Iran’s supreme leader declared on Thursday that all economic sanctions would have to be lifted on the day any nuclear agreement is signed and that military sites would be strictly off limits to foreign inspectors.
...[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] said he saw no need to make a clear pronouncement on the agreement, because no signed agreement yet existed. “There was no need to take a position,” he said. “The officials are saying that nothing has been done yet and nothing is obligatory. I neither agree nor disagree.”
But he emphasized his longstanding position about the sanctions, saying that they “should be lifted all together on the same day of the agreement, not six months or one year later.”
(The ayatollah tweets. If I get twitter, can I be an ayatollah? How about a diplomat?...A blogger?)
"We will not sign any agreement, unless all economic sanctions are totally lifted on the first day of the implementation of the deal,” [Iranian President Hassan] Rouhani said.
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[American Secretary of State John] Kerry and President Obama have been clear that sanctions would be suspended in phases, as Iran complies with its obligations. That is critical to American leverage...
-The New York Times.
This is embarrassing.
...[Ayatollah Ali Khamenei] said he saw no need to make a clear pronouncement on the agreement, because no signed agreement yet existed. “There was no need to take a position,” he said. “The officials are saying that nothing has been done yet and nothing is obligatory. I neither agree nor disagree.”
But he emphasized his longstanding position about the sanctions, saying that they “should be lifted all together on the same day of the agreement, not six months or one year later.”
Khamenei.ir
Hours after the #talks, Americans offered a fact sheet that most of it was contrary to what was agreed.They always deceive &breach promises.
"We will not sign any agreement, unless all economic sanctions are totally lifted on the first day of the implementation of the deal,” [Iranian President Hassan] Rouhani said.
...
[American Secretary of State John] Kerry and President Obama have been clear that sanctions would be suspended in phases, as Iran complies with its obligations. That is critical to American leverage...
-The New York Times.
This is embarrassing.
