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Rohani says Iran won't destroy any centrifuges

At Davos, Iranian President Hassan Rohani said that Iran will not destroy any centrifuges.

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Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu accused Rohani of practicing deception.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Rouhani's remarks were the latest in an "Iranian show of deception." He said the goal of the Iranian ayatollahs' regime was to ease sanctions without conceding on their program to produce nuclear weapons.

"They say they oppose nuclear weapons; why do they insist on maintaining the ballistic missiles and plutonium and the advanced centrifuges that are only used for the production of nuclear weapons?" Netanyahu said. "So it sounds good, I wish it was real, it isn't real. I think the world has a mission to prevent Iran from getting nuclear weapons."

And even the United States would be hard-pressed to argue that Iran would be fulfilling its end of the P 5+1 bargain if it doesn't downgrade its nuclear capabilities.

Earlier, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, in an exclusive interview with CNN, said the Obama administration has mischaracterized concessions by his side in the six-month nuclear deal with Iran, saying "we did not agree to dismantle anything."

The accord requires Iran to dilute its stockpile of uranium that had been enriched to 20% -- well above the 5% level needed for power generation but still below the level for developing a nuclear weapon.

In addition, the deal requires Iran to limit new enrichment to 5% and dismantle equipment necessary for higher levels, according to the White House.

 What could go wrong?

Labels: Barack Hussein Obama, Binyamin Netanyahu, Hassan Rohani, Iranian nuclear threat, John Kerry

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 11:05 PM