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Post by Daniel on Nov 18, 2016 21:03:34 GMT -5
Trump’s CIA pick Pompeo anticipates ‘rolling back’ the ‘disastrous’ Iran deal
Republican hawk has warned that Tehran is ‘intent on destroying America,’ castigated Obama for enabling ayatollahs to ‘expand their power’
By Times of Israel staff and Agencies November 18, 2016
Mike Pompeo, named Friday by President-elect Donald Trump to lead the Central Intelligence Agency, tweeted on Thursday that he was looking forward to “rolling back” the year-old nuclear deal with Iran, which he called “disastrous.”
Long a strident critic of the Iran nuclear accord, a central foreign policy deal championed by the outgoing Obama administration and bitterly opposed by Israel, Pompeo tweeted on Thursday: “I look forward to rolling back this disastrous deal with the world’s largest state sponsor of terrorism.”
Pompeo had warned last year that the agreement is “empowering an Iranian regime that is intent on destroying America.”
Pompeo gained exposure to intelligence matters in 2013 when he was appointed to the House Intelligence Committee. In that venue he leveled scathing criticism of the accord. In interviews and written pieces, he has pointed to Iran as the primary source of conflict in the Middle East since Tehran’s 1979 revolution.
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www.timesofisrael.com/trumps-cia-pick-pompeo-anticipates-rolling-back-the-disastrous-iran-deal/
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Post by Daniel on Dec 18, 2016 10:16:57 GMT -5
Trump picked Tillerson for tough new Iran policy
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report December 14, 2016
Rex Tillerson, Chairman an CEO of Exxon Mobil, was named this week as the next administration’s Secretary of State to execute the tough foreign policies charted by president-elect Donald Trump, including his decision to stiffen the nuclear accord signed with Iran as soon as he moves into the White House on Jan. 20.
Debkafile reports this exclusively from New York and its intelligence sources.
While campaigning for the presidency, Trump called the accord “the worst deal” ever.
According to our sources, a special team is already working on revisions of the accord which the US and five other global powers concluded with Iran in 2015 in the hope of retarding Iran’s nuclear weapons program by a decade.
As new president, Trump will issue Tehran with a unilateral demand to accept those revisions as pre-condition for the continuation of relations between the US and Iran. He does not intend consulting America’s co-signers, Russia, China, Germany, Britain and France, or asking them for their endorsement of the revamped accord.
The teams preparing the Trump administration’s Iran policy were put in place last week by Tillerson and designated national security adviser Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn.
No members of the incumbent NSC, State Department, Pentagon or Treasury, who managed the Obama administration’s Iran policy, was invited to take part. The teams were instead chosen from among scientists, military leaders and intelligence officials who opposed the nuclear accord with Iran.
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debka.com/article/25832/Trump-picked-Tillerson-for-tough-new-Iran-policy
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Post by sevenofnine on Dec 20, 2016 12:18:30 GMT -5
Classic LOL!
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Post by Daniel on Apr 19, 2017 7:15:14 GMT -5
Trump Administration Announces Iran Complying With Nuke Deal But Not Ready to Lift Sanctions
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz April 19, 2017
“I have not sat with men of falsehood; neither will I go in with dissemblers.” Psalms 26:4
The Trump administration told Congress on Tuesday that Iran is complying with the terms of the nuclear deal, but they are launching a review to determine whether it is in America’s security interests to lift the remaining sanctions.
Under the terms of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the deal that was brokered by former President Barack Obama with Iran in 2015, the State Department is required to notify Congress every 90 days regarding Iranian compliance. This was the first such notification under the new administration.
“The U.S. Department of State certified to U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan today that Iran is compliant through April 18 with its commitments under the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action,” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in a statement.
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www.breakingisraelnews.com/86729/trump-administration-announces-iran-complying-nuke-deal-not-ready-lift-sanctions/
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Post by Daniel on Jan 13, 2018 10:08:13 GMT -5
Trump waives Iran nuclear sanctions, in ‘last chance’ for Obama-era deal
By Brooke Singman | Fox News
President Trump announced Friday that he will extend waivers for Iran nuclear sanctions, keeping alive the landmark Obama-era deal for at least another few months — but said this is the "last chance" to fix the pact before the U.S. withdraws.
In a stern statement, Trump said he's waiving the sanctions to secure European allies' agreement to address the "terrible flaws" in the 2015 deal negotiated by his predecessor.
“Despite my strong inclination, I have not yet withdrawn the United States from the Iran nuclear deal. Instead, I have outlined two possible paths forward: either fix the deal’s disastrous flaws, or the United States will withdraw,” Trump said.
"This is a last chance," Trump warned. "In the absence of such an agreement, the United States will not again waive sanctions in order to stay in the Iran nuclear deal. And if at any time I judge that such an agreement is not within reach, I will withdraw from the deal immediately."
He added, "No one should doubt my word."
White House officials said Friday that the waivers would be the "last" signed by the president. In addition to the waivers, the Treasury Department rolled out more targeted sanctions on Iran for human rights abuses.
The Trump administration’s proposal to revise the 2015 deal is likely to be met with resistance from European nations.
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www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/01/12/trump-waives-iran-nuclear-sanctions-in-last-chance-for-obama-era-deal.html
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