Iran deal even worse than previously thought
Senior political sources said that deal which has been sitting on the negotiations table since the weekend is "very bad," since it calls on Iran to stop enriching uranium to the 20 percent level, but allows the Iranians to continue enriching uranium to 3.5% at all of its enrichment sites, and fails to place a limitation on the number of centrifuges in Tehran's possession, currently estimated to number 19,000.
Under the proposed deal, "Iran won't really be paying a significant price," a source added. "To our understanding, they're receiving a significant easing of sanctions," he added.
Rewards to Iran include the unfreezing of three billion dollars of fuel funds, an easing of sanctions on the petro-chemical and gold sectors, an easing of sanctions on replacement parts for planes, and a loosening of restrictions on the Iranian car industry.
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Israel received updates on the talks from the US on Wednesday, as well as from others, and believed that the deal taking shape would be limited to unfreezing three billion dollars of Iranian assets in Western bank accounts. Even at that stage, Israel objected to the plan, due to its assessment that the moment a crack in the door appears, and sanctions are eased, the door can then be torn down by international companies from countries such as China, Italy and Germany who are thirsty for business with Iran.
Once major international transactions begin, a dynamic will kick in that will lead to a collapse of sanctions, according to this evaluation.
But over the weekend, Israel learned that the deal on the table is far worse than the one presented to it on Wednesday, and included four clauses for the easing of sanctions rather than just one. Israeli officials said they became furious when the details of the actual deal reached them, describing it as an "enormous mistake." "Kerry left with food for thought after a tough conversation with Netanyahu," the political source said.
At the same time, he stressed, the US did not deceive Israel. Instead, the Americans "folded" between Wednesday and the weekend, "maybe because they very much want to reach an agreement and be done with this," he added.
"The Iranians are the ones who came crawling to the negotiations, begging for an easing of sanctions, otherwise their regime will fall, and what's incredible is that it seems that the Americans are more eager than them to reach an agreement," the source charged.Right now it sounds like the only way this isn't going to happen is if Iran overplays its hand. Obama's dream come true?
Labels: Iran sanctions regime, Iranian nuclear threat, P 5+1
posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 12:04 AM
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And it appears you may be right. Iran doesn't like the deal - it doesn't go far enough for them. They know their audience. All they have to do is run out the clock until they're nuclear and then Obama and west will declare that any deal they make with Iran is yet another celestial victory for the ages by Obama and His Brilliance.
Israel's demand for Iran to give up its enrichment capabilities and centrifuges isn't going to happen.
Iran will get to keep them and merely have to promise not to convert the enriched uranium it already has on hand into a nuclear bomb. Which it could do at any time down the road.
Israel is being left to hang out to dry and if Israel's leaders didn't expect this to ultimately happen then they are a bunch of morons.
We're going to have peace in our time. Get used to it.
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