "neutralize" Iran's nuclear potential is preferable to a bad diplomatic deal.

Israeli regime was lobbying hard to prevent a deal on Iran’s nuclear program in Geneva.

Netanyahu described the Sunday deal as a ‘bad agreement’ while the Saudi Royals have remained silent on the matter.

A recent report by The Sunday Times said Saudi Arabia has given the go-ahead for Israeli warplanes to use its airspace for possible attacks on Iran.

“The Saudis are furious and are willing to give Israel all the help it needs,” an unnamed diplomatic source was quoted by the paper.

Saudi Arabia has reportedly dined the report.

Follow the money: How lobby interests are spinning Iran nuclear deal.

Follow the money: How lobby interests are spinning Iran nuclear deal.(RT).

RT: As we see, US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammed Zarif came out of the talks with different views. Why's there such diversity in the interpretation of the deal? 

Pepe Escobar: Because the spin war started at 3am in Geneva. It’s going to go on for another six months, until May 2014, that’s the duration of this “first step” deal.

[It’s] very important: Kerry had to say [this] so that he could appease the Israel lobby, the US Congress and the Wahhabi petrodollar lobby in the US, not to mention some neocons in the US as well, [who are] still very powerful.

In Iran it’s different. They are saying, “We still have our right to enrich uranium,” and this is correct, because they will keep enriching uranium to 5 percent for the next six months, [while] 20 percent [enrichment] is frozen. They will discuss… the next deal, which will be the definitive deal, starting from May 2014.

And all the 20 percent enriched uranium that they have is going to be diluted, so it cannot be used later on for weapons-grade material.

RT: As you’ve said, the spin war has started, but how that would affect the implementation of the deal now and six months down the road? Who will eventually benefit from it, if the two sides have such diverse opinions? Won’t it stall one day at some point?

PE: No, we have to follow the letter of the agreement. This means enrichment until 5 percent OK, no further enrichment till 20 percent for the next six months, no new centrifuges. If Iran follows this – they are abiding by the deal, no problem.

The thing is, if among these IAEA inspectors [who] should be in Iran practically on a daily basis from now on, if you had the usual Eiffel traders [Parisian residents who fraudulently “sell” the Eiffel Tower to unsuspecting visitors – RT] who start spinning something else.
I’m sure Iran won’t break their promises, it’s in their own interest not to break any promise.

RT: It's emerged that Washington was engaged in secret talks with Iran long before the Geneva agreement, and even their closest allies were unaware. What do you make of this?

PE: Look, this is an extremely complex negotiation. Can you imagine that you have sherpas going to Geneva a month or three weeks ago, and hammering out the final deal so [that] we have foreign ministers [who] can sign it? It’s impossible. Sherpas usually start such things months in advance and obviously we had America’s sherpas, Iranian sherpas and Russian sherpas, these are the ones that count. Britain and France are spectators; they don’t count at all.

France counts [regarding] the 20 percent [enriched uranium], because they have cornered the market in medical isotopes. If Iran reaches 20 percent enrichment and starts selling their own medical isotopes cheaper, especially to the developing world, it’s not a good deal for France. So for the moment France is protecting its business interests.

RT: Let’s turn to America’s assessment of the situation, specifically what President Obama said. Looking at the Geneva deal, he said this is just a first step to reach a comprehensive solution in the future. What in your opinion would make Washington consider a full agreement?

PE: Obama is correct when he said, “This is the first step.” But, very important, the way he said it was very condescending, in fact even insulting, to Iran. He said nothing about Iranians’ role in the deal, mentioning only the role of absurd sanctions, which should be dismantled, because most of the sanctions bypass the UN, like Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has been saying for months in fact.
Very important, for the next few months: follow the money. The Americans say they are going to unfreeze some of the Iranian money, perhaps $32 billion or even more. There is $10 billion in European banks. These are not going to be unfrozen. If the US unfreezes $4 to $5 billion – Obama can do it by executive order, bypassing the US Congress.

RT: John Kerry believes the sanctions have done their job and were quite helpful in sealing this deal. To what extent do you agree with this?

PE: In fact, it is the Iranian population that is paying the price of the sanctions; the Iranian government has found ways to bypass it. They’re selling, or bartering or trading energy, especially with their Asian customers. You know how much money Iran has [with] mostly Asian clients, China, Japan, Turkey and South Korea? $50 billion, [yet] they still cannot bring that money to Iran, so they have to buy products from these countries. So this is something that must be hammered out in the next agreement.

For the moment we have a breakthrough – it’s going to last for six months. There will be all sorts of interests that will try to bombard this deal; I’m saying especially about Wahhabi petrodollar monarchy interests and the Israeli lobby as well.


But for the moment we have diplomacy in action, something that we haven’t seen, especially between Iran and the US, for 34 years. This is the major breakthrough at the moment. But we have to be vigilant.

Video - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani: Iran's Enrichment Activities Will Proceed Similar to the Past.

Video - Iranian President Hassan Rouhani: Iran's Enrichment Activities Will Proceed Similar to the Past.Memri.

