Iran successfully avoided the terms of the last agreement with the West designed to limit its nuclear program -- and has boasted openly this time around that it has retained the right to enrich its Uranium and continue its program virtually unimpeded.
But this times things are different.
It's just that the Obama administration appears reluctant to take advantage of that fact.
Showing posts with label Iranian Sanctions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Iranian Sanctions. Show all posts
Friday, December 20, 2013
Monday, December 16, 2013
Mideast Media Sampler 12/16/13: Despite Geneva, Sanctions on Iran Ain't Over Till They're Over
by David Gerstman, contributing blogger at Legal Insurrection
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| Iran’s deputy nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi. Credit: Legal Insurrection, PressTV Videos / YouTube |
I was right.
I wrote that the previous agreement between the West and Iran should be used as a model for predicting how the ongoing P5 + 1 negotiations will go.
Specifically, I wrote:
I wrote that the previous agreement between the West and Iran should be used as a model for predicting how the ongoing P5 + 1 negotiations will go.
Specifically, I wrote:
In the coming months when Iran and the West have a dispute over the meaning of terms of the Geneva deal or the discovery of something suspicious in Iran, Iran knows that it can bluff its way out of suffering any consequences for its bad faith.Last week the Treasury Department designated a number of companies and individuals for their illegal trade with Iran.
“The Joint Plan of Action reached in Geneva does not, and will not, interfere with our continued efforts to expose and disrupt those supporting Iran’s nuclear program or seeking to evade our sanctions. These sanctions have isolated Iran from the international financial system, imposed enormous pressure on the Iranian economy, and motivated the Iranian leadership to make the first meaningful concessions on its nuclear program in over a decade,” said Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence David S. Cohen. “Today’s actions should be a stark reminder to businesses, banks, and brokers everywhere that we will continue relentlessly to enforce our sanctions, even as we explore the possibility of a long-term, comprehensive resolution of our concerns with Iran’s nuclear program.”The Iranian reaction was predictable.
Monday, November 05, 2012
The Middle East Media Sampler 11/5/2012: New York Times Palestinian Bias
From DG:
1) The New York Times on the Middle East, again
In Palestinians at the U.N. again, the editors of the New York Times write:
1) The New York Times on the Middle East, again
In Palestinians at the U.N. again, the editors of the New York Times write:
It is not a move that will do anyone any good. It will not change facts on the ground, and it will come at a cost. After last year’s initiative, Israel withheld millions of dollars in tax transfers to the Palestinian Authority; the United States halted funding for Unesco, and Congress is withholding $495 million in assistance for the Palestinians, the State Department says. Both countries are likely to react the same way again, although there is a danger in bankrupting the Palestinian Authority, which has begun to build the institutions of a state, including a police force, that also contribute to Israel’s security.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Mideast Media Sampler: UN Undermines Peace; Hamas and Hezbollah Losing Their Patron?
Mideast Media Sampler 12/22/11
by DG
1) UNconditionally undermining Middle East peace
Several Security Council member nations have criticized Israel. Now Isabel Kersher reports, Israel Accuses 4 Countries of Meddling in Its Affairs. One paragraph is especially of note:
The latest efforts by the quartet began after the Palestinians applied to the Security Council for full membership in the United Nations in the fall. The quartet has called on the sides to resume talks without preconditions and to refrain from provocative actions. The members of the quartet have made clear that they see settlement construction as provocative.Kershner reports that these new Quartet efforts follow the Palestinian bid for statehood at the UN in September. By any measure, this is an ongoing effort to avoid negotiations - negotiations that the PA unilaterally withdrew from. So the Quartet is bothered (and Kershner too) apparently by Israel building in areas it is likely to hold after negotiations but a blatant Palestinian effort to bypass negotiations is not worth mentioning.
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
US Congressperson Ros-Lehtinen Supports New Sanctions against Syrian And Iranian Regime Officials
NEWSHouse Foreign Affairs CommitteeU.S. House of RepresentativesIleana Ros-Lehtinen, Chairman
CONTACT: Brad Goehner or Andeliz Castillo (202) 225-5021, August 30, 2011Alex Cruz (South Florida) (202) 225-8200
For IMMEDIATE ReleaseRos-Lehtinen Supports New Sanctions against Syrian Regime Officials, Calls for Same Treatment for Iran’s Ahmadinejad, Khamenei
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