A Deal With Iran
Posted by Michelle Moquin on December 5th, 2013
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A Deal With Iran
BY CAP ACTION WAR ROOM ON NOVEMBER 25, 2013 AT 6:03 PM
Global Powers Reach Interim Agreement on Iran’s Nuclear Program
After months of previously secret high-level meetings between U.S. and Iranian officials and years of international diplomacy, global powers reached a signifcant interim agreement with Iran regarding its nuclear program.
ThinkProgress has the details of the deal, which is meant to provide six months for negotiators to hammer out a final, comprehensive agreement:
According to the terms of the deal, Iran has agreed to open itself up to more and greater sanctions from the International Atomic Energy Agency, while halting the installation of any further centrifuges used to enrich uranium. Tehran’s stockpile of uranium enriched to 20 percent will be diluted, and construction at the heavy water reactor in Arak will be halted. Progress at Arak, which will be able to produce plutonium when fully operational, was a key concern left unresolved at the last round of talks.
In exchange, according to the White House fact sheet on the interim deal, the so-called P5+1 — the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, China, and Russia — will provide “limited, temporary, targeted, and reversible” relief from sanctions to Iran. This will include the release approximately $4.2 billion of Iranian funds currently being held and suspending sanctions on “gold and precious metals, Iran’s auto sector, and Iran’s petro-chemical exports” to the tune of approximately $1.5 billion. Embargoes against Iranian oil, banking institutions, and other financial sanctions will remain in place during the six month period the deal covers.
Polling out last week indicated that Americans overwhelmingly support an agreement along the lines of the deal reached on Saturday.
Nevertheless, Republicans and some Democrats almost immediately criticized the deal and threatened to pass additional sanctions when Congress returns next month, something which would violate the agreement and blow up the deal. Last week, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) explained her opposition to a new round of sanctions:
“If you want a war, that is the thing to do. I don’t want a war. The American people don’t want a war. We’ve had years in Iraq and Afghanistan. This is an opportunity to move in a different path, and we ought to try it.”
Others, including Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), likened the deal to the unsuccessful effort to prevent North Korea from acquiring nuclear weapons. Here’s five reasons why they are wrong.
Still other critics of the deal, including Senate Republican Whip John Cornyn (R-TX),made the bizarre and utterly ridiculous suggestion that the years-in-the-making, high-profile international diplomatic effort was really just a plot to distract from the rollout of HealthCare.gov.
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been sharply critical of what he called “a historic mistake,” an Israeli military official said a deal could increase regional stability.
(ThinkProgress explains how the deal would look compared to the cartoon bombthat Netanyahu famously displayed during a speech before the United Nations General Assembly last year.)
BOTTOM LINE: The first-step deal announced yesterday in Geneva represents a major achievement by the Obama administration, addressing a top U.S. security challenge. By marshaling all the elements of American power—diplomatic, economic, and military—the United States and its partners haven taken a significant step toward addressing one of the most pressing concerns in the Middle East: the Iranian nuclear program.
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December 6th, 2013 at 6:41 am
Hi Mischa, I’m curious about Feinsteins stance, why it’s ‘warring ways’ in her mind. I’m going to research that before giving commentary. Iran has not historically modeled any of North Korean type behavior so it’s unclear to me why she, amongst others, would oppose the deal.
Back at ya later, time to google a few things AND get this day going!
Luv, Zen Lill
December 6th, 2013 at 6:46 am
Got it, think she has a point, when you’ve just gotten somewhere with negotiations it isn’t a good time to throw down additional sanctions that would kill the deal completely or create mega-mistrust where the trust is already sketchy (if there’s ‘trust’ as we know it at all). -ZL
December 6th, 2013 at 10:20 am
RE: yesterday’s topic
listened to Heidi n frank on the radio this am, top sexual regrets seem
To revolve around not taking the opportunity for an adventure fr whatever lame reason seemed reasonable at the time. I only have one regret like that, wish I could find that sweetheart now bc he was a serious miss on my part, and that’s why I recommend going for the gusto. -ZL
December 6th, 2013 at 11:31 am
Zen lill Feinstein’s stance is what it is because she doesn’t want to have to explain to her constituents if Iran breaks the agreement.
December 6th, 2013 at 11:32 am
Zen Lill how old were you when that “serious miss” occurred?
December 6th, 2013 at 11:34 am
Obama has a logic that most leaders before him could never grasp. And those that could didn’t have the stones to use it in international affairs. He is one of a kind.
December 6th, 2013 at 11:36 am
George, I tend to agree with you because the people who serve in the military here believe in Obama and hope that he can do what none before him has and give us a little down time of peace.
December 6th, 2013 at 11:36 am
When I say here, I mean Israel.