Showing posts with label nuclear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label nuclear. Show all posts

Thursday, July 9, 2015

IRAN -Iranian nuclear deal set to make IRGC richer - Reuters

A possible nuclear deal between the world powers and the Iranian regime could make the regime's Revolutionary Guards significantly richer, Reuters reported on Monday.
"Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have done very well out of international sanctions -- and if a nuclear deal is done in Vienna this week under which those sanctions are lifted, they are likely to do better still," the report said.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC), created by Khomeini during Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution, is more than just a military force; it is also an industrial empire with political clout that has grown exponentially in the last decade.
A Western diplomat who follows Iran closely told Reuters that the IRGC's recent annual turnover from all of its business activities was estimated to be around $10-12 billion.

IRAN - Chairman Royce: Iran regime’s nuclear negotiators emboldened by concession

Ed Royce
U.S. Representative Ed Royce (R-CA), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said in a statement Monday that the Iranian regime’s negotiators have clearly been emboldened by the Administration’s concessions to the extent that the regime is now pushing for the United Nations’ arms embargo on to be completely lifted as part of a final nuclear agreement.
Chairman Royce made the remarks after reports surfaced that Tehran is now pushing for the United Nations’ arms embargo on the Iranian regime to be completely lifted as part of a final nuclear agreement.
The Iranian regime is under a UN arms embargo that seeks to prevent Tehran regime from aiding and arming its allies and surrogates in Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, and elsewhere in the region.
A dispute over U.N. sanctions on Iran's ballistic missile program and a broader arms embargo were among issues holding up a nuclear deal between Tehran and six world powers on Monday
                                                                                            

IRAN- Germany: Iranian nuclear compliance will need monitoring



German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has said the Iranian regime needs to help build trust and that a monitoring program will be needed to ensure it complies with a nuclear agreement it is negotiating with six world powers.
"Trust has been destroyed on the part of Iran. For this reason, Iran above all has to now offer input to help build up trust," Steinmeier said an interview with German broadcaster ARD on Tuesday.
"This means that we have to have monitoring possibilities available to have an overview as to whether Iran is fulfilling its obligations. We need to be sure that we have transparency concerning the promises Iran is making here."

Tuesday, July 7, 2015

IRAN - US administration is bending over backward to get a nuclear deal inked with Iran; Jafrazadeh

Alireza Jafarzadeh of the NCRI appears on Newsmax TV
The US administration is bending over backward to get a nuclear arms deal inked with the Iranian regime and in doing so is dooming the chances of any truly meaningful agreement, Alireza Jafarzadeh, deputy director of the US Representative Office of the National Council of Resistance of Iran ( NCRI ), said in an interview with Newsmax TV.
'You’re dealing with a regime that is not a normal state,' Jafarzadeh said Thursday on 'The Steve Malzberg Show' on Newsmax TV.
'They’re the worst leading state sponsor of terror, they’re a major violator of human rights and they have been deceptive since Day One when they got engaged in their nuclear weapons program run by the Iranian revolutionary guards.'
'The approach [to negotiating] if it’s just constantly giving in, you’re going to be doomed to give even more, but if … you are dealing with them from the position of decisiveness and firmness, then you’ll see a change in the attitude of Tehran.'