Iran to leave talks if Congress OK’s sanctions: MP
Press TV – November 18, 2013
A Senior Iranian lawmaker says the Islamic Republic will leave the negotiating table if the US Congress approves additional sanctions against Tehran.
“The US Congress has recently been seeking to approve a bill to increase sanctions against Iran. It has been decided that the negotiations be suspended if the bill gets through the US Congress,” said Mohammad Hassan Asafari who sits on the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of Majlis.
The Iranian lawmaker made the remarks after a meeting in which Iran’s nuclear negotiating team briefed the parliamentary committee on two rounds of nuclear talks with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – Britain, China, France, Russia and the US – plus Germany.
The US Senate Banking Committee is mulling over whether to move ahead with a new anti-Iran sanctions bill it had delayed before the latest round of talks between Iran and the group of six world powers which was held in the Swiss city of Geneva on November 7-10.
The new round of sanctions against Iran, which the Senate Banking Committee has been asked to “mark up,” were passed by the Republican-controlled House of Representatives in July. The House bill seeks to cut Iran’s oil exports by one million barrels a day for the next year and includes threats of military force against Iran.
The White House, however, is resisting growing pressure from Congress over Iran sanctions, trying to convince US lawmakers not to impose what they call further “punitive” measures.
“Our hope is now that no new sanctions would be put in place for the simple reason that if they are, it could be viewed as bad faith by the people we’re negotiating with, [and] it could destroy the ability to be able to get agreement,” US Secretary of State John Kerry said before a closed-door briefing with the Senate Banking Committee on November 13.
During Sunday’s meeting, Iran’s negotiating team also briefed the country’s lawmakers on the agenda of the forthcoming round of negotiations slated to be held on November 20 in Geneva.
“The negotiating team and the members of the Majlis National Security [and Foreign Policy] Committee reiterated in the meeting that the suspension of enrichment as well as the closure of the Fordow facility and the Arak heavy water [reactor] or any other [nuclear] sites is not on our agenda,” Asafari noted.
Meanwhile, Israel has been trying to force the US administration into imposing additional sanctions to stop an agreement between Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany.
Israel’s Economy and Trade Minister Naftali Bennett has recently met with a number of congressmen in Washington in order to persuade them to oppose a diplomatic deal with Iran.
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Wouldn’t you leave the table were you were negotiating about solutions for a problem, and your partner at the other side of the table is increasing the problem you try to solve?
I know I would, especially when the the decision to add more problems to the already existing problem is lead by the hand of the one that is opposing any solutions, and only is seeking to increase problems for you!
With the American Congress deeply infiltrated by lobbyists from Israel, most of the Members of Congress deeply involved and supported by Israel and its partners in evil within the USA, it is not surprising to see Israel trying to force the same members of Congress to oppose any deal with the world on and about nuclear weapons and the development of such, were the same members of Congress seem to be forgetting that it is Israel who is refusing to allow inspections of its nuclear facilities, that it is Israel that has till today refused to sign the treaty against nuclear weapons, and that it is Israel that is increasingly damaging any opportunity for regional peace!
In fact the Members of Congress should be grateful to the Iranians that there is the door open to at least a start of easening the tensions in the region, and forcing Israel to tone down a bit……
Were the world and especially the USA seems to be accepting that Israel is committing war-crimes every day, while occupying the Palestinian Territories, and more each day, with arresting children for so-called crimes (stone-throwing), with allowing and supporting settlers to ruin the infra-structure of the Palestinian communities, with holding people imprisoned for years that have not been accused nor sentenced for any crime, it seems to me, an individual who can see and read, that were Iran is at least trying to cooperate with the world, it is in fact Israel that is ruining any opportunity to any solution!
Sad thing is that Israel still is considered a victim……. first of the atrocities that happened during WW2, and secondly due to the opposition to the decision of granting Israel land!
But, don’t forget that it were not only the people with the jewish faith that suffered during WW2, tens of thousands of homosexual people were slaughtered in the various camps set up by the nazis, as well as tens of thousands of Roam people, as well as other “categories” of people!
And then to think of the fact that when one is of the jewish faith it is not a racial thing, it is a thing of choosing, were being homosexual or Roma are things one can not choose!
One is born heterosexual or homosexual (or something in between), and one is born being part of the Roma community, as race!
Lets hope that the Members of Congress see the light, and an end to the tunnel of darkness!
Just my opinion!
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