Obama's 'Pen pall' Khamenei publishes book on how to outwit US and destroy Israel.

Obama's 'Pen pall' Khamenei publishes book on how to outwit US and destroy Israel. (NYP) HT: CarlInJerusalem.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has published a new book called “Palestine,” a 416-page screed against the Jewish state. A blurb on the back cover credits Khamenei as “The flagbearer of Jihad to liberate Jerusalem.”

A friend sent me a copy from Iran, the only place the book is currently available, though an Arabic translation is promised soon.

    Obama administration officials likely hope that no American even hears about it.

Khamenei makes his position clear from the start: Israel has no right to exist as a state.

He uses three words. One is “nabudi” which means “annihilation.” The other is “imha” which means “fading out,” and, finally, there is “zaval” meaning “effacement.”

Khamenei claims that his strategy for the destruction of Israel is not based on anti-Semitism, which he describes as a European phenomenon. His position is instead based on “well-established Islamic principles.”

One such principle is that a land that falls under Muslim rule, even briefly, can never again be ceded to non-Muslims. What matters in Islam is ownership of a land’s government, even if the majority of inhabitants are non-Muslims.

However, according to Khamenei, Israel, which he labels as “adou” and “doshman,” meaning “enemy” and “foe,” is a special case for three reasons.

The first is that it is a loyal “ally of the American Great Satan” and a key element in its “evil scheme” to dominate “the heartland of the Ummah.”

The second reason is that Israel has waged war on Muslims on a number of occasions, thus becoming “a hostile infidel,” or “kaffir al-harbi.”

Finally, Israel is a special case because it occupies Jerusalem, which Khamenei describes as “Islam’s third Holy City.” Hmmm.....I wonder if Hussein Obama and Kerry got a signed copy? Read the full story here. More here.

Obama's BFF Iran Warns against US Senate's Access to Tehran-IAEA Agreement.

Obama's BFF Iran Warns against US Senate's Access to Tehran-IAEA Agreement. (Fars).

Iran's Envoy to the International Atomic Energy Agency Reza Najafi objected to the US Senate's demand for being briefed about the contents of the recently signed roadmap of cooperation between Tehran and the IAEA, warning the UN nuclear watchdog to avoid disclosing its secret agreements with Tehran.

"The agreements signed between a member country and the IAEA are definitely secret and cannot be presented to any other country at all," Najafi said in an interview with the Iranian students news agency on Saturday.

Referring to the discussions at the US Congress during which the US officials elaborated on the nuclear agreement between Iran and the Group 5+1 (the US, Russia, China, Britain and France plus Germany), he said, "The discussions revealed that the secret texts between Iran and the Agency have not even been provided to the US administration."

"For the very same reason, they cannot be presented to the Senate members either," Najafi added.

Elsewhere in an interview with another Iranian news agency, the envoy said Tehran has already warned the IAEA chief against the repercussions of a disclosure of its agreement with the UN nuclear watchdog agency.

"Iran has clarified it to Amano that the text of its understanding with the IAEA cannot be presented to the Senate," Najafi reiterated.

He further warned that "the Agency knows what it means to disclose a secret document".

The Iranian envoy also cautioned Amano that he is duty bound now to accept possible invitations of other countries' legislatures after he accepted last night to attend a US Senate meeting.

Head of the IAEA Yukiya Amano and Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi signed a roadmap of cooperation in Vienna on July 14.

The roadmap contains secret arrangements stated in one or two documents entailing on the methods to be used by the two sides in their cooperation.

Senior Iranian nuclear officials have said that all IAEA member stated have such secret agreements and the UN nuclear watchdog is duty bound to keep them secret to any third party individual or state.

After the roadmap was signed, Salehi announced that the new agreement would fully settle all unresolved issues pertaining to Tehran's nuclear activities in the past.

"All past issues will be resolved completely after Iran and the Agency adopt some measures," Salehi told reporters after signing an agreement called the Iran-IAEA Cooperation 'Roadmap'.

He said that all agreements, including the measures decided for Parchin military site, will be implemented with full respect to Iran's redlines.

Iran had earlier announced that inspection of the country's military sites are one of its redlines.

"I hope that a new chapter in relations and cooperation between Iran and the IAEA will start after the settlement of the past issues," Salehi added.

Salehi made the remarks in Vienna just a short time after diplomats acknowledged a sum-up agreement had been made between world powers and Iran.

In relevant remarks late July, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and senior negotiator Seyed Abbas Araqchi said that Tehran and the IAEA have compiled a new roadmap to settle the issues related to Parchin military site in Iran.

"The issues related to the past which are wrongly described by the IAEA as Possible Military Dimensions (PMD) have been discussed between Iran and the IAEA and God willing, they will be resolved based on the new roadmap signed by Mr. Amano and Salehi (the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran) and the arrangements made," Araqchi said.

"The road is in the same direction of the past agreements with a new roadmap and some related annexes which are Iran-IAEA documents and that's why they have not been released as no other country would release the documents that it has with the Agency," said Araqchi. Hmmmm......The more i read about this 'deal' the more the words 'high crimes and misdemeanors' come to my mind.

