Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commander Jafari accuses US of ‘psychological warfare’ in faking nuclear fact sheet to dupe its allies.
By Dalit Halevy, Ari Yashar, INN
Iranian leadership continues to state clearly that the framework deal announced in Lausanne, Switzerland earlier this month constitutes a major achievement of the Islamic regime, which didn’t give up on its nuclear program at all and forced the US to fold.
Iranian Revolutionary Guards chief General Mohammed Ali Jafari, who is considered to be one of the most influential men in Tehran, said that Iran’s enemies tried to cause a change in the regime’s policy through the negotiations and sanctions, but those efforts were in vain.
Jafari stated that the US in practice conceded to all of the red lines of Iran regarding its controversial nuclear program.
The Iranian military leader emphasized that no obligating agreement has yet been sealed between Iran and world powers regarding the nuclear program, and there are differences of opinion in terms of the removal of sanctions that are still liable to prevent a final agreement.
Iran has demanded that all sanctions be removed immediately with the signing of an agreement, while world powers have called for a gradual removal to try and ensure Iran keeps its word in reducing its uranium production – but not stopping it, or closing any of its nuclear facilities.
Jafari accused the US of “fraud” and “psychological warfare” in publishing a fact sheet announcing what the US claims was agreed on in the frameworkdeal, which Jafari called a false translation. He said the US did so to deceive its allies regarding the scope of the deal.
Top Iranian officials said last Tuesday that they will start using advanced IR-8 centrifuges that are 20-times as effective as standard ones as soon as a deal is reached, meaning they would be able to produce a nuclear arsenal in a rapid timeframe.
US President Barack Obama likewise admitted in an interview last week that as a result of the deal, Iran will be able to reach a “zero” breakout time by 2028, meaning it could produce nuclear weapons immediately whenever it wanted to.
It has also been noted that the US changed its goal to a one-year window for nuclear breakout, after shelving original demands to dismantle significant parts ofIran’s nuclear program when faced with strong Iranian opposition. The USmanagement of the deal has been criticized by many, including famed former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.
@ ArnoldHarris:
I am more than convinced that Netanyahu will betray due to the fact that it is intrinsic to his make to do so.
Nothing to do with bleated or silent hope for “demokratiah israeli”. Why do they betray, use people and bribe, etc?
I am not a genetics expert but I have some very strong suspicions that it is something built in, not just a MAPAI fabrication.
Netanyahu had lost his gamble but a large group of voters decided to for a change use him to slam Mr. Hussein Obama. If he does re join Livni or a clone of hers …
Netanyahu was unceremoniously booted after a short stint on his first PM election and can easily be dropped again.
@ SHmuel HaLevi 2:
Nonetheless, Prime Minister Netanyahu is the freely-elected leader you have for the next few years. So you had better learn to adapt.
Do you deserve this? Maybe not. On he other hand, Israelis bleat so much about the need for “democracy” rather than authentic Judaism, and in the case of parliamentary democracies such as Israel, that means attempting to build governments based on factions that all have their own competing ideologies that they want enshrined into permanent public policy. So maybe you all deserve the result as applied to your governance.
However, as an afterthought, what compels you to imagine that you or anyone else could do a better job of running the Jewish state than Netanyahu does, given the built-in structure of Israeli sociology and governance?
Arnold Harris
Mount Horeb WI
When a people ignores its destiny and heritage eventually elects at their own level. Not only in the US my friends.
Netanyahu is just as much of a shape shifter and betrayer if given half a chance.