Who will hold them accountable? Not Joe’s handlers.
“Iran Will Take Steps Next Month to Curb Short-Notice IAEA Inspections,” Asharq Al-Awsat, January 26, 2021:
Iran threatened on Tuesday to block short-notice inspections of its nuclear facilities by the United Nations atomic agency as it presses Washington to reverse economic sanctions imposed on Tehran.
Former US President Donald Trump pulled Washington out of Iran’s 2015 nuclear pact with world powers in 2018 and reimposed US sanctions that had been lifted under it, prompting Tehran to violate its conditions.
President Joe Biden, who took office last week, has said the United States will rejoin the pact if Tehran resumes strict compliance….
In what appeared to be a display of brinkmanship, Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei said the first steps to restrict inspections related to the Additional Protocol would begin in the first week of the Iranian month of Esfand, which starts on Feb. 19.
“Our law is very clear regarding this issue,” he told a televised news conference. “But it does not mean Iran will stop other inspections by the International Atomic Energy Agency.”…
But Iran has repeatedly said it can quickly reverse its violations of the deal if US sanctions are removed.
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif reiterated that possibility at a news conference in Moscow on Tuesday.
“If favorable actions are taken before that time…Iran will not interfere with the admission of (IAEA) inspectors under the additional protocol,” he said.
Iran this month resumed enriching uranium to 20% fissile strength at the underground Fordow nuclear plant, a level Tehran achieved before striking the 2015 deal aimed at curbing Tehran’s nuclear program.
“Of course, Washington will not have all the time in the world … the window of opportunity is very limited,” Rabiei said.
DavidR says
Already testing Biden’s limits. I’m pretty sure Iran is going to rush their plans over the next four years and have a real uranium nuclear bomb before the West can say “Please stop ….”.
Alarmed Pig Farmer says
And it looks like former President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to the polls at least, is in the running to become Prez of Persia again.
Let us not forget his “dream speech” delivered at the U. of Tehran in which he shared his vision of launching from a freighter off the east coast of the U.S. an IMP warhead to detonate somewhere over Pittsburgh causing chaos and tens of millions of deaths. When his speech ended, the students in the lecture hall rose and gave Mahmoud a rousing applause of their approval.
You can bet that Lurch, aka John Kerry, hasn’t forgotten that speech. Because he’s ever heard of it.
spiro says
Short notice ? Who’s kidding who if inspectors ever get in they will be carefully escorted around and no where near anything important
Only to come to the so called U N and say. We didn’t see nutin
Westman says
” Iran has repeatedly said it can quickly reverse its violations of the deal if US sanctions are removed.”
Who really believes that? Iran was in violation of JCPOA before the US left. The Israelis have the proof from a raid.
If the US or Israel do not stop Iran’s enrichment program, Iran will have a kludge nuclear bomb in 6 months.
Walter Sieruk says
This above, top jihadwatch article by Robert Spencer reveals that the arrogant gall of that Islamic regime must have no limit .
Furthermore, that awful Obama /Iran “deal” Joe Biden foolishly and traitorously will restore reflects all his terrible foreign Middle East policies of the US bogus President Biden.
OLD GUY says
Iran see’s Biden as a weak leader and will take full advantage for their benefit. As will China and Russia.