TEHRAN- Imam Fund plans to contribute $10 million to support President Obama's campaign to get nuke "deal" with Iran approved by Congress.

— Amir Taheri (@AmirTaheri4) July 31, 2015

French Pres. Hollande's senior adviser: ' if Congress rejects Iran deal, a better deal could be achieved'.

French Pres. Hollande's senior adviser: ' if Congress rejects Iran deal, a better deal could be achieved'. (Jpost).

The lawmakers, Democrat Loretta Sanchez and Republican Mike Turner, both members of the House Armed Services Committee, met with the French official in Paris earlier this month to discuss the Iran deal.

According to both lawmakers Audibert expressed support for the deal overall, "but also directly disputed Kerry’s claim that a Congressional rejection of the Iran deal would result in the worst of all worlds, the collapse of sanctions and Iran racing to the bomb without restrictions."

“He basically said, if Congress votes this down, there will be some saber-rattling and some chaos for a year or two, but in the end nothing will change and Iran will come back to the table to negotiate again and that would be to our advantage,” Sanchez told Josh Rogin of Bloomberg View.

“He thought if the Congress voted it down, that we could get a better deal,” Sanchez added.

Bloomberg's Rogin wrote in his report that a spokesman for the French embassy in Washington issued a statement saying it "formally denies the content of the remarks."

According to the report, Audibert also disagreed with Kerry's assertion that if the Congress doesn't lift US sanctions against Iran, the international sanctions regime would collapse and American competitors would rush into Iran to do business.

Audibert reportedly told Sanchez and Turner that if US sanctions were kept in place, it would effectively prevent the West from doing extensive business in Iran.

“I asked him specifically what the Europeans would do, and his comment was that the way the US sanctions are set in, he didn’t see an entity or a country going against them, that the risk was too high,” Sanchez said.

According to the report, Audibert also expressed to Sanchez and Turner some misgivings about the deal that was reached with Iran, including his belief that the deal should have been negotiated to last forever, not start to expire in as few as 10 years. 

He also told the lawmakers that "he didn’t understand why Iran needed more than 5,000 centrifuges for a peaceful nuclear program." In addition, the French official reportedly "expressed concerns about the robustness of the inspections and verification regime under the deal, according to the lawmakers." Hmmm.....It's becoming pretty obvious that Kerry the man with most personal 'connections' to Iran was the man giving in to Iran. Read the full story here.

Iran Nuclear Deal: Who are the Winners and Losers in this 'Deal'?

Iran Nuclear Deal: Who are the Winners and Losers in this 'Deal'? (Aawsat).By Amir Taheri.

We are still a long way before the “deal” on Iran’s nuclear program becomes reality, if ever.

However, even if it doesn’t, the process has already produced potential winners and losers.

The initial deal, known as Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), has no legal authority because no one has signed it. Nevertheless, the resolution passed by the United Nations Security Council last week, the seventh on the subject, might be regarded as providing the JCPOA with a measure of legality. As a sponsor of the resolution, the US voted for it and is thus committed to it. Iran, not a member of the Security Council, did not have to vote and has not accepted it yet.

Accepting the new resolution won’t be easy because it is based on six previous resolutions Iran has rejected.

Last Saturday, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif hinted that the Islamic Republic may not be able to accept the new resolution, in which case a thick fog would be cast over the whole issue.

“The text of JCPOA makes it clear that its content is not identical with the contents of [UN Security Council] Resolution 2231,” Zarif said. “By mixing the two, [US Secretary of State] John Kerry is fomenting confusion.”

For Iran to accept the new resolution, thus giving the JCPOA legal basis, the text must first be approved by the Council of Ministers.

It is then submitted to the High Council of National Defense.

If approved there, the text goes to the Islamic Majlis. If approved by the Majlis, it goes to the Council of the Custodians of the Constitution.

Finally, the text will be submitted to “Supreme Guide” Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is not obliged to specifically endorse it and could cancel it at any time with a State Order (Hukm Al-Hokumi).

The only document signed by Iran in Vienna is what Yukiya Amano, the director of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), calls a “roadmap” to address the IAEA’s concerns about the military dimensions of the Iranian program with a view to issuing a report. (The text remains secret!)

But even that signature means little.

In the past 12 years, Iran has signed such documents on three occasions, each time reneging on them.

In any case, a “roadmap” does not tell one where to go, at what speed, and by which means of transportation—or whether to start a journey in the first place. A “roadmap” does not deprive you of circumventing some points or even making U-turns. Now read who are the Winners and loosers here.

Khamenei Advisor Velayati: Iran regards new UN resolution as "null and void". (Thus nuke "deal" won't get legal base as Iran signed nothing)

— Amir Taheri (@AmirTaheri4) July 30, 2015

Video exchange between SenTomCotton and Kerry explaining Iran's war against Americans

From @littlebytes's Patty Garza: 'This is truly startling....listen to the answers when the question is "Did you read the text of this agreement?" -- and then listen to the rest of the mess, it is absolutely mind boggling, and we thank Senator Tom Cotton for his questioning, it is EXCELLENT at exposing this mess for what it is.'