Full Text of Iran-Powers Nuclear Deal

Full Text of Iran-Powers Nuclear Deal.Source: Fars.

TEHRAN (FNA)- After the White House released a modified version of the deal struck by Iran and the six world powers in Geneva early Sunday morning, the Iranian Foreign Ministry released the text of the agreement.

The full text of the deal is as follows:

Geneva, 24 November 2013

Joint Plan of Action (   )

Preamble

The goal for these negotiations is to reach a mutually-agreed long-term comprehensive solution that would ensure Iran's nuclear programme will be exclusively peaceful. Iran reaffirms that under no circumstances will Iran ever seek or develop any nuclear weapons.

This comprehensive solution would build on these initial measures and result in a final step for a period to be agreed upon and the resolution of concerns. This comprehensive solution would enable Iran to fully enjoy its right to nuclear energy for peaceful purposes under the relevant articles of the NPT in conformity with its obligations therein. This comprehensive solution would involve a mutually defined enrichment programme with practical limits and transparency measures to ensure the peaceful nature of the programme.

This comprehensive solution would constitute an integrated whole where nothing is agreed until everything is agreed. 

This comprehensive solution would involve a reciprocal, step-bystep process, and would produce the comprehensive lifting of all UN Security Council sanctions, as well as multilateral and national sanctions related to Iran's nuclear programme.

There would be additional steps in between the initial measures and the final step, including, among other things, addressing the UN Security Council resolutions, with a view toward bringing to a satisfactory conclusion the UN Security Council's consideration of this matter. The E3+3 and Iran will be responsible for conclusion and implementation of mutual near-term measures and the comprehensive solution in good faith. A Joint Commission of E3/EU+3 and Iran will be established to monitor the implementation of the near-term measures and address issues that may arise, with the IAEA responsible for verification of nuclear-related measures. The Joint Commission will work with the IAEA to facilitate resolution of past and present issues of concern.

Elements of a first step The first step would be time-bound, with a duration of 6 months, and renewable by mutual consent, during which all parties will work to maintain a constructive atmosphere for negotiations in good faith. Iran would undertake the following voluntary measures:

· From the existing uranium enriched to 20%, retain half as working stock of 20% oxide for fabrication of fuel for the TRR. Dilute the remaining 20% UF6 to no more than 5%. No reconversion line.

· Iran announces that it will not enrich uranium over 5% for the duration of the 6 months.

· Iran announces that it will not make any further advances of its activities at the Natanz Fuel Enrichment Plant1, Fordow2, or the Arak reactor3, designated by the IAEA as IR-40.

· Beginning when the line for conversion of UF6 enriched up to 5% to UO2 is ready, Iran has decided to convert to oxide UF6 newly enriched up to 5% during the 6 month period, as provided in the operational schedule of the conversion plant declared to the IAEA.

· No new locations for the enrichment.

· Iran will continue its safeguarded R&D practices, including its current enrichment R&D practices, which are not designed for accumulation of the enriched uranium.

· No reprocessing or construction of a facility capable of reprocessing.

· Enhanced monitoring:

o Provision of specified information to the IAEA, including information on Iran's plans for nuclear facilities, a description of each building on each nuclear site, a description of the scale of operations for each location engaged in specified nuclear activities, information on uranium mines and mills, and information on source material. This information would be provided within three months of the adoption of these measures.

o Submission of an updated DIQ for the reactor at Arak, designated by the IAEA as the IR-40, to the IAEA.

o Steps to agree with the IAEA on conclusion of the Safeguards Approach for the reactor at Arak, designated by the IAEA as the IR-40.

o Daily IAEA inspector access when inspectors are not present for the purpose of Design Information Verification, Interim Inventory Verification, Physical Inventory Verification, and unannounced inspections, for the purpose of access to offline surveillance records, at Fordow and Natanz.

o IAEA inspector managed access to:

centrifuge assembly workshops4;

centrifuge rotor production workshops and storage facilities; and,
uranium mines and mills.

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_Footnotes:

1 Namely, during the 6 months, Iran will not feed UF6 into the centrifuges installed but not enriching uranium. Not install additional centrifuges. Iran announces that during the first 6 months, it will replace existing centrifuges with centrifuges of the same type.

_{2 At Fordow, no further enrichment over 5% at 4 cascades now enriching uranium, and not increase enrichment capacity. Not}

_{feed UF6 into the other 12 cascades, which would remain in a non-operative state. No interconnections between cascades.}

_{Iran announces that during the first 6 months, it will replace existing centrifuges with centrifuges of the same type.}

_{3 Iran announces on concerns related to the construction of the reactor at Arak that for 6 months it will not commission the reactor or transfer fuel or heavy water to the reactor site and will not test additional fuel or produce more fuel for the reactor or install remaining components.}

_{4 Consistent with its plans, Iran's centrifuge production during the 6 months will be dedicated to replace damaged machines.}

In return, the E3/EU+3 would undertake the following voluntary measures:

· Pause efforts to further reduce Iran's crude oil sales, enabling Iran's current customers to purchase their current average amounts of crude oil. Enable the repatriation of an agreed amount of revenue held abroad. For such oil sales, suspend the EU and U.S. sanctions on associated insurance and transportation services.

