Posted on 03/20/2015 9:39:56 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
Secretary of State John Kerry mourned the passing of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's mother on Wednesday as U.S. negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program enter their final weeks.
“We extend our deepest condolences to the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran Dr. Hassan Rouhani and his family on the passing of his mother, Mrs. Sakineh Peivandi,” he said in a statement. “Such a loss is especially hard coming on the eve of Nowruz, traditionally a time when families gather together in joy and hope.”
“We share in his grief and that of his brother, Presidential Special Advisor Hossein Fereydoun, who has been participating in the talks in Lausanne, and we keep their family in our thoughts,” he added.
Nowruz is the Persian New Year and is celebrated by people around the world. President Obama issued a Nowruz greeting on Thursday where he said that the nuclear talks represented “the best opportunity in decades to pursue a different future between our countries.” The White House also held a Nowruz event last weekend.
The outreach efforts come at a critical time in the nuclear talks. Negotiators in Switzerland have until the end of the month to meet a self-imposed deadline to determine a framework for a nuclear deal.
Though administration officials have said they do not want to extend the talks, Kerry indicated that an extension might be feasible if the countries had determined the outlines of an accord. On Thursday, the Associated Press reported that a draft of the deal reportedly requires Iran to limit the number of centrifuges it has to 6,000.
Kerry Olsen got this out of a line from Brenda Starr or Dick Tracey.
Being good to evil is the same as being evil to the good.
Kerry continues to kiss the arse of America’s enemies.
He is a D___!
I’m gonna puke....
Perhaps he can persuade Queen to perform ‘Another One Bites the Dust’.
How many mothers have the mad mullah’s of Iran murdered either directly or indirectly?
Kerry should be upset about his own death, smothered in ketchup and sukubut sauce..boy has been a corpse for years
Kerry doesn’t realize he’s gonna be the fall guy for this Iran cr**.
Did he send him James Taylor’s ballad, “You’ve Got a Friend” as an MP3 in an email?
Did anyone in the Administration mourn the loss of the 11 troops killed in the helicopter crash last week? Did their so-called CIC even take to the podium to say a few words or does he only do that for thugs?
Good point
I shouldn’t laugh but I did.
How many Americans killed or wounded by Iranian IEDs?
Has kerry mentioned anything to them about. Nope. He supports them.
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