Video - Why is Obama's BFF Iran so happy about the nuclear deal?

Iran's Nuclear Spokesman: 1Million SWUs Enrichment Capacity needed & Available.

Iran's Nuclear Spokesman: 1mln SWUs Enrichment Capacity needed & Available. (Fars).

Spokesman of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Behrouz Kamalvandi underlined that the recently struck deal would not prevent the country from producing 1,000,000 SWUs (Separative Work Units) of enriched uranium in the long run.

Speaking to Iran's state radio on Wednesday, Kamalvandi referred to Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei's rejection of the world powers' demand from Iran to suffice to a 10,000 SWU enrichment capacity as well as his emphasis on Iran's definite need to 190,000 SWUs enrichment power, and said a precise interpretation of the leader's statements shows that he meant a 190,000-SWU enrichment capacity is needed only for the Bushehr nuclear power plant irrespective to the country's other needs.

"The prospects considered by the Supreme Leader includes 1,000,000 SWUs annually which can of course be materialized in the long run and therefore, we don’t think of just 190,000 SWUs," he added, reminding that Iran plans to build many more power plants and would, hence, need a million SWUs to produce nuclear fuel for them in future.

In relevant remarks in April, Kamalvandi said that "the Islamic Republic of Iran plans to produce at least 190,000 SWUs (Separative Work Units) of nuclear fuel at the industrial scale, while we also think about 1,000,000 SWUs, which will be needed to fuel 5 power plants like Bushehr (nuclear power plant)".

"This is the reason why we have inked an agreement with the Russians to construct two nuclear power plants for the generation of electricity while the Chinese will also enter this arena soon," he added.

Kerry Acknowledges Iran ‘May’ Use Weapons Obtained Through Deal to Kill Americans, Israelis.

Kerry Acknowledges Iran ‘May’ Use Weapons Obtained Through Deal to Kill Americans, Israelis. (CNSNews).

Secretary of State John Kerry conceded on Tuesday that Iran “may” use weapons that it will acquire as a result of restrictions being lifted under the nuclear agreement to kill Americans and Israelis.

Appearing before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to defend the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Kerry was asked about recent belligerent statements by Iranian leaders.

“Less than two weeks ago Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei led a rally that was frequently punctuated by chants of ‘Death to America!’ and ‘Death to Israel!’ observed Rep. Mo Brooks (R-Ala.)

“Do you believe his comments accurately reflect Iranian government goals?” he asked Kerry.

“I think they reflect an attitude and a rhetorical excess, but I see no evidence that they have a policy that is implementing that against us at this point in time.”

Asked whether he believes Iran is the world’s biggest sponsor of terror, Kerry replied that he does.

Brooks then asked the secretary of state whether he believes that the Iranians “will use the conventional weapons made available by the Iran nuclear treaty to kill Americans or Israelis?”

“Well, they may, they may,” Kerry said, adding that the U.S. has, ever since the embassy hostage crisis in 1979, “put sanctions in place specifically because of their support for terror, because of their abuse of human rights.”

“Okay, I understand that,” Brooks said. “You answered my question when you said, ‘Yes, they may.’” Read the full story here.

Best Man at John Kerry's daughter's 2009 wedding? Iran Foreign Minister/nuke negotiator Javad Zarif’s son.

Best Man at John Kerry's daughter's 2009 wedding? Iran Foreign Minister/nuke negotiator Javad Zarif’s son. HT: AllenWest.

You not might be aware that in 2009, the daughter of Secretary of State John Kerry, Dr. Vanessa Bradford Kerry, John Kerry’s younger daughter by his first wife, married an Iranian-American physician named Dr. Brian (Behrooz) Vala Nahed, an Iranian-American physician.

Of course you’re not aware of it.

Brian (Behrooz) Nahed is son of Nooshin and Reza Vala Nahid of Los Angeles. Brian’s Persian birth name is “Behrooz Vala Nahid” but it is now shortened and Americanized in the media to “Brian Nahed.” At the time his engagement to Bradford Kerry, there was rarely any mention of Nahed’s Persian/Iranian ancestry, and even the official wedding announcement in the October 2009 issue of New York Times carefully avoids any reference to Dr. Nahed (Nahid)’s birthplace (which is uncommon in wedding announcements) and starts his biography from his college years.

Gosh, I wonder why??

Gee, do you think Secretary Kerry should have recused himself from the negotiations with Iran at the very outset because of his long-standing relationshipto his Iranian counter-part, Mohammad Javad Zarif? Let me explain.

Zarif is the current minister of foreign affairs in the Rouhani administration and has held various significant diplomatic and cabinet posts since the 1990s. He was Kerry’s chief counterpart in the nuclear deal negotiations. Hmmm.......Do we have to make a drawing to explain it? High crimes and misdemeanors is a phrase from Section 4 of Article Two of the United States Constitution.

Overnight Music Video - Paint it Black - Vietnam War

Overnight Music Video - Vietnam War-House of the Rising Sun

President Barack Obama honored veterans on Monday by noting “the light of a new day” of having U.S. troops home from Iraq and returning soon from Afghanistan, while promising not to send soldiers back to war without a clear need..