Iran nuclear talks on hold over last-minute Russian demands

[muriel_volestrangler]

Source: The Guardian

Talks on the revival of the Iran nuclear deal have become a casualty of the war in Ukraine after an indefinite pause was announced over last-minute Russian demands.

An agreement on the nuclear deal to bring the US and Iran back into compliance would have led to a swathe of US sanctions on Iran being lifted, including Iranian crude oil exports and petrochemicals, in return for limits on Tehran’s nuclear activity.

In the past week, however, Moscow has insisted Washington pledge not to impose sanctions on any trade between Russia and Iran once an agreement is signed.

The Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, has called for guarantees that if the nuclear deal is restored, western sanctions on Russia over Ukraine will “not in any way damage our right to free and full trade, economic and investment cooperation and military-technical cooperation” with Iran.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/11/iran-nuclear-talks-on-hold-over-last-minute-russian-demands

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Fuckers.

[JohnSJ]

1. Another trump screw-up

[DanieRains]

2. One More Thing

Yep.

[DanieRains]

3. Cut Russia Out Of The Deal

Until they leave Ukraine.

[gab13by13]

4. Israel will never agree to that.

[karynnj]

7. They didn't in 2015 and it happened anyway

The fact is Israel is not one of the super powers. Netanyahu made several huge errors on both Iran and on aligning with Trump. Hopefully, Bennett will eventually see how wrong both Netanyahu and Trump were.

[Wingus Dingus]

5. I'm confused as to how this can even take place, given

the sudden disarray the world is in right now.

[Igel]

6. Priorities.

Include Russian ally Iran outside of sanctions, and you (1) support God's Party Hezbullah, (2) support the Houthis in Yemen, (3) support those who kill LGBT+, the ayatullahs, and (4) give Russia a lifeline economically to Europe and the US. Meaning more profit for those who do 1-3.

Don't, and you're left with a problem. Being deterred by another nuclear power in 5 years. (Might I had, that the example set in NATO's being deterred has probably made the ayatullahs greatly in admiration of the idea of deterrence.

At some point you have to look at a bully and say, "No!"

Maybe that's now, when the bully has fists and not much more. Maybe it's when the bully has an AK.