· Suspend U.S. and EU sanctions on:

o Iran's petrochemical exports, as well as sanctions on associated services.5 

o Gold and precious metals, as well as sanctions on associated services.

· Suspend U.S. sanctions on Iran's auto industry, as well as sanctions on associated services.

· License the supply and installation in Iran of spare parts for safety of flight for Iranian civil aviation and associated services. License safety related inspections and repairs in Iran as well as associated services.6

· No new nuclear-related UN Security Council sanctions.

· No new EU nuclear-related sanctions.

· The U.S. Administration, acting consistent with the respective roles of the President and the

Congress, will refrain from imposing new nuclear-related sanctions.

· Establish a financial channel to facilitate humanitarian trade for Iran's domestic needs using Iranian oil revenues held abroad. Humanitarian trade would be defined as transactions involving food and agricultural products, medicine, medical devices, and medical expenses incurred abroad. This channel would involve specified foreign banks and non-designated Iranian banks to be defined when establishing the channel.

o This channel could also enable:

transactions required to pay Iran's UN obligations; and,
direct tuition payments to universities and colleges for Iranian students studying abroad, up to an agreed amount for the six month period.

· Increase the EU authorisation thresholds for transactions for non-sanctioned trade to an agreed amount.

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_Footnotes.

5 "Sanctions on associated services" means any service, such as insurance, transportation, or financial, subject to the underlying U.S. or EU sanctions applicable, insofar as each service is related to the underlying sanction and required to facilitate the desired transactions. These services could involve any non-designated Iranian entities.

_{6 Sanctions relief could involve any non-designated Iranian airlines as well as Iran Air.}

Elements of the final step of a comprehensive solution*

The final step of a comprehensive solution, which the parties aim to conclude negotiating and commence implementing no more than one year after the adoption of this document, would:

· Have a specified long-term duration to be agreed upon.

· Reflect the rights and obligations of parties to the NPT and IAEA Safeguards Agreements.

· Comprehensively lift UN Security Council, multilateral and national nuclear-related sanctions, including steps on access in areas of trade, technology, finance, and energy, on a schedule to be agreed upon.

· Involve a mutually defined enrichment programme with mutually agreed parameters consistent with practical needs, with agreed limits on scope and level of enrichment activities, capacity, where it is carried out, and stocks of enriched uranium, for a period to be agreed upon.

· Fully resolve concerns related to the reactor at Arak, designated by the IAEA as the IR-40.

No reprocessing or construction of a facility capable of reprocessing.

· Fully implement the agreed transparency measures and enhanced monitoring. Ratify and implement the Additional Protocol, consistent with the respective roles of the President and the Majlis (Iranian parliament).

· Include international civil nuclear cooperation, including among others, on acquiring modern light water power and research reactors and associated equipment, and the supply of modern nuclear fuel as well as agreed R&D practices.

Following successful implementation of the final step of the comprehensive solution for its full duration, the Iranian nuclear programme will be treated in the same manner as that of any non-nuclear weapon state party to the NPT.

_{* With respect to the final step and any steps in between, the standard principle that "nothing is agreed until everything is agreed" applies.}

   

Allen West: "Pres Obama has just empowered the number one state sponsor of terrorism, Iran, to pursue its nuclear goals and objectives."

Allen West: "Pres Obama has just empowered the number one state sponsor of terrorism, Iran, to pursue its nuclear goals and objectives."HT: AllenWest.

Nothing good happens late at night, and America just had a modern-day Neville Chamberlain moment. At 3 am in Geneva, Iran and 6 major powers agreed to “temporary relief” of sanctions in return for Iran stopping or scaling back parts of its nuclear program. President Obama has just empowered the number one state sponsor of terrorism, Iran, to pursue its nuclear goals and objectives.

This is not diplomacy, this is abject surrender and appeasement. Iran loses nothing, not a single facility, not any capability to enrich uranium, but we have conceded the one best non-military option: economic sanctions.

President Bill Clinton promised the same in regards to North Korea, and did that have any effect? Not to mention that North Korea has taken an 85-year-old Korean War veteran into detention, and of course we have done nothing.

Iran has held American Christian minister, Saeed Abedini, in prison for nearly a year, and President Obama said nothing about his fate, nor demanded his release. Israel and Saudi Arabia have lost all trust and confidence in America as a credible ally.

Secretary Kerry said the objective is “to require Iran to prove the peaceful nature of its nuclear program.” Yeah, right. We have fallen for the biggest deception ever. Perhaps these inept progressives should study the model for Islamic totalitarian negotiations, Muhammad’s Treaty of Hudaybiyyah. As well, they need to understand the principle of taquiyya – lying to “infidels” to promote the advancement of Islamic conquest and objectives.

