Trump's exit from the Iran nuclear deal: Power move or ego move?
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1/21/15
USA - Breach of Protocol Boehner snubs WH, invites Netanyahu to address Congress
House Speaker John Boehner on Wednesday invited Israeli Prime
Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to address Congress without consulting the
White House, an apparent challenge to President Obama's policy on
negotiations with Iran.
Netanyahu accepted the offer and will address a joint session on Feb. 11, according to a congressional aide who spoke on background because the Israeli Embassy has not yet made a public announcement.
Boehner, R-Ohio, asked Netanyahu to address the threats posed by Iran's nuclear ambitions and the rise of the Islamic State. The invite came a day after the president's State of the Union Address in which Obama warned Congress against enacting new economic sanctions against Iran.
"New sanctions passed by this Congress, at this moment in time, will all but guarantee that diplomacy fails, alienating America from its allies, and ensuring that Iran starts up its nuclear program again," Obama said Tuesday. "It doesn't make sense. That is why I will veto any new sanctions bill that threatens to undo this progress."
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the invitation to Netanyahu was a breach of diplomatic protocol, but that the White House was reserving judgment about the invitation until they had a chance to communicate with the Israelis on the prime minister's message.
Note EU-Digest: This is a complete diplomatic "Faux Pas". Has Boehner lost his mind?
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Netanyahu accepted the offer and will address a joint session on Feb. 11, according to a congressional aide who spoke on background because the Israeli Embassy has not yet made a public announcement.
Boehner, R-Ohio, asked Netanyahu to address the threats posed by Iran's nuclear ambitions and the rise of the Islamic State. The invite came a day after the president's State of the Union Address in which Obama warned Congress against enacting new economic sanctions against Iran.
"New sanctions passed by this Congress, at this moment in time, will all but guarantee that diplomacy fails, alienating America from its allies, and ensuring that Iran starts up its nuclear program again," Obama said Tuesday. "It doesn't make sense. That is why I will veto any new sanctions bill that threatens to undo this progress."
Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, White House spokesman Josh Earnest said the invitation to Netanyahu was a breach of diplomatic protocol, but that the White House was reserving judgment about the invitation until they had a chance to communicate with the Israelis on the prime minister's message.
Note EU-Digest: This is a complete diplomatic "Faux Pas". Has Boehner lost his mind?
Read More: Boehner snubs WH, invites Netanyahu to address Congress
10/21/13
Iran: The case of Iran teaches the EU a lesson in Global Leadership - by Dr. Cornelius Adebahr
After a decade of nuclear talks, a deal between Iran and the International Community may finally be in sight. However, what if the compromise found at the negotiation table falls through domestically on either the Iranian or the American side? In the end, the EU will have to pick up the tab and finally punch its weight.
It may be just a coincidence: Quite exactly ten years before the current round of talks in Geneva, the then foreign ministers of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom (the EU-3) had a first breakthrough in their talks with the Iranian government.
With the ‚Tehran Declaration’ of 21 October 2003, Iran agreed to sign and implement the Additional Protocol of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and to voluntary suspend all uranium enrichment activities. In return, the three European powers recognised the country’s right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy in accordance with the NPT and promised cooperation on nuclear energy once ‚satisfactory assurances’ about Iran's nuclear programme had alleviated international concerns.
At least two individuals will certainly take note of the ‚anniversary‘: Hassan Rouhani, then the leader of the Iranian team and now the country’s freshly elected president, and Mohammed Zarif, the country’s foreign minister who then was its ambassador to the UN.
The EU-3 has morphed into the P5+1 with China, Russia, and the United States now also at the table, notably represented by the EU’s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton. Their discussions with the new Iranian leaderhip in Geneva on 15 and 16 October were „substantive and forward-looking“ according to a joint declaration – the latter being in itself a first.
During the meeting, the contours of a possible agreement emerged: Iran would accept strict limits on its enrichment activites and implement the Additional Protocol. In return, the P5+1 would gradually lift sanctions – both UN agreed and their own – as well as recognise in principle Iran’s right to enrichment.
If this sounds somewhat familiar, small wonder: The essence of the deal – intrusive inspections in exchange for international recognition – have been out there for ten years. However, it has taken a decade of nuclear advances checked by increased sanctions so that all parties concerned understood the seriousness of the other and seem to have become ready for a compromise.
Read more: The case of Iran teaches the EU a lesson in Global Leadership | Global Policy Journal - Practitioner, Academic, Global Governance, International Law, Economics, Security, Institutions, Comment & Opinion, Media, Events, Journal
It may be just a coincidence: Quite exactly ten years before the current round of talks in Geneva, the then foreign ministers of France, Germany, and the United Kingdom (the EU-3) had a first breakthrough in their talks with the Iranian government.
With the ‚Tehran Declaration’ of 21 October 2003, Iran agreed to sign and implement the Additional Protocol of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and to voluntary suspend all uranium enrichment activities. In return, the three European powers recognised the country’s right to the peaceful use of nuclear energy in accordance with the NPT and promised cooperation on nuclear energy once ‚satisfactory assurances’ about Iran's nuclear programme had alleviated international concerns.
