Iran’s Demands
Hassan Rohani
Following thebesig’s Iran lead.
Iranian President Rohani is making demands and threats to the US. Apparently Trump’s sanctions are hurting them badly, and now they have to deal with the coronavirus pandemic to boot. The regime is on shaky ground, and they know it.
Iran’s Rohani vows ‘crushing response’ if US extends arms embargo
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has threatened a “crushing response” if the United States continues efforts to prolong a UN Security Council arms embargo on Tehran that is set to expire later this year.
A landmark 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and six world powers provided for Tehran to curb its nuclear program in return for the lifting of international sanctions, as well as for a UN conventional-weapons embargo due to expire in October.
But U.S. President Donald Trump in 2018 withdrew from the agreement signed under his predecessor, Barack Obama, calling it a bad deal, and reimposed harsh sanctions that have crippled Iran’s economy.
Washington now says it also wants to extend the arms embargo.
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo vowed on April 29 to use all means available to extend the ban beyond October and said he was “hopeful” the UN Security Council would prolong the restriction before it expires.
However, Security Council members China and Russia, which stand to win major new arms contracts with Iran and together with France, Germany, and Britain are still part of the 2015 deal, are certain to oppose an extension of the embargo.
In a televised speech on May 6, Rohani repeated Iran’s long-standing criticism of Washington’s decision to exit the nuclear deal, which he called a “stupid mistake.”
“If America wants to return to the deal, it should lift all the sanctions on Tehran and compensate for the reimposition of sanctions,” the Iranian president said.
“Iran will give a crushing response if the arms embargo on Tehran is extended,” he added.
This article was originally published by Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and is reprinted with permission.
I don’t think that is a very attractive bargaining position to take, and the only things that will get crushed would be whatever Iran throws our way. Again. Read the rest of the article here: American Military News
Iran, and others, don’t seem to understand just how much Americans dislike being called stupid. Misguided? Sometimes, perhaps. Wrong? Yes, upon occasion. And some of us actually ARE stupid, or at least do stupid things, like enter into the original nuclear deal with Iran.
What we collectively are not is stupid. When we make a mistake we tend to fix it as soon as possible.
“When we make a mistake we tend to fix it as soon as possible.”
There are very few problems that can’t be solved via proper application of explosives and/or incendiaries.
They know, and they don’t care about what we think. They think that they’re superior to us. On top of that, they’re ruled by a bunch of thugs. It “doesn’t help” us in their eyes that we’re not predominantly Muslim and that we stick by Israel.
That dude in the picture got a lot of gold in his office. While the people starve.
The gold is Allah’s.
….’Crushing response’ as in shooting down another airplane full of your own people?
Well, okay, but it was your idea.
How about we don’t smother you in bombs, then grind the leaving’ for fertilizer?
Those pallets of cash the Obummer and Biden administration sent sure didn’t appease them very long.
I’m sure John Kerry is once again reaching out, once again, to his Iranian regime buddies somewhere discrete, but chic, in Paris about now to comfort and “advise” them in their time of need.
He is in need of a reminder, if not a whack upside his head:
“The Logan Act (1 Stat. 613, 18 U.S.C. § 953, enacted January 30, 1799) is a United States federal law that criminalizes negotiation by unauthorized American citizens with foreign governments having a dispute with the United States.”
Did they return the pallets?
Some shippers charge for them if not returned.
I’ll bet the Iranians kept them.
I don’t think that Kerry is “reaching out” to Iran… more like “hocking on Iran’s Bobo”.
Kerry mug is next to the definition of “dicklomat” in Websters.
Let’s lift the arms embargo on Iran.
We can ship them cruise missiles, JDAMs, JSOWs, MOABs and all sorts of advanced weapons.
Sadly they’re a one time use only type thing and probably won’t be much use to Iran once they arrive at their destination…
I see your shipment and raise you a coupla Minute Man IIIs. Leaves a nice glow to the rubble.
Hey, Hassan! Can you say “TOMAHAWK”!
I knew you could!
…….Well!
Aren’t we -fierce-!
Get him around some goats or camels, and he’s Billy Badass…
Thats all they have is Rhetoric….