The goal of the sanctions was to bring Iran to its knees and force them to surrender their march towards a nuclear weapon capability — not to get them to negotiate. The agreed-upon measures are in effect for six months, then what?

Right, another red line, that ends up not being a red line, and then we do nothing. Iran already has a capability and are close to having the requisite plutonium. Who in the international community will verify?

The Obama administration is in such a hurry to have SOMEthing going right, they’ve done something that will go very wrong.

We are promising relief along with the lifting of economic sanctions, but this should not have been promised until after complete verification of the terms of nuclear capacity reduction, at minimum over the period of a year.

We will never be able to gather the international support to restart the sanctions, not after open trade has begun. We have just guaranteed the continuation of the theocratic Islamic totalitarian regime. Jimmy Carter could not have botched this up any worse.

Now liberal socialists and the media are going to chime in saying Obama has achieved peace — so said Sir Neville Chamberlain upon return from his “negotiations” with Chancellor Adolf Hitler. Some people only understand strength and might. For them weakness is enticing. The better alternative? Crush the mad mullahs.

Revealed: Obama 'admin' and Iran held secret nuclear talks for months before interim deal reached.

Revealed: Obama 'admin' and Iran held secret nuclear talks for months before interim deal reached.(haaretz).

The United States and Iran have been holding held secret direct talks for at least half a year on the sidelines of the world powers' central negotiations in Geneva.

The details of the secret channel were revealed early Sunday morning by blogger Laura Rozen on the Al-Monitor website, citing a senior U.S. official involved in the back channels.

The covert talks were led by U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Bill Burns, according to Rozen, who has been closely covering the nuclear negotiations over the past few years and is considered one of the leading sources of information on the matter in the American media.

While Rozen's report indicated that the initial meeting between the two sides was held just prior to the Iranian presidential election, the Associated Press reported later Sunday morning that the secret channel was established as far back as March 2013. Five separate meetings were been held over the course of the last nine month between the American and Iranian officials, according to AP. One of these meetings was held before the Iranian election, and the other four took place after Hassan Rohani had been elected president.

Most of the meetings were held in the Gulf state of Oman, and were kept secret from most of the U.S.' allies including Israel. Senior Israeli government officials had claimed in press briefings over the last two months that the Americans were holding secret direct talks with Iran, but did not reveal details regarding the identities of the individuals involved in the talks, nor was it clear then where the information had come from.

The Israelis said during these briefings that the negotiations between Iran and the world powers in Geneva were in fact a cover-up for the real talks being conducted between Tehran and the United States.

According to AP, .S. President Barack Obama informed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of the secret channel two months ago during a meeting at the White House. The U.S. updated the world powers of the existence of the secret channel only after updating Israel, AP said.

It is not yet clear whether Israel had prior knowledge of the secret channel from intelligence sources.

Obama told Netanyahu only about two of the meetings with the Iranians, which took place after Rohani's election, and made no mention of the first set of talks held in March. This was part of the promise made by the Americans to Iran, according to AP.

A day after Obama updated Netanyahu, the Israeli premier delivered a harsh address lambasting Iran at the UN General Assembly.
According to Rozen's report, Washington used the initial meeting before the Iranian election to put out feelers to see whether Tehran would be interested in entering serious nuclear negotiations following the election.

Rohani's election and his declarations immediately after clarified to the Americans that the chance for real negotiations with Iran was much greater than in the past. Burns was in touch with senior officials in the Iranian foreign ministry, who were close associates of his counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif and of Rohani.

The U.S. officials quoted in Rozen's report did not name the Iranians who took party in the secret talks, but Al-Monitor said the description of them indicated that they could include Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi and Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Ravanchi.

In addition to Burns, the U.S. officials involved in the talks included Jake Sullivan, Vice President Joe Biden's national security adviser, Puneet Talwar, the National Security Staff senior director for Iran, Iraq, and Persian Gulf affairs.

Burns organized an exchange of letters between U.S. President Barack Obama and then-Iranian President-elect Rohani in August, according to Rozen's report. Burns then met with senior Iranian officials in order to prepare for possible meetings between the parties on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in September.

These contacts led to a half-an-hour meeting between U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart, Zarif, and then to a telephone conversation between Obama and Rohani. The back channel was so secret that some representatives of the world powers involved in the nuclear negotiations with Iran had no idea, while others were informed of the matter only in the last few weeks.Read the full story here.

Video: US Secretary of State John Kerry praises Iran, insults US allies.

Video: US Secretary of State John Kerry praises Iran, insults US allies.HT: IsraelMatzav.

How the North Korean - U.S. appeasement deals embolded Iran.

How the North Korean - U.S. appeasement deals delivered the Bomb to North Korea.(SteelOn Steel).

Netanyahu: "I promise you that Iran will not have nuclear weapons"

Netanyahu: "I promise you that Iran will not have nuclear weapons"(Matzav).

Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu told Russian Jewish community leaders in Moscow yesterday: “The Iranians deny our past and repeat their commitment to wipe the State of Israel off the map. This reminds us of the dark regimes of the past that plotted against us first and then against all of humanity.”

