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Iranian Regime: Obama Sent Secret Message Recognizing Our Nuclear Rights
Human Events ^ | 10/21/12 | Jim Hoft

Posted on 10/22/2012 5:10:35 AM PDT by Josephat

Last week, Reza Kahlili, a former Revolutionary Guard member wrote that Iran had reached a deal with the Obama Administration to preserve portions of its nuclear program.

Hossain Ebrahimi told reporters yesterday that Obama sent the regime a secret message.

On Saturday, the Iranian regime confirmed this report. The Iranian regime revealed on Saturday that the Obama Administration sent them a secret message through the Swiss Embassy recognizing their nuclear rights. The Swiss government, acting through its Embassy in Tehran, serves as protecting power for U.S. interests in Iran. Fars News reported, via Weasel Zippers:

Senior Iranian parliamentary sources revealed on Saturday that the Swiss envoy to Tehran has quoted US President Barack Obama as acknowledging Iran’s nuclear rights.

Swiss Ambassador to Tehran Livia Leu Agosti attended a meeting with senior Iranian foreign ministry officials a few days ago to submit a letter from the US president to Tehran leaders.

Vice-Chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Hossein Ebrahimi told FNA that during the meeting, Agosti had told the Iranian officials that President Barack Obama recognizes Iran’s right of access and use of the nuclear technology.

“There are a couple of points with regard to this (US) message (to Iran),” Ebrahimi said and added, “Firstly, during the session to submit the message, the Swiss ambassador to Tehran quoted the US president as saying that ‘we (the US) recognize your nuclear rights’.”

As regards the second issue, the lawmaker said that the Swiss diplomat had also quoted Obama as saying that “I didn’t want to impose sanctions on your central bank but I had no options but to approve it since a Congress majority had approved the decision.”

Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehman-Parast said on Sunday that Iran has received a US message regarding the Strait of Hormoz via three different channels.

“The US Ambassador to the UN Susan Rice had handed a letter to Iran’s Ambassador to the UN Mohammad Khazayee; the Swiss Ambassador to Tehran (Livia Leu Agosti) also conveyed the same thing; and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani delivered the same message to Iranian officials,” he said last Sunday.

The US letter follows threats by Iran last month to shut off the Strait of Hormoz – the world’s most important oil shipping lane – if new US and EU sanctions over its nuclear program halted Iranian oil exports.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dncsaysagain; dnctreason; iaeabomb; iran; nucleariran; obama4iran; obama4irannuke; obama4mullahs; obamasaysagain; shadowwars; threatmatrix; treason
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To: Jedidah

isn’t that coluding with the enemy? Just asking.


21 posted on 10/22/2012 5:45:35 AM PDT by IM2MAD
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To: annalex
It appears that either Iran prefers Romney, or neither Obama nor Iran understand how the American electorate will react to a one-sided concession.

I agree, but it seems highly unlikely to me that Iran prefers Romney over Obama the Incompetent. Unless they are just really, really stupid.

If this can be verified for tonight's debate, it will be fireworks going off underneath Obama. BUT I'll bet that the Obama camp will just deny, deny, deny, and try to use it as a trap for Romney.

22 posted on 10/22/2012 5:45:50 AM PDT by JustaCowgirl (Fred Thompson said Obama is treating terrorists "as if they robbed a liquor store.")
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To: Jedidah; All

I think it will hurt him more with the Jewish vote..


23 posted on 10/22/2012 5:46:21 AM PDT by KevinDavis (And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.)
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To: Josephat
"This is nothing short of treason, if true."

Concur.

24 posted on 10/22/2012 5:46:56 AM PDT by Wonder Warthog
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To: JustaCowgirl; All

That is my thinking..


25 posted on 10/22/2012 5:49:39 AM PDT by KevinDavis (And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.)
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To: Josephat
Agosti had told the Iranian officials that President Barack Obama recognizes Iran’s right of access and use of the nuclear technology.

What's bizarre about this is that it's unclear that Obama even recognizes America's "right of access and use of the nuclear technology".

If left to his own devices, Obama would almost certainly unilaterally gut America's nuclear defenses.

Obama is a sick puppy and a dangerous idiot.

26 posted on 10/22/2012 5:53:14 AM PDT by Zeppo ("Happy Pony is on - and I'm NOT missing Happy Pony")
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To: Josephat

Rings true...remember what Zero told the Russians-—”I’ll be more flexible after the election.”


27 posted on 10/22/2012 5:54:16 AM PDT by Timber Rattler (Just say NO! to RINOS and the GOP-E)
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To: KevinDavis

Agreed. I don’t trust a word anyone in the Iranian government says.


