The US, UK, France and Germany have announced new sanctions on Iran, formally accusing it of sending ballistic missiles to Russia for the first time after weeks of warnings. They plan to sanction the aviation sector.

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    2 months ago

    Tbh the idea under Obama to bait the Iranians to drop their religious nuclear nutjobbery with money was naive at best. Even under the agreement, they were doing everything they could to advance towards nukes.

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      2 months ago

      The IEA and everybody else involved in the oversight disagrees.

      Also “Iran is one year from developing a nuke” was the go to scare headline for like the past decade.

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        2 months ago

        They just shifted their resources to the missile development side of the puzzle, and the deal itself would only limit their uranium enrichment for 15 years. It just kicked the can down the road to 2031 for Iran to have their nukes ‘legally’.

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          2 months ago

          This is just nonsense, i am sorry. 15 years is a long time. The goal was to establish diplomatic ties with Iran again. Instead the US pushed for military hostility. Also it is cynical to demand Iran to have no missiles while the US is stationing missiles in bases and ships in the region.

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            2 months ago

            I can agree that it’s debatable whether it was a good idea, but how is it ‘nonsense’ that the fact that sunset clause makes the deal very awkward? Why do you think the Iranians wanted it in, if not for the freedom to just develop nukes later?

            Also the Iranian regime think they have a good shot at going to paradise because they allow men to rape their child brides, amongst other horrific shit. I can see the case we don’t want these kind of people with the power of nuclear weapons.