Netanyahu added that they have now created a propaganda film in which a piano is being played and the Foreign Minister is seen talking about the need for peace.

“This is not the real Iran. The real Iran is what the leader of Iran, Khamenei, said yesterday. He called Jews ‘rabid dogs’ and said that they were not human. The public responded to him with calls of ‘Death to America! Death to Israel!’

“Doesn’t this sound familiar to you? This is the real Iran! We are not confused. They must not have nuclear weapons. And I promise you that they will not have nuclear weapons,” said Netanyahu.

Iran nuclear talks in incertainty as Kerry intends to leave Geneva

Iran nuclear talks in incertainty as Kerry intends to leave Geneva.(HD).

Negotiations between world powers and Iran over Tehran's nuclear ambitions were thrown into uncertainty Nov. 23 after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced his imminent departure and Iran's chief negotiator expressed doubts a deal would be reached.

Amid signs that the talks in Geneva were proving difficult, Kerry's spokesman said the U.S.'s top diplomat would leave for London on Nov. 24 for meetings with British counterpart William Hague and the Libyan prime minister.

At the same time, Iranian chief negotiator Abbas Araqchi said he doubted that Tehran and the P5+1 world powers - comprising the United States, Britain, France, China, Russia and Germany - could reach an accord by the end of the day.

"Intense and difficult negotiations are under way and it is not clear whether we reach an agreement tonight," Fars news agency quoted Araqchi as saying. "The dispute is over the wording." The talks are aimed at securing a freeze on parts of Iran's nuclear programme in order to ease fears that Tehran will develop atomic weapons, in return for modest sanctions relief.

The arrival of foreign ministers including Kerry on Nov. 23 had raised hopes, after three days of intense negotiations among lower-level officials, that a breakthrough was in sight.

Kerry had decided to join the talks "with the hope that an agreement will be reached," the State Department said on Nov. 22.

Since their arrival however, officials from both sides have indicated that there are still considerable differences to be bridged.

"We have now entered a very difficult stage," Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told state television, saying he would not bow to "excessive demands."

"In any agreement, [uranium] enrichment in Iran will not be suspended," Zarif said, adding that "a very difficult task" still lay ahead in clinching a deal.

Source Reveals alleged Details of Possible Iran Deal.

Source Reveals alleged Details of Possible Iran Deal.(IP).

Nasim– While intensive negotiations between Iran and the P 5+1 continue in late hours of fourth day, an informed source who is in contact with the Iranian negotiating body revealed some details of the draft that the negotiators from seven countries are working on to Nasim.

according to the draft received by Nasim the US will accept to release $8.5-10 billion of Iranian assets.

The P5+1 also agreed with some sanction reliefs on exporting auto parts, gold and precious metals and aircraft spare parts to Iran. A few banks are also will be excluded form the financial sanctions to handle certain transactions to the country.(Hmmm....Turkish banks?)

in return Iran will accepts suspending 20% uranium enrichment for a period of six months and agrees to neutralize its stockpile and uranium enrichment in Iran will be limited to 5%. 

Iran has enough fuel to inject in the Tehran research reactor to produce medicine for more than 800,000 cancer patient for next 6 months. during the period Iran will refrain from production, installation and activation of new centrifuges and construction activities in Arak reactor will be suspended.

Iran will provide IAEI access to its nuclear facilities beyond Nuclear Proliferation Safeguards and is committed to resolve the remaining issues in the talks with the IAEA.

The source who spoke to Nasim on condition of anonymity, the prolongation of the talks is due to the hard debates for choosing proper phrases of “suspending enrichment” and “pacing Arak progress”. the two phrases are point of most important differences between Iran and two member of the P5+1 to finalize the blueprint of the draft. According to the source Iran trying to include phrases which endorse Iran’s right of enrichment ‘in a way, either explicit or implicit’

By NasimOnline The Iran Project is not responsible for the content of quoted articles.

Obama's legacy to your children: "The US living under Iranian nuclear threat."

Obama's legacy to your children: "The US living under Iranian nuclear threat."(Algemeiner).By JohnBolton.

It is no answer that Obama is seeking merely an “interim” understanding with Iran. “Interim” concessions have a way of getting locked-in, as seemingly ad hoc trade-offs freeze into permanence. Indeed, Obama’s “step-by-step” approach itself tells Tehran’s mullahs how desperately Obama wants a deal, and how willingly he ignores the reality that Iran’s nuclear program has never been peaceful.

But there is a larger point here, beyond whatever specific terms emerge this week in Geneva. The West’s efforts to negotiate with Iran are doomed to failure because the parties’ objectives are utterly incompatible. A decade of abortive negotiations alone demonstrates this basic truth, which Iran’s ongoing diplomatic “charm offensive” cannot obscure.

Obama sees negotiations as deflecting the threat of Iranian nuclear weapons. Iran sees them, by contrast, as helping ensure success for that very weapons program. There is simply no compromise between these objectives. There are no “bridging proposals” that can overcome irreconcilable differences.

