Pro-Israel lobby warns against implementation of the nuclear deal with Iran.
The implementation of the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers is “a dangerous moment for America and our allies”, the American pro-Israel lobby AIPAC warned on Sunday night.
In a statement, AIPAC said the implementation “is a turning point in Iran’s strength as a terrorist state and in its ability to pursue regional dominance. Starting today, Iran can repatriate tens of billions of dollars from frozen foreign accounts, fueling its efforts to expand its reach across the region. The international community will dismantle its elaborate sanctions regime, and Iran will start down the path to legitimize its illicit nuclear program.”
“Before Implementation Day arrived,” the statement continued, “Iran brazenly violated mandatory United Nations Security Council resolutions by conducting prohibited ballistic missile tests. Iran also stepped up its support for Syria’s Assad, Hezbollah, and Tehran’s other terrorist allies. Moreover, the International Atomic Energy Agency closed the files on the possible military dimensions of Iran’s nuclear program despite the failure by Tehran to explain its past illicit nuclear activities.”
AIPAC warned, “These failures to penalize Iran for its irresponsible behavior, violations of international restrictions and failure to come clean on its past nuclear activities hardly inspire confidence for the strict implementation of the JCPOA.”
“This is a dangerous moment for America and our allies. We need to hold Iran to the commitments it made when it accepted the JCPOA. Congress and the executive branch must also live up to their own commitments, responding to Iranian violations of the JCPOA with certain, swift and severe penalties. In addition, we must confront Iran’s continued support for terrorism and arming of regional proxies and take firm action to support our regional allies, especially Israel,” said the group.
“A peaceful and secure world requires that Iran never attain a nuclear weapon nor dominate its neighbors. Today, AIPAC urges the President and Congress to resolutely pursue those objectives,” concluded the AIPAC statement.
Earlier on Saturday, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that Iran has fulfilled its initial obligations under the terms of the nuclear deal reached with world powers last July, paving the way for the first stage of sanctions relief.
Implementation of the nuclear deal comes despite a December 2 report from the IAEA which concluded that Iran made a “coordinated” effort to develop nuclear weapons in the past, although the efforts apparently ended at an early stage.
Too late for the AIPAC to worry.
When laws are ignored and/or deliberately flouted in favour of ideological or political ends, then the Law no longer exist for the people, as it was originally intended. The Rule of Law, and its accompanying “social contract” is thus no longer applicable.
This is, or course, anarchy, and it’s unleashing itself both in the US and Western Europe.
Begin forwarded message:
From: LTGJC
Subject: The Iran-United States “prisoner swap”… additional concessions made by the United States that have not been publicized. (Note the FARS original reference to the Interpol investigation of Iranian involvement in the bombing of the Jewish center in Argentina)
Date: January 16, 2016 at 2:14:28 PM PST
Reply-To: LTGJC
The Iran-United States “prisoner swap”… additional concessions made by the United States that have not been publicized. (Note the FARS original reference to the Interpol investigation of Iranian involvement in the bombing of the Jewish center in Argentina)
The US will:
Delay for “an indefinite period” the series of sanctions that were supposed to be “immediately” imposed upon Iran for its direct violation of the United Nations nuclear capability missile test prohibition.
Give clemency to 7 Iranian prisoners, 6 of them who hold dual US-Iranian citizenship: Nader Modanlou, Bahram Mechanic, Khosrow Afqahi, Arash Ghahreman, Touraj Faridi, Nima Golestaneh and Ali Sabounchi.
Drop charges against 14 Iranians for trying to transfer arms to Iran: Saeed Jamili, Jalal Salami, Matin Sadeqi, Alireza Moazzemi Goudarzi, Mohammad Abbas Mohammadi, Kourosh Taherkhani, Sajjad Farhadi, Seyed Ahmad Abtahi, Gholamreza Mahmoudi, Hamid Arabnejad, Ali Moattar, Mohammad Ali She’rbaf, Amin Ravan and Behrouz Dolatzadeh.
{Dropping the charges, will allow them to travel freely outside of Iran without fear of arrest via Interpol or setting off warning flags. }
Demand that Interpol end its investigations of Iranian involvement in the bombing of the Jewish Center in Argentina,