Iran: “We did not agree dismantle anything”

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in an inclusive interview with CNN, stated “we did not agree to dismantle anything.” The Obama administration misrepresents what had been agreed upon at the six-month nuclear deal with Iran.

 Zarif told CNN Chief National Security Correspondent Jim Sciutto the White House is using different language in the agreement which was agreed upon by Iran and Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany the other nations who took part in the talks.  

In the agreement Iran agreed to halt enrichment above 5%, dismantle the infrastructure required to maintain the enrichment above 5%. The other aspect of the agreement Iran would reduce its stockpile of uranium to 20%, above the 5% need generating power but not enough to develop a nuclear device.  

Zarif accused the White House of falsely portraying the actual language in the agreement.    

“The White House tries to portray it as basically a dismantling of Iran’s nuclear program. That is the word they use time and again,” he said, urging Sciutto to read the actual text of the agreement. “If you find a single, a single word, that even closely resembles dismantling or could be defined as dismantling in the entire text, then I would take back my comment.”

Senior administration official have said “we expected that the Iranians would need to spin this for their domestic political purposes, and are not surprised they are doing just that.”

This is coming all in the backdrop of a bi-partisan group of Republicans and Democrats ready to institute more sanctions on Iran if they fail to comply with any part of the agreement.

The president is facing mounting skepticism in the U.S. as many Senators on both sides of the political isle just don not trust the administration, and allies in the region are also skeptical of any deal the president will negotiate with Iran.

Our Middle East allies were burned by the last minute deal the president worked out with Russia on Syria without any consultation with them.  They felt the rug had been pulled out from them.

It’s interesting to note the Israelis, Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States are in agreement on, with the U.S. on a different page as it relates to Iran.

The biggest question is is the president trying to broker an agreement just to get an agreement, so he at least has a foreign policy triumph.

His Middle Eastern strategy or lack of one is in total disarray and no one is predicting any agreement to change the situation in Syria during the Geneva II talks in Switzerland.

              

 

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