Tehran’s primary negotiation objective is to eliminate the threat of military strikes against its nuclear program. Despite Obama’s rhetoric that “all options are on the table,” no one believes he will use force. And who knows what private assurances Obama or Kerry have already given the ayatollahs (a fruitful area for Congressional inquiry)? That leaves Israel, which the Obama administration is pressuring unmercifully, not just on Iran but also on the Palestinians. In Israel before his Geneva embarrassment, Kerry squeezed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make more concessions to the Palestinians, implicitly green-lighting both a third intifada and continuing European efforts to delegitimize Israel in their absence. This pressure on Netanyahu, already back-breaking in Obama’s first term, is now at unprecedented levels. That means Iran is very close to its goal of neutralizing Israel.

Iran also wants relief from economic sanctions. And why not, given the economic harm they are causing? Remember, however, the mullahs are not US consumers. Threatened with a diminished lifestyle, too many Americans would concede almost anything. Not so the Islamic revolution. Tehran understands that securing even modest sanctions relief in Geneva will carry it over a critical inflection point. Instead of slowly increasing in severity, the sanctions will have decreased. To exploit Obama’s (and Europe’s) palpable diplomatic weakness, Iran will make superficial concessions, like those reported in leaks about this month’s aborted deal. President Hassan Rouhani employed precisely this strategy 10 years ago as Iran’s chief nuclear negotiator, making purely cosmetic, tactical concessions. He is using the same playbook today.
Iran knows that under existing US law, India, China and others themselves face sanctions unless they continue to reduce their imports of Iranian oil. Obama fears either having to sanction such important countries or granting them further waivers, thus undoubtedly triggering vociferous domestic political criticism that he can hardly now afford. Moreover, Iran will have won an enormous psychological victory in Beijing, New Delhi and other important capitals, which will realize that the diaphanous sanctions regime is near total collapse.

US sanctions advocates also need to acknowledge reality. Even if their policy could work to stop Iran’s nuclear efforts (which it can’t), hard-headed strategists are not administering America’s sanctions. Barack Obama is. Any policy that rests on Obama taking a tough negotiating position with Iran is doomed to failure, given his desperation for a deal, his naïveté and incompetence and his basic operating premise: He fears an Israeli military strike more than an Iran with nuclear weapons.

That is why evaluating the terms of the upcoming interim deal — who scored on this issue, who scored on that — is beside the point. The negotiation process itself buys Iran both time to continue its nuclear-weapons activities and international legitimacy. Kerry and others, even at this supposedly interim stage, are already speculating openly about ultimately normalizing relations between Washington and Tehran. This tells the ayatollahs everything they need to know.

Consider one historical analogy. In 1938, Germany wanted the Sudetenland from Czechoslovakia. It would either get the territory or not. There was no compromise position. Ask Neville Chamberlain how that worked out.

Iran determined to continue talks with G5+1 until all tyrannical sanctions are lifted

Iran determined to continue talks with G5+1 until all tyrannical sanctions are lifted.(Taz).

Head of Majlis National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, Ala'eddin Boroujerdi, says talks with the G5+1 will continue until all tyrannical sanctions against the Iranian nation are lifted, IRNA reported.

"Mohammad-Javad Zarif (Foreign Minister) is the best and most powerful diplomat of the country," said Boroujerdi in an address to a group of academicians.

He said the Geneva talks and presence of western foreign ministers in the talks show top status of the Islamic Republic of Iran in the international equations.

He went on to say that Islamic Iran's negotiating team is supported by the Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, being qualified enough for the talks and participating in the event to defend rights and interests of the Iranian nation.

The MP said that the Geneva talks would mark a big victory for the Islamic Republic of Iran no matter it turns out fruitful or not because ˈWe have shown to the world that the Iranian nation favors talks and dialogue.ˈ

"Nuclear talks? What nuclear talks? Iran to Build Two More N. Power Plants Soon.

"Nuclear talks? What nuclear talks? Iran to Build Two More N. Power Plants Soon.(fars).

Iran plans to construct two more new nuclear power plants in the near future, a senior nuclear official announced on Saturday.

“The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) has put construction of the second and third (nuclear) power stations on its agenda due to the government’s programs and the emphasis laid by the President (Hassan Rouhani),” AEOI Deputy Chief Hossein Khalfi said today, addressing the opening ceremony of the 25th Exhibition of Iran’s Nuclear Industry Achievements.

He underlined that Iran is in a good situation in area of nuclear power plants construction, and said, “We have launched the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant and handed it over to the country’s experts in the past two months.”