28 posted on 10/22/2012 5:58:07 AM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: STARWISE; onyx; maggief; SE Mom; MestaMachine; hoosiermama; thouworm; Nachum

PING!!

This should be major news if true.....it’s treason...yet nothing..crickets!! No one even asks the obvious questions.


29 posted on 10/22/2012 6:00:38 AM PDT by penelopesire (TIME FOR A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR!)
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To: Josephat

Nuclear Arms race in the mideast in 3-2-1.....


30 posted on 10/22/2012 6:02:10 AM PDT by central_va ( I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Josephat

Can’t wait for Romney to tear into this!


31 posted on 10/22/2012 6:02:51 AM PDT by austinaero
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To: Josephat

With the cover-up in Libya and now this as all possible talking points for tonight, how exactly is Obama going to reasonably explain this?? I’m half expecting him to turn up ill and have the debate cancelled.


32 posted on 10/22/2012 6:03:20 AM PDT by eak3
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To: Josephat

One problem - The Iranians are even less trustworthy than the Obama White House.

Has this story been corroborated?


33 posted on 10/22/2012 6:03:30 AM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: Josephat

Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement of Hitler worked so well at giving “peace in our time” I can see Obama doing the same. Perhaps he should bring Chamberlain’s trademark umbrella to the debate tonight.


34 posted on 10/22/2012 6:18:40 AM PDT by The Great RJ
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To: JustaCowgirl
If this can be verified for tonight's debate, it will be fireworks going off underneath Obama. BUT I'll bet that the Obama camp will just deny, deny, deny, and try to use it as a trap for Romney.

How would one verify such a thing in time for the debate? My Spidey sense says this may be an attempt at getting Romney to accuse Obama in prime time of an unverified story so as to accuse Romney of "shooting first and asking questions later." That would explain this story (or shades of it in regards to reports of a "deal" with Iran) being put out by the NYT and other liberal mouth pieces.

35 posted on 10/22/2012 6:23:06 AM PDT by torchthemummy (Calvin Coolidge - "Patriotism is looking out for yourself by looking out for your Country.")
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To: Josephat

What does the U.S. gain from this? Democrats always punish our friends and reward our enemies.


36 posted on 10/22/2012 6:23:49 AM PDT by popdonnelly (The first priority is get Obama out of the White House.)
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To: popdonnelly

bttt


37 posted on 10/22/2012 6:27:35 AM PDT by ConservativeMan55
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To: Josephat
Dick Morris was on Fox News yesterday saying something along these lines was coming down the pipe.

But his angle was that the announcement would break in favor of Obama because the Iranians would agree to some kind of major limitation on their nuclear program in exchange for recognization of the program.

What's interesting here is that the Iranians seem to be trumpeting the recognition part but not saying anything about the limitation part. Maybe that will come out later.

By downplaying the limitations, and given the timing, the Iranians seem to want to hurt Obama, not help him. At first blush that seems odd — you'd think they'd prefer a pushover Democrat over a toughminded Republican in the White House — except that they did the same thing to Carter. They withheld the release of the hostages in order to insure Carter's defeat. This despite the fact that Carter was a fan of Khomeini and had helped undermine the Shah. Maybe the Iranians can't help but indulge in the short term satisfaction of unseating an American president even at the expense of longer term advantages.

And even then you have to ask, what advantages did they ever lose under Republican presidents? Were they worse off under Reagan than they would have been under Carter? Maybe they see Republicans as toothless tigers. In fact, maybe they accept Obama's talking point about his ability to rally international support for his actions against Iran (sanctions) as compared to an “isolated” Republican’s. Maybe they see this as all upside.

‘Course this is all sort of speculative without seeing more sourcing for this development.

38 posted on 10/22/2012 6:31:38 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: torchthemummy
How would one verify such a thing in time for the debate? My Spidey sense says this may be an attempt at getting Romney to accuse Obama in prime time of an unverified story so as to accuse Romney of "shooting first and asking questions later." That would explain this story (or shades of it in regards to reports of a "deal" with Iran) being put out by the NYT and other liberal mouth pieces.

I agree. This smells like a trap. I'm have no doubt that Romney and his camp are savvy enough to ignore it for tonight's debate.

39 posted on 10/22/2012 6:38:17 AM PDT by JustaCowgirl (Fred Thompson said Obama is treating terrorists "as if they robbed a liquor store.")
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To: NYleatherneck; Josephat

You are correct. This is a bogus story created by the Iranians to disrupt tonight’s debate and muddy the presidential campaign.

Iran wants Obama to win.


40 posted on 10/22/2012 6:41:18 AM PDT by gandalftb (The art of diplomacy says "nice doggie", until you find a bigger rock.)
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