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Post by Daniel on Jul 21, 2015 9:22:13 GMT -5
Kerry: Khamenei’s anti-American remarks ‘disturbing’
By Tamar Pileggi July 21, 2015
US Secretary of State John Kerry called recent anti-American remarks made by Iran’s supreme leader “disturbing” and reaffirmed US support of its allies in the Middle East who have been pushing back against Tehran’s military ambitions.
Discussing a speech made by Ayatollah Ali Khamenei just four days after Iran and world powers reached a landmark nuclear deal, the secretary of state told the Saudi-based media outlet Al-Arabiya that he took the anti-American remarks “at face value.”
“I do know that often comments are made publicly and things can evolve that are different. If it is the policy, it’s very disturbing, it’s very troubling, and we’ll have to wait and see,” Kerry said in the interview, published Tuesday.
In an address to the Iranian nation, Khamenei vowed that the nuclear agreement with the major powers would not change Iran’s policy against the “arrogant American government”; nor, he said in an apparent reference to Iran-backed insurgent groups in the Middle East, would it change the Islamic Republic’s policy of supporting its “friends” in the region. During the televised speech, he hailed Iranian masses for demanding the destruction of Israel and America, and said he hoped that God would answer their prayers.
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www.timesofisrael.com/kerry-khameneis-anti-american-remarks-disturbing/
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Post by Daniel on Aug 4, 2015 7:57:21 GMT -5
Nuclear Nepotism: The Hushed Up Truth of Kerry’s Personal Iran Connection
By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz August 3, 2015
“He will not dwell within my house; he who practices deceit, who speaks lies, will not be established before my eyes.” (Psalms 101:7)
The debate over US President Barack Obama’s nuclear deal with Iran is undoubtedly the hottest issue today, with truly apocalyptic repercussions. One of the main overlooked details of the deal has to do with US Secretary of State John Kerry’s personal connection to Iran. Being the main negotiator, his personal judgement and integrity is an essential element, and there are reasons to question his judgement.
Every minute aspect of the agreement is of vital importance and, unfortunately, many details have been hidden, even from the senators and congressmen who are expected to vote on the results of the negotiations. A hushed up fact concerning Kerry’s personal life, involves his younger daughter from his deceased first wife, Dr. Vanessa Bradford Kerry. Kerry’s daughter married Dr. Brian (Behrooz) Vala Nahid, an Iranian-American physician and the son of Nooshin and Reza Vala Nahid of Los Angeles, in October 2009.
The marriage was even announced in the New York Times but oddly enough, no mention was made of the groom’s Iranian connection, an irregular occurrence for the paper. It should be noted that after the wedding, the couple went to Iran to visit those relatives.
This past March, in the midst of tumultuous negotiations with Iran, the secretary made mention of his close Iranian connection when he greeted the Iranian people on the occasion of the traditional New Year (Nowruz) holiday.
“I am proud of the Iranian-Americans in my own family, and grateful for how they have enriched my life,” Kerry said in the official statement. Kerry also said he was “strongly committed to resolving” the differences between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran, “to the mutual benefit of both of our people.”
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www.breakingisraelnews.com/46248/nuclear-nepotism-hushed-up-truth-kerrys-personal-iran-connection-middle-east/#46W5EBEKRwHHID8m.97
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Post by Daniel on Aug 4, 2015 14:27:00 GMT -5
Kerry: Iran's "Death to America" Doesn't Mean They Want to Kill Us
Daniel Greenfield
July 30, 2015
Secretary of State John Kerry is still seeking a nuanced explanation for Iran's government saying, "Death to America". He called the Iranian government's cries of "Death to America" "not helpful" and suggested that the Supreme Leader might not really mean it.
And now Kerry would like to emphasize that aside from the "Death to America" chants and the nuclear bombs and constant threats of war, at no time was he made aware of an Iranian plan to destroy America.
When Kerry appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Tuesday to defend the Iran nuclear agreement, Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) asked him about Tehran’s policy in the light of the “death to America” chants common at events presided over by supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Hasan Rouhani.
“It is the policy of the ayatollah – if you can answer for him – that Iran wants to destroy the United States?” Poe asked Kerry. “Is that still their policy, as far as you know?”
[Kerry:] “I don’t believe they’ve said that. I think they’ve said ‘Death to America’ in their chants, but I have not seen this specific.”
“Well, I kind of take that to mean that they want us dead,” Poe said. “That would seem like that would be their policy. He said that. That – you don’t think that’s their policy?”
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“I think they have a policy of opposition to us and of great enmity, but I have no specific knowledge of a plan by Iran to actually destroy us,” Kerry replied.