Khalfi reiterated that by launching the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant the country prevents the flow of seven million tons of various types of pollutants, which are dangerous to the environment, into the air.
“The country will save around seven million barrels of fossil fuel which amounts to about $700 million if each barrel of oil is priced at $100 after the (full) launch of the Bushehr Power Plant,” he said.
In September, Iran received the temporary control of all operations at Bushehr nuclear power plant from the Russian contractor after signing a relevant protocol.
The ceremony to endorse a protocol for the temporary delivery of the control of the Bushehr nuclear power plant to Iran was held on September 23 in the presence of Head of the AEOI Ali Akbar Salehi, Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian, and the Head of the Russian contractor company.
The Russian official underlined that Bushehr nuclear power plant is currently operating at 100-percent capacity and the process of preparing it for transfer to the project originator (Iran) is concluding.
Rosatom’s construction arm, Atomstroyeksport, took over construction of Bushehr nuclear power plant after a German company pulled out of the project after the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran.
The Islamic Republic signed the Bushehr contract with Russia in 1995 and the nuclear power plant reached its full capacity by August 2012.

The Bushehr nuclear power plant is located about 18 kilometers South of the provincial capital.

'Moderate' Iran: Senior mullah admits regime executed tens of thousands of political opponents, solely for their beliefs.

Hmmm......'Rabid dogs' anyone?Just the kind of people who need Nuclear weapons.

'Moderate' Iran: Senior mullah admits regime executed tens of thousands of PMOI (MEK) members solely for their beliefs.(NCRI).
A senior cleric has admitted that Ruhollah Khomeini had ordered to kill tens of thousands of members and supporters of the People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran (PMOI / MEK) solely for their beliefs.
At Tehran's so-called 'Friday Prayers' on November 22, Ahmad Jannati said: " On the members of the PMOI (MEK) who had been arrested and imprisoned Imam (Khomeini) said execute those who remain steadfast in their beliefs, and as they did, they were executed."

Ahmad Jannati is chairman of the Guardian Council, the body in charge of checking legislation approved by Majlis (Parliament), and vetting the candidates in various elections.

In the summer of 1988 alone, the Iranian regime summarily and extrajudicially executed tens of thousands of political prisoners majority of them PMOI member and supporters held in jails across Iran.
The majority of those executed were either serving prison sentences for their political activities or had already finished their sentences but were still kept in prison.
Some of them had previously been imprisoned and released, but were again arrested and executed during the massacre.

The wave of massacre of political prisoners began in late July and continued unabated for a few months.By the time it stopped in fall, some 30,000 political prisoners, overwhelming majority of them activists of the PMOI (MEK) were slaughtered.

Khoemieni issued fatwas (religious decrees) ordering massacring anyone who had not repented and was not willing to totally collaborate with the regime.

The massacres began and everyday hundreds of political prisoners were hanged and their corpses were buried hurriedly in mass graves all over major cities, in particular Tehran.

Khomeini decreed: "Whoever at any stage continues to belong to the Monafeqin (PMOI / MEK) must be executed. Annihilate the enemies of Islam immediately."

He went on to add: "... Those who are in prisons throughout the country and remain steadfast in their support for MEK / PMOI are waging war on God and are condemned to execution...It is naive to show mercy to those who wage war on God."Hmmm......'Rabid dogs' anyone?Just the kind of people who need Nuclear weapons.

Iranian FM Zarif: "I assure you that [Iran's right to nuclear] enrichment will be included in any kind of deal."

Iranian FM Zarif: "I assure you that [Iran's right to nuclear] enrichment will be included in any kind of deal."(Taz).

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Saturday reiterated national resolve on uranium enrichment right, IRNA reported.

Speaking to reporters, Zarif said, "We are discussing a three-step agreement and I assure you that [Iran's right to nuclear] enrichment will be included in any kind of deal."

"We have for four days been talking about details of an agreement about three steps deal, including the common goals, final image and preliminary measures."

Primary talks were easier since they were centered on issues over which there were agreements, but now we have reached the point of differences, the foreign minister said.

"We are not ready to take a step that may disregard Iranian nation's rights and interests. So, it is a difficult task that requires a lot of care," he added.

The Iranian chief negotiator said that presence of foreign ministers in Geneva signals the seriousness of negotiations so that they have felt that their presence in the course of talks is necessary.
He hoped that the arrival of foreign ministers in Geneva would be a sign of political resolve to reach a deal and a goodwill gesture from them.

Video - US ‘Unprepared’ for Potential Iran Attack, Bolton Calls Rouhani “Iran’s Joe Biden”

Video - US ‘Unprepared’ for Potential Iran Attack, Bolton Calls Rouhani “Iran’s Joe Biden”.(INN).

As the latest round of negotiations between Iran, the U.S., and Europe fails to yield any meaningful nuclear concessions from Tehran, a gathering of experts in the fields of defense, national security, and foreign policy convened in Washington D.C. on Tuesday (Nov. 19).

Held on the eve of the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s assassination, the event sought to contrast and compare JFK’s handling of the Cuban missile crisis to President Obama’s response to the current impasse with Iran, and to see what lessons the former might hold for the latter. The threat posed by the rogue Middle Eastern state, say the panelists - not just to its neighbors in the region, but to the United States - is far more immediate than most realize.
The event commenced with brief but poignant introduction from prominent entrepreneur and EMPact America founder Henry Schwartz.
An EMP attack by Iran, explained Schwartz, would have the power to “shut down our electrical grid, and thus, end our civilization as we know it.”

