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International Accord Reached on Iran's Nuclear Program

By Jeralyn, Section Foreign Affairs
Posted on Sun Nov 24, 2013 at 12:00:51 AM EST
Tags: Iran, nuclear weapons (all tags)
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An accord has been reached with Iran about its nuclear weapons program.

Iran has agreed to stop enriching uranium above 5%. The accord is to last six months. (Sounds more like a pause than a cessation.)

In return for the initial agreement, the United States agreed to provide $6 billion to $7 billion in sanctions relief. Of this, roughly $4.2 billion would be oil revenue that has been frozen in foreign banks.

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    Even a six-month deal is quite an achievement, (5.00 / 1) (#1)
    by shoephone on Sun Nov 24, 2013 at 02:00:18 AM EST
    and one that would not have been possible if Ahmadinejad were still president. Iran's new president made a serious effort at conciliation from day one. Expect there to be lots of aggressive bleating from Netanyahu and the usual suspects in our congress and media.

    Agree this quite an achievement (5.00 / 1) (#2)
    by MO Blue on Sun Nov 24, 2013 at 03:13:57 AM EST
    As Obama said, a good first step.

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    Agreed. (none / 0) (#15)
    by KeysDan on Sun Nov 24, 2013 at 11:48:45 AM EST
    A baby step, but a success for Obama diplomacy.  Much better than a baby step for bombing--with  an incredibly small military strike.   The accord has put Abdullah of Saudi Arabia and Bibi Netanyahu on the same team albeit wearing different jerseys.  And, the Republican reaction shows disappointment in taking the "bombing option" off the table.  The irony to these reactions is the initial cheerleading by these same reactionaries for the Iraq war which has enabled their dreaded shift of regional influence to Iran.

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    Seems like the combination of the (5.00 / 1) (#31)
    by MO Blue on Mon Nov 25, 2013 at 05:32:53 AM EST
    Israelis and the Republicans saying mean things has some Dems vowing to join with the Republicans in helping to squash even these baby steps.

    Top Dems, Republicans blast Obama's nuke deal with Iran

    Sen. Chuck Schumer (N.Y.), the No. 3 Democrat in the chamber, called the deal disproportionately good for Iran, and that it was only strong sanctions that gave the U.S. and its allies any leverage over Tehran.

    "This disproportionality of this agreement makes it more likely that Democrats and Republicans will join together and pass additional sanctions when we return in December," Schumer said in a Sunday statement.

    Idiots abound in D.C.

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    Schumer looks out for Schumer (none / 0) (#41)
    by shoephone on Mon Nov 25, 2013 at 01:26:46 PM EST
    and if that means being on the wrong side of history in order to get more money from AIPAC, then so be it!

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    Abdullah of Saudi Arabia decided to (none / 0) (#37)
    by MO Blue on Mon Nov 25, 2013 at 10:22:22 AM EST
    isolate Israel on deal.

    Saudis offers cautious support for Iran deal

    Saudi Arabia broke with Israel on Monday and offered cautious support for a U.S.-backed nuclear deal with Iran.

    "This agreement could be a first step towards a comprehensive solution for Iran's nuclear program, if there are good intentions," the Saudi government said in a statement, according to the Agence France Presse.



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    For sure aggressive bleating from Israel and... (none / 0) (#4)
    by gbrbsb on Sun Nov 24, 2013 at 07:26:03 AM EST
    wishfully thinking, maybe in a fit of retaliatory action, retraction of its yearly support against the yearly UN resolution calling for an end to the US embargo on Cuba since 1992, which, with the usually supportive world powers of the likes of Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Palau abstaining this year, would leave the US standing alone with even the occasional one off supports from trusty allies such as Albania, Uzbekistan, Romania and for some strange reason Paraguay, all in a distant past. ; - )

    And now on the Cuban subject, and with commemorations for JFK ongoing, what's the chance of Kerry using a bit of his diplomatic flair to open up the US on the Cuban front too ?

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    Gotta laugh (5.00 / 1) (#7)
    by ragebot on Sun Nov 24, 2013 at 08:45:04 AM EST
    when you use Kerry and diplomatic flair in the same sentence.

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    Please feel free to laugh away because... (none / 0) (#22)
    by gbrbsb on Sun Nov 24, 2013 at 03:02:35 PM EST
    most was tongue in cheek anyway !

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    Nor would it have been (none / 0) (#8)
    by MKS on Sun Nov 24, 2013 at 09:01:15 AM EST
    possible with a President Romney.

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    Elections have consequences (5.00 / 1) (#6)
    by Politalkix on Sun Nov 24, 2013 at 08:18:41 AM EST
    McCain: "Bomb Bomb Bomb, Iran".

    Romney: "I don't have a song but I will let Bibi write one for me".
    link
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    Obama "Give Peace a Chance".

    Uh huh. (5.00 / 3) (#11)
    by Dadler on Sun Nov 24, 2013 at 10:32:58 AM EST
    Drones murdering civilians in digusting numbers is not giving peace a chance (and if you believe what the military says about how many innocent people it murders, well, have a good with that). Having your military occupying and engaging all over the globe, and having no history of it doing any good post WWII, this is not giving peace a chance. And stupidly inserting yourself into civil wars all over the middle east and arming the biggest scumbag groups who murder at will is not giving peace a chance.

    That is the problem. For every "great" thing you can name, once can counter with five that are needlessly and inexcusably cruel and inhumane and mentally deficient.

    Hey, I hope this Iran nuke deal turns out to be miraculously wonderful in the long run, I would be stupid and dishonest not to. But since I know my own government is corrupt and unimaginative to the core, and the other governments involved (Iran's too, obviously) are just the same, I have little faith. How can you believe in a "peace" of this highly volatile sort forged by nations who are, in their own ways, equally and openly abusing their own populaces? Our government abuses us with mentally retarded and violent devotion and addiction to lies about money and material things (cops busting heads of non-violent occupy protesters on behalf of corporations); Iran abuses its citizens for more mentally retarded fundamentalist religious reasons. But make no mistake, we are all developmentally disabled in a similar manner. God religion or money religion, they are equally horrible for humanity. So when the leaders of these "addictionations" shake hands like junkies, again, count me as dubious.

    Again tho, I'd be stupid not to hope it leads to glorious things.

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    Obama's foreign policy (5.00 / 3) (#13)
    by MKS on Sun Nov 24, 2013 at 11:07:33 AM EST
    has been quite good.

    You write:

    Having your military occupying and engaging all over the globe

    Not really.  Pulling completely out of Iraq.  A severe draw down in Afghanistan.  No troops in Libya or Syria or anywhere e