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www.frontpagemag.com/point/259641/kerry-irans-death-america-doesnt-mean-they-want-daniel-greenfield
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fearnot
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Post by fearnot on Aug 4, 2015 15:40:55 GMT -5
“I don’t believe they’ve said that. I think they’ve said ‘Death to America’ in their chants, but I have not seen this specific.”
What is Kerry smoking???
I could see him some clips (actually I could find a lot of clips ) so he could know and be sure of what they said, and still are saying and chanting!!
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Post by sevenofnine on Aug 4, 2015 19:33:42 GMT -5
I think all pain medication for broken leg or ankle
Remember dude still on crutches that got lot of morphine probably taken
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Post by Daniel on Aug 5, 2015 8:51:50 GMT -5
Kerry 'Doesn't Know' if Iran is Serious about Destroying Israel
By Ari Soffer
8/5/2015
US Secretary of State John Kerry has claimed the nuclear deal signed with Iran is "as pro-Israel as it gets," and claims he "doesn't know" if the Iranian leadership is serious about destroying the State of Israel.
The comments were made in an in-depth interview with The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, which was published Wednesday following intense lobbying for and against the deal as it heads to a fateful vote in Congress.
Kerry warned Goldberg that if Congress voted down the agreement it would "be the ultimate screwing" of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei.
"The ayatollah constantly believed that we are untrustworthy, that you can’t negotiate with us, that we will screw them. This will be the ultimate screwing," said Kerry. "He will not come back to negotiate. Out of dignity, out of a suspicion that you can’t trust America. America is not going to negotiate in good faith. It didn’t negotiate in good faith now, would be his point."
Kerry also claimed such an eventuality would lead to "moderate" Iranian leaders like President Hassan Rouhani being in "big trouble" for failing to secure a deal. The Obama administration regularly refers to Rouhani as a "moderate," despite the fact that under his watch support for regional terrorism has increased, and the number of executions of political prisoners has skyrocket to record levels.
The Secretary of State also rejected the notion that he had threatened Israel with international isolation if the deal was rejected as a result of its lobbying, claiming instead he was simply "warning" Israel.
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www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/199069
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Post by james on Aug 8, 2015 9:04:03 GMT -5
It's always interesting when people play word games. Why would you even say that?
Doesn't he know that many Americans don't even know Iran exist.
Geography not taught anymore, is it?
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Post by fearnot on Aug 8, 2015 11:43:48 GMT -5
Since when do we bow and scrape to gain the 'trust' Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei?
He doesn't care if we can be 'trusted' or not!
He really believes we are the 'big satan',
and as such must be killed, destroyed and wiped off the earth ...as must the 'little satan' Israel.
Then the whole world can become Muslim and sharia law will be total.
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james
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Post by james on Aug 8, 2015 11:54:32 GMT -5
fearnot wrote in part:
That's it in a nut shell. What doesn't the US Secretary of State John Kerry not understand about that ?
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Post by Daniel on Aug 11, 2015 22:30:45 GMT -5
Kerry: If we reject Iran deal, world will lose faith in US leadership
By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil August 11, 2015
WASHINGTON — If Congress were to reject the world powers’ nuclear deal with Iran, US leadership and the stability of the US dollar would be threatened, Secretary of State John Kerry warned Tuesday. Speaking to an audience in New York City at an open discussion on the merits of the agreement, Kerry also emphasized that Tehran had shown restraint in its pursuit of an atomic weapon even before talks began toward the deal, which puts curbs on Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
Kerry lashed out at critics of the deal, reached between Iran and the P5+1 nations — the US, Britain, France, Russia, China and Germany — last month, who say that the United States should reject the agreement, reapply sanctions, and return to the bargaining table to hammer out a more stringent deal. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been the most strident critic of the deal outside the US.
The secretary of state asked audience members to consider a situation in which the US reimposed sanctions, and then “is going to start sanctioning our allies and their businesses after we walk away from the deal? Are you kidding me?” He warned, “That is a recipe very quickly for the American dollar to cease to be the reserve currency of the world – that is already bubbling out there.”
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www.timesofisrael.com/kerry-if-we-rejects-iran-deal-world-will-lose-faith-in-us-leadership/
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james
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Post by james on Aug 12, 2015 6:22:29 GMT -5
I may be out to lunch on this one, but my understanding is that "faith in US leadership" is a thing of the past. The US does not have the same position in the world that it did in times past. Just my observation as I look at what's happening in the world and the US.
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Post by Daniel on Aug 12, 2015 8:24:54 GMT -5
Yeah, if that isn't the case already, the acceptance of the deal will ensure it. I think obama has virtually handed the power over to the UN.
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