“Iran has repeatedly called for a world without America,” Schwartz continued, “and has practiced this type of EMP attack from barges in the Caspian Sea.” He went on to describe various plausible scenarios for a high-altitude EMP detonation, describing the repercussions as “catastrophic.”

“The opportunity and time for diplomatic efforts has been exhausted,” declared Schwartz. “The U.S. must act militarily to stop Iran, to prevent them from becoming a nuclear-armed existential threat to America.”
A presentation by foreign affairs expert Frank Gaffney provided additional context for understanding the present situation with Iran. Citing reports by a national German newspaper, Gaffney pointed to a military collaboration between Iran and Venezuela, which would enable Iran to launch an attack on the United States even before obtaining intercontinental ballistic missiles.

One tactic, launching a strike from a cargo ship sitting off the U.S. coast, dubbed the “Scud-in-a-tub,” was deemed a particularly worrisome possibility. It is an attack vector, says Gaffney, for which we “neither have any missile defense, nor, for that matter, any warning systems.”

Seeking to drive his point home and demonstrate that his concerns were not an exaggeration, Gaffney recalled an incident last July in which a ship, sailing through the Panama Canal under the North Korean flag, was intercepted and found to be carrying two surface-to-air missiles concealed within its cargo.
Fox News contributor and former ambassador John Bolton offered insights on the inner machinations of the Iranian regime. He characterized the superficially democratic aspects of Iranian government as nothing more than a ruse. 

Describing how the true power lay with the Ayatollah Khamenei and the nation’s mullahs, he explained the position of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani as that of a secondary leader. Tongue firmly planted in cheek, Bolton helpfully suggested that his listeners think of Rouhani as “Iran’s Joe Biden.”

“And when you think of it that way,” Amb. Bolton elucidated, “watching President Obama chase Hassan Rouhani around New York at the opening of the (U.N.) General Assembly in September was more than an embarrassment; it was a strategic mistake. Because Iran correctly read Obama’s efforts, first with the photo opportunity, then to even have even a telephone conversation, as signaling weakness in the American position, as signaling desperation to reach some kind of cosmetic deal with Iran on the nuclear weapons program.” Read the full story Here.

Iranian Parliament Drafts Bill on Protection of Iran’s N. Rights in Talks with World Powers - In short the 'Bill' says take a hike.

Iranian Parliament Drafts Bill on Protection of Iran’s N. Rights in Talks with World Powers.(Fars).

Iranian lawmakers plan to discuss approval of a bill on Wednesday which will require the government of President Rouhani to protect the country’s nuclear rights in its negotiations with the world powers.

The 14-clause bill of the law has been presented to the legislature's presiding board and will be raised in an open session of the parliament tomorrow.

The bill requires the government to continue development of sites and enrichment facilities, including Natanz enrichment facility, to produce fuel for powerful 1,000-megawatt nuclear reactors for the power plants the country plans to build to generate 20,000 megawatts of electricity through nuclear power.

It also demands the government to continue building and installing second and third-generation centrifuges to replace the country's first-generation centrifuge machines at Iran's uranium enrichment sites in a bid to enhance economic and industrial productivity of nuclear fuel production.

The bill also requires the government to continue depositing enriched uranium until having enough storage for the production of the nuclear fuel needed by every power plant of the country in three years.

It also urges continued exploration and development of uranium mines across the country according to the country's plans.

The bill underlines continued uranium enrichment at 20 percent-grade both to meet Iran's need to nuclear fuel for its research reactor in Tehran which produces radioisotopes for various medical purposes and for possible trade in the global market.

The bill will also necessitate the government to continue completion of Arak heavy water reactor.

It meantime requires the government to continue necessary cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

It also necessitates the government to take retaliatory measures against any of those states party to the nuclear talks with Iran which embarks on imposing sanctions or other unfriendly actions against Iranian bodies or individuals.

The bill also reiterates that any agreement with the demands of the parties to the nuclear talks with Iran should fall within the framework of the liabilities mentioned in the non-proliferation treaty (NPT).

All-out support and protection for nuclear scientists and experts, nuclear cooperation and interaction with independent and friendly nations, production and export of commercial nuclear products, specially nuclear medicines, and establishment and development of nuclear research centers and nuclear colleges as well as their equipment are among the other items mentioned in the bill.

The bill will be raised at the parliament tomorrow morning as the Iranian team of negotiators are preparing to meet their counterparts from the six major world powers in Geneva Wednesday afternoon.

Iran and the Group 5+1 held three days of intense discussions in the Swiss city of Geneva from November 7 to 9.

The two sides did not reach an agreement, but stressed that significant progress had been made and expressed optimism about the prospects of a possible deal in the future.

The seven countries are due to convene in Geneva tomorrow for another round of talks.Hmmm......In short the 'Bill' says take a hike.