At least two individuals will certainly take note of the ‚anniversary‘: Hassan Rouhani, then the leader of the Iranian team and now the country’s freshly elected president, and Mohammed Zarif, the country’s foreign minister who then was its ambassador to the UN.
The EU-3 has morphed into the P5+1 with China, Russia, and the United States now also at the table, notably represented by the EU’s foreign policy chief, Catherine Ashton. Their discussions with the new Iranian leaderhip in Geneva on 15 and 16 October were „substantive and forward-looking“ according to a joint declaration – the latter being in itself a first.
During the meeting, the contours of a possible agreement emerged: Iran would accept strict limits on its enrichment activites and implement the Additional Protocol. In return, the P5+1 would gradually lift sanctions – both UN agreed and their own – as well as recognise in principle Iran’s right to enrichment.
If this sounds somewhat familiar, small wonder: The essence of the deal – intrusive inspections in exchange for international recognition – have been out there for ten years. However, it has taken a decade of nuclear advances checked by increased sanctions so that all parties concerned understood the seriousness of the other and seem to have become ready for a compromise.
Read more: The case of Iran teaches the EU a lesson in Global Leadership | Global Policy Journal - Practitioner, Academic, Global Governance, International Law, Economics, Security, Institutions, Comment & Opinion, Media, Events, Journal
7/12/12
Kenyan PM says oil deal with Iran not to affect ties with US and EU
Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga on Thursday stressed oil purchase deal which Kenya signed with Iran is old and will not affect the country’s diplomatic ties with Western countries, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
Odinga said the oil deal which Kenya cancelled on Wednesday after the U.S. warned of unspecified sanctions for the dealing with Tehran is older than the recent sanctions and is not an indication that Nairobi is breaking ranks with the global community.
"No oil was procured because Iran never offered any concessions or discounts. There was no likelihood that any Kenyan company or the government was going to import Iranian oil," Odinga said during a meeting in Nairobi with visiting U.S. Congress.
Kenya’s Energy Ministry Permanent Secretary Patrick Nyoike reportedly said on Tuesday that the east African nation will import 4 million tonnes of crude oil from Iranian National Oil Company, which sparked protests from Washington.
An oil embargo by the EU took effect this week, bringing to a halt crude import to 27 countries in the region. The U.S. Congress is also expected to expand sanctions against Tehran on account of the country’s nuclear program.
For more: APA - Kenyan PM says oil deal with Iran not to affect ties with Western countries
Odinga said the oil deal which Kenya cancelled on Wednesday after the U.S. warned of unspecified sanctions for the dealing with Tehran is older than the recent sanctions and is not an indication that Nairobi is breaking ranks with the global community.
"No oil was procured because Iran never offered any concessions or discounts. There was no likelihood that any Kenyan company or the government was going to import Iranian oil," Odinga said during a meeting in Nairobi with visiting U.S. Congress.
Kenya’s Energy Ministry Permanent Secretary Patrick Nyoike reportedly said on Tuesday that the east African nation will import 4 million tonnes of crude oil from Iranian National Oil Company, which sparked protests from Washington.
An oil embargo by the EU took effect this week, bringing to a halt crude import to 27 countries in the region. The U.S. Congress is also expected to expand sanctions against Tehran on account of the country’s nuclear program.
For more: APA - Kenyan PM says oil deal with Iran not to affect ties with Western countries
6/11/12
What is really happening in Iran? - by Pepe Escobar
The supreme war-or-peace question regarding the Iran psychodrama has got to be: What game is Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei really playing?
Sharp wits among the lively Iranian global diaspora maintain that the Supreme Leader is the perfect US/Israel asset - as he incarnates Iran as "the enemy" (although in most cases in a much less strident way than Ahmadinejad).
In parallel, the military dictatorship of the mullahtariat in Tehran also needs "the enemy" - as in "the Great Satan" and assorted Zionists - to justify its monopoly of power.
The ultimate loser, voices of the diaspora sustain, is true Iranian democracy - as in the foundation for the country's ability to resist empire. Especially now, after the immensely dodgy 2009 presidential election and the repression of the Green movement. Even former supporters swear the Islamic Republic is now neither a "republic" - nor "Islamic".
Read More: What is really happening in Iran? - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
Sharp wits among the lively Iranian global diaspora maintain that the Supreme Leader is the perfect US/Israel asset - as he incarnates Iran as "the enemy" (although in most cases in a much less strident way than Ahmadinejad).
In parallel, the military dictatorship of the mullahtariat in Tehran also needs "the enemy" - as in "the Great Satan" and assorted Zionists - to justify its monopoly of power.
Read More: What is really happening in Iran? - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
5/17/12
Is Israel on the war path? Iran attack decision nears, Israeli elite locks down - by Michael Stott
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| Is Israel getting ready to strike Iran? |
It contains little more than a long wooden table, brown leather chairs and a single old-fashioned white projector screen.
This inner sanctum at the end of a corridor between Netanyahu's private room and the office of his top military adviser, is where one of the decade's most momentous military decisions could soon be taken: to launch an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear program.
Time for that decision is fast running out and the mood in Jerusalem is hardening.
Read more: THE DAILY STAR :: News :: Middle East :: Iran attack decision nears, Israeli elite locks down
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