[ April 26, 2024 ]
More of that Islamic supremacist crap yet again. We don’t respect totalitarians who slaughter their own people. We don’t respect the world’s largest sponsor of terror. Respect? Earn it.
Iran refuses Trump’s offer of talks unless US shows ‘respect’
Exclusive by Frederik Pleitgen and Sheena McKenzie, CNN
Tehran, Iran (CNN)Iran’s Foreign Minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, has said his country won’t negotiate with President Donald Trump unless the US shows Tehran “respect” by honoring its commitments under the disputed nuclear deal.
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In an exclusive interview with CNN, Zarif warned the US was “playing a very, very dangerous game” by boosting its military presence in the region.Zarif criticized the US for sending the USS Abraham Lincoln carrier strike group and a bomber task force to the Gulf. “Having all these military assets in a small area is in of itself prone to accidents,” Zarif said. “Extreme prudence is required and the United States is playing a very, very dangerous game.”He accused Washington of walking out first on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, the 2015 deal designed to limit Iran’s nuclear capabilities in return for the lifting of sanctions. “We acted in good faith,” Zarif said of the deal, which was signed by the US, Iran, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia. “We are not willing to talk to people who have broken their promises.”Earlier this month, Trump said Iran should be “calling me up.” But on Sunday the President hardened his rhetoric. “If Iran wants to fight, that will be the official end of Iran,” Trump said in a tweet. “Never threaten the United States again!”Iran would not bow to the threats, Zarif said. “Iran never negotiates with coercion. You cannot threaten any Iranian and expect them to engage. The way to do it is through respect, not through threats.”Zarif said there “will be painful consequences if there is an escalation.” But also added that Iran was “not interested in escalation.” Instead, he called for an immediate end to the “economic warfare” waged by the US on Iran, saying that sanctions were “depriving citizens of their means of livelihood.”“All we want to do is sell our oil,” Zarif said, adding that the US was “just a bully preventing people from buying our oil.”He said US sanctions, which have hit the Iranian economy hard, “amounts to terrorism” on the country’s citizens.US ‘left the negotiating table’
Iran announced it would be partially withdrawing from the deal on the one-year anniversary of the US’s departure from the accord. It gave the remaining signatories of the deal until July 7 to ease restrictions on Iran’s badly hit banking and oil sectors, or face unspecified retaliation.European signatories are in a delicate position — either side with the Trump administration and walk away from the deal, or preserve the pact by caving in to Iranian calls to ease restrictions, despite the threat of US sanctions.Britain’s Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt — whose government has repeatedly pledged its support for the deal — warned Iran of “consequences” if it does not comply with the agreement.But Zarif said Iran’s announcement was not an ultimatum to the remaining signatories, insisting that it was acting within the rules of the agreement. Instead, he pointed the finger at the US for leaving the negotiating table in the first place.Zarif noted that the Trump administration had also walked away from the Paris climate accords, the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).Uranium production quadrupled
Zarif’s comments came after it emerged that Iran has quadrupled its rate of production of low-enriched uranium, according to the Tasnim news agency which cited an official at the Natanz nuclear facility Monday.By ramping up production, Iran could soon exceed the 300-kilogram threshold agreed under the 2015 nuclear deal — though without knowing the details of the country’s current stockpile, it’s difficult to predict when the threshold will be breached.Under the deal, Iran can only enrich uranium at 3.67% — suitable for a power plant and far below the 90% required for weapons grade.The move puts further strain on what remains of the nuclear deal. Iran earlier this month announced it was partially withdrawing from the accord, following the US decision to walk away.
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16 Comments
4 years ago
“All we want to do is sell our oil,” Zarif said
That’s a bald-face lie, Zarif. You want to control the Persian Gulf, you want to dominate other nations in the Gulf, you want to destroy the nation of Israel, and you want to impose your version of sharia worldwide, including on my country, my family, and me. All while preparing the way for the Mahdi, no doubt.
4 years ago
LOL!
You need to respect US.
We can easily take you out.
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4 years ago
Mohammad Javad Zarif, the same message applies to you!
I’m sure President Trump had a good laugh over your latest demand.
I know I did.
4 years ago
Iran has been acting like a criminal state for decades.
4 years ago
Reply to
Ari
As long as they follow the religion of peace…I fear Iran will NEVER be truly “peaceful”.
4 years ago
Iran regime are diabolical maniacs.
4 years ago
Reply to
Tom Validakis
Well I half agree- they are diabolical. I realize you were speaking informally, but I think regarding them as maniacs is the wrong way to look at it. If they are maniacs, then they are not amenable to any rationale process. I don’t think that is the case. Within the constraints of their wacko ideology, which does indeed seek worldwide domination by that same wacko ideology, they are rational actors and will respond if “properly incentivized”.
4 years ago
It is certainly impossible to expect some respect from those ugly arrogant ragheaded retarded primitive inbreeds who have been terrorising their own people for so many years already..
I feel sorry for all the decent Iranians who have to put up with these criminals. What they urgently need again is a government.
4 years ago
True respect can only be earned, not given. And what has Iran done to earn any of our respect?
4 years ago
Reply to
R. Arandas
Golly, R, they widened a central boulevard in Teheran so as to make it easier for the Mahdi to alight on earth. Pretty impressive, dontcha think?
4 years ago
Anyone who believes the mad mullahs ever stopped enriching uranium or building a bomb is naive or insane.
4 years ago
Reply to
John Acord
Oh, but John, wasn’t there some sort of “gentleman’s agreement (cough, cough, hee hee)” that they wouldn’t do that in the non-inspectable military facilities, like Fordow.
4 years ago
The only law of the land is the evil Muslims!
4 years ago
Where I come from, and the way I was raised, respect is earned, not demanded.If the EU and others think that Iran is not enriching Uranium beyond what they are supposed to I have a bridge in Brooklyn